Italy’s Gregory Leperdi has called upon Europe’s ice sledge hockey teams to focus their efforts on developing young talent if they are to challenge the domination of Canada and the United States at World Championship and Paralympic Games.

Malawi have held their first National Junior Para-athletics Championships at the Kamuzu stadium in the city of Blantyre, with the event being hailed as a major step forward in the development of Para-sport in the nation.

Honduras and Mexico secured their places in the semi-finals of the 2015 CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying Championship after recording their second successive wins in Group B at the StubHub Center, Los Angeles.

Russia secured back-to-back Women’s European Volleyball Championship titles after cruising to a dominant straight-sets victory over hosts The Netherlands at the Sportpaleis Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam.

Germany’s Dimitrij Ovtcharov defended his men’s singles title at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) European Championships in the Russian city of Ekaterinburg after an impressive display in the gold medal match against Portugal’s Marcos Freitas.

A packed crowd attended the second edition of Argentina’s Paralympic Day which took placed at Luna Park, in the country’s capital Buenos Aires.

FIFA have held their first-ever grassroots football course in Gaza which saw 30 local coaches gain training from instructor Jamal Lahrache.

The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) have announced that Lloyd Landkamer, who served as the dressage steward and discipline manager for dressage and Para-equestrian dressage competition at the 2010 Alltech World Equestrian Games, has died at the age of 60 following a battle against cancer.

Thirteen athletes are vying for a place on the United States’ women’s team for the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, with a selection camp set to take place on Tuesday (October 6), including two-time world all-round champion Simone Biles.

The Colombian Olympic Committee (COC) welcomed several key officials to a meeting in the capital Bogota to discuss preparations for the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games which they will host in Barranquilla.

United States moved a step closer to qualifying for the men’s Rio 2016 football tournament after booking a place in the 2015 CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying Championship semi-final by thrashing Cuba at Sporting Park, Kansas City.

Brazil secured the first two gold medals of the 2015 International Military Sports Council (CISM) World Games after triumphing in the men’s and women’s judo team events in Mungyeong, South Korea.

An appeal by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) against FIFA and the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) regarding their striker Neymar’s four-game suspension has been rejected by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

Sixteen experts have attended a three-day meeting at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) headquarters in Lausanne to discuss research on exercising during pregnancy and after childbirth for elite athletes.