China's Chen Meng is safely through to the round of 16 in the women's singles event at the International Table Tennis Federation Austrian Open.

Turkey's women's team are just one win away from retaining their International Blind Sports Federation Goalball European Championships title after advancing from the last four today.

China's Bing Ye has grabbed hold of the men's lead after the third day of racing at the RS:X Windsurfing World Championships in Japan.

The inaugural edition of tennis' Laver Cup, which will see the best players from Europe take on the Rest of the World, is set to begin in Prague tomorrow.

The Canadian Tire Corporation (CTC) has announced it will invest CAD$50 million (£29.9 million/$40.5 million/€33.9 million) over five years to Jumpstart Charities, in order to give the country's children with disabilities greater access to sport and play.

Great Britain's Lizzy Yarnold, the women's Sochi 2014 Olympic skeleton champion, has criticised the decision by the British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association (BBSA) to withdraw financial support from its women's bobsleigh team just five months before the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games.

Peace and Sport has unveiled a host of new Champions for Peace, including Didier Drogba, who will "help to spread the organisation's vision across the world".

Two men have been jailed for more than three years each for stealing the Olympic gold medal won by British curler Rhona Howie from a museum.

FIFA vice-president Victor Montagliani has been elected as chairman of FIFA Ticketing AG, the branch of world football's governing body that oversees the global sale of tickets for the World Cup.

The medals that will be awarded during next year's Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang have officially been unveiled during special events in Seoul and New York City. 

Turkey suffered a mixed day in the quarter-finals of the International Blind Sports Federation Goalball European Championships as their men's team crashed out but their women's squad progressed.

South Korea's Son Wan-Ho is comfortably through to the second round of the men's singles event at the Badminton World Federation Japan Open.

China's Chen Meng will be aiming to seal a third International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Tour title of the season when she lines up in the Austrian Open this week.

The seventh and final stage of the inaugural International Swimming Federation (FINA) Synchronised Swimming World Series is due to begin in Tashkent tomorrow.