Olympic and world champions United States will hope to utilise home advantage at the Women's Water Polo World League Intercontinental Tournament which begins in Lewisville tomorrow.

Nikita Kamayev, the former executive director of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), has died after suffering a heart attack.

London 2012 bronze medallists Canada eased into the semi-finals of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) women's Olympic qualification tournament after demolishing Trinidad and Tobago 6-0.

Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, the President of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC), has met with European Olympic Committees (EOC) head Patrick Hickey to discuss preparations for the Olympic year.

Jorien ter Mors fended off the challenge of two American rivals to win her second title at the International Skating Union (ISU) World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships in Kolomna.

Sweden's membership of the The European Taekwondo Union (ETU) has been revoked with immediate effect, it has been confirmed.

The first International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Ice Sledge Hockey C-Pool World Championships will help expand the worldwide reach of the sport, it is hoped.

Therese Johaug became only the third woman to win 14 International Ski Federation (FIS) Cross-Country World Cup races in a single season as she led a Norwegian clean sweep of the podium in the 10 kilometres free technique mass start in Falun today.

Felix Neureuther became the first German to win a men's Alpine Skiing World Cup race this season as he triumphed in the slalom in Yuzawa Naeba today.

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini's appeals against their eight-year bans from football will be heard this week.

Japan's Ryo Aono and China's Xuetong Cai were crowned as the overall Snowboarding Halfpipe World Cup champions after winning the men's and women's events respectively at the season ending competition in Sapporo today.

Olympic champions United States advanced to the semi-finals of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) women's Rio 2016 qualifier as Carli Lloyd struck late on to secure a 1-0 victory over Mexico.

Canada's Max Parrot won his second Snowboarding Big Air World Cup event in three days with victory on home snow in Quebec City today.

Norway's Johannes Thingnes Bø powered to a dominant win in the men's 10 kilometre sprint as the International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup began in Presque Isle in the United States.