China’s Aichen Wang was the sole race winner on the opening day of Sailing World Cup in Weymouth and Portland as light winds plagued the venue of the London 2012 Olympic sailing competition.

Melissa Tapper, who in March became the first Australian to qualify to compete at both the Olympic and Paralympic Games, has started her campaign at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Australian Open with two victories at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre.

Nauru’s Marcus Stephen has been re-elected President of the Oceania Weightlifting Federation (OWF) at the body’s Executive Board meeting in Fiji’s capital Suva.

Three-time French Open champion Gusatavo Kuerten has taken part in a wheelchair tennis festival in Paris, aimed at raising awareness of the sport ahead of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

London 2017 has announced the appointment of The Sports Consultancy as the exclusive UK rights marketing agent for the sale of the domestic sponsorship rights for the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships and World ParaAthletics Championships taking place at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

The International Ski Federation (FIS) has announced the appointment of Juerg Capol to the position of marketing director as of July 1.

British judo star Stephanie Inglis, who was given a one per cent chance of survival after a motorcycle crash in Vietnam, has woken from her coma.

Samantha Murray is eyeing a repeat of her London 2012 medal-winning performance at Rio 2016 after being named on Britain’s four-person modern pentathlon squad for this year's Olympic Games here today.

The Asian Paralympic Committee (APC) has entered into a partnership with worldwide premium airline Qatar Airways ahead of Rio 2016.

Britain's Lauren Steadman was among the winners at the penultimate round of the 2016 International Triathlon Union (ITU) World Para-Triathlon Event series, which took place at the Strathclyde Country Park in Scottish county Lanarkshire today.

Two-time Paralympic medallist Sam Ingram delighted the home crowd on the second and final day of the Visually Impaired Judo Grand Prix in Walsall as the Briton claimed the men’s under 90 kilograms gold medal.

The Sailing World Cup in Weymouth and Portland is set to begin later this week, providing Olympic hopefuls with a final opportunity to shine before they head to Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Olympic Games.

World number one Novak Djokovic completed a career Grand Slam after claiming his first-ever French Open title with victory over Andy Murray at Roland Garros today.

Germany’s Ricarda Funk held off London 2012 Olympic silver medallist Jessica Fox to claim the K1W title on the final day of the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Canoe Slalom World Cup in Italian town Ivrea.