Thailand's Nitchaon Jindapol avoided a potentially embarrassing elimination to advance to the quarter finals of the Bitburger Open, a Badminton World Federation (BWF) Grand Prix Gold event, in the German city of Saarbrücken today.

FIFA has fined several international football associations as a result of incidents during recent 2018 World Cup qualifying matches.

The disciplines for the 2017 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Indoor Tour, the second staging of the event, have been confirmed.

Two teams will extend their hopes of securing a place at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Paralympics at the second-ever World Wheelchair-B Curling Championships, which start tomorrow in Lohja in Finland.

The second leg of the 2016-17 International Equestrian Federation (FEI) Classics season, the Australian International Three Day Event, will take place in Adelaide this weekend.

Next month's World Adaptive Surfing Championship in California has already helped to rapidly increase the development of the sport, the governing body has claimed. 

The Russian DanceSport Union (RDSU) has been expelled as a member of the World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) after a deadline to fix a series of internal problems passed without sufficient results.

The World Bowling Tour (WBT) finals, due to take place on February 26, 2017 at The Orleans hotel in Las Vegas, are set to be broadcast live on US-based global television channel ESPN.

The first International Skating Union (ISU) Short Track Speed Skating World Cup event of the 2016-17 season begins in the Canadian city of Calgary tomorrow, where the world’s top skaters, including current Olympic, World and European champions, will be in action at the Olympic Oval.

China's He Bingjiao has reached the second round of the Bitburger Open, a Badminton World Federation (BWF) Grand Prix Gold event, with a comprehensive straight games win over home favourite Fabienne Deprez at Saarlandhalle in the German city of Saarbrücken.

After taking their biggest ever squad of athletes for an Olympic Games to Rio de Janeiro, the Lesotho National Olympic Committee (LNOC) are already putting plans in progress to secure future success.

Former Manchester United and England footballer Gary Neville has donated £20,000 ($24,600/€22,100) to secure the Great Britain men's and women's deaf football squads their place at the 2017 Deaflympics in Samsun in Turkey.

The International Pole Sports Federation (IPSF) has announced a number of changes for the next World Pole Sports Championships, scheduled to take place in the Dutch city of 's-Hertogenbosch.

Robert Kranjec, the 2012 ski flying world champion, has been ruled out of the entire winter season due to a serious knee injury.