Canada's most decorated female Paralympian Chantal Petitclerc has met with Rio 2016 hopefuls in Calgary on the second stop of her countrywide tour ahead of this year’s Paralympic Games.

South Korean figure skater Young You, who became her country’s youngest national champion earlier this month, has joined the agency of her idol, Kim Yu-na.

Double Olympic silver medallist Christian Sprenger has announced his retirement from competitive swimming with immediate effect after spending almost a decade on the Australian Dolphins Swim Team.

Polish wheelchair racer Tomasz Hamerlak has been suspended for four years after being found guilty of committing an anti-doping rule violation, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced today.

Denmark ensured their safe passage through to the second round of the European Men’s Handball Championship in Poland after snatching victory in the dying moments of their match against Montenegro.

Kasper Rorsted, chief executive of consumer goods group Henkel, will succeed Herbert Hainer as head of Adidas, the German sportswear giant announced today. 

British snowboarder Ben Moore has praised the sport’s development in his country since it made its debut on the Winter Paralympic Games programme at Sochi 2014.

World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) President Chungwon Choue has visited the scene of the recent terrorist attack in Istanbul to pay his respects to the 10 people killed.

Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams successfully began the defence of their Australian Open titles today with straight-set victories at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne.

The Lillehammer 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG) Torch Relay has continued in Oslo, coinciding with the 25th anniversary celebrations of Queen Sonja and King Harald V as regents of Norway.

Rio 2016 has marked 200-days-to-go until the Olympic Games by revealing a breakdown of its plans from now until the Opening Ceremony on August 5.

Andrei Rodrigues, the special safety secretary at Brazil’s Ministry of Justice, has assured spectators, athletes and volunteers attending the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games that the country is prepared to deal with the threat of terrorist attacks on the host city.

The New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) has selected a further six athletes to its team for the Lillehammer 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games, taking the total number to 11.

Australia’s Isabella Nichols overcame title holder Mahina Maeda to triumph in the final of the women’s 2016 Ericeira World Junior Surfing Championships at Ribeira d'Ilhas in Portugal.