Sweden and Finland will contest the Men's Floorball World Championships final for the sixth consecutive edition after both countries won their semi-final ties today.
International Fencing Federation (FIE) President Alisher Usmanov wants the sport to be seen as one of the most modern and innovative at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
The Scottish Football Association (SFA) have said they would not block a combined British women's team from competing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Hosts China qualified two athletes for women's kumite finals on day two of the World Karate Federation (WKF) Karate 1-Series A event in Shanghai.
Hosts India thrashed Canada 5-1 to qualify directly for the quarter-finals at the Hockey Men's World Cup in Bhubaneswar.
Russia's Pavel Kulizhnikov and Austria's Vanessa Herzog both recorded their second victories over 500 metres at the International Skating Union Speed Skating World Cup in Tomaszów Mazowiecki in Poland.
Defending overall champion Kaisa Mäkäräinen of Finland clinched the women's sprint title as the first International Biathlon Union World Cup leg of the season continued in Pokljuka in Slovenia.
Defending overall champions Mikaela Shiffrin and Marcel Hirscher struck gold yet again on a familiar day of dominance on the International Ski Federation Alpine World Cup circuit.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has rejected a request from Boca Juniors to suspend the rearranged second leg of the Copa Libertadores final as they bid to get fierce rivals River Plate thrown out.
New offices for the Chinese Olympic Committee (COC) have been officially inaugurated in Lausanne.
International Federation of Fitness and Bodybuilding (IFBB) President Rafael Santonja met with officials from Oceania to discuss how to grow the sports in the region.
Organisers of the 2019 European Games in Minsk have claimed that more than 10,000 tickets have been sold since they went on sale earlier this month.
Estonia's 16-year-old Kelly Sildaru got the better of Canadian Olympic champion Cassie Sharpe to win the opening International Ski Federation Women's Freestyle Skiing Halfpipe World Cup of the season in Copper Mountain.
Chile roared to triple gold today at the World Para Powerlifting Americas Open Championships in Bogota.
Wolfgang Kindl continued his superb start to the Luge World Cup season by claiming a third victory in four races in Calgary.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) - Deputy Director, Education - Montreal, Canada
Reporting to the Director of Education and Communications, the Deputy Director, Education will be responsible for leading the development and implementation of WADA’s strategic education priorities, programs and activities; including, managing WADA’s Social Science Research Grant Program and coordinating the activities of WADA’s Education Committee.
FINA is facing an unprecedented threat with the top swimmers taking legal action against them after they were barred from competing in the new International Swimming League. But FINA President Julio Maglione claims the new concept would represent a threat to the future wellbeing of the sport, as he tells Mike Rowbottom
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