The Organising Committee of the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games is to distribute 100,000 posters across the city in four unique designs as the multi-sport event nears.

Hosts Cameroon began the Africa Cup of Nations with an important victory against Burkina Faso, indebted to Vincent Aboubakar who scored two penalties to complete a 2-1 comeback win at the Olembe Stadium in Yaoundé.

Hosts TSV Pfungstadt successfully defended their title at the Fistball Men's European Champions Cup, winning in straight sets in the final today in Germany.

The Burkina Faso Football Federation (FBF) has made a formal complaint to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) after the national team was without five senior players for today's opening match of the Africa Cup of Nations, against hosts Cameroon, due to returning positive COVID-19 test results.

Rebecca Meyers, a three-time Paralympic swimming champion and world record-holder, has announced her retirement from the sport at the age of 27.

The Netherlands ended the European Speed Skating Championships with 11 gold medals from 14 races, continuing their dominance on the final day of competition at Thialf in Heerenveen.

Kenyans Nicholas Kimeli and Edinah Jebitok came away from the Cross Internacional Juan Muguerza in Elgoibar with victories on a wet and muddy day on the World Athletics Cross Country Tour.

Namibian teenage sprinter Christine Mboma has been voted the BBC African Sports Personality of the Year for 2021, becoming the first woman to win the accolade after a successful Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Performances by three athletes in 2021 have been officially recognised as the inaugural 50 kilometres world records by World Athletics.

Swiss private bank Julius Baer has improved its partnership with Play Magnus Group (PMG) to become tournament title sponsors for the group's online chess circuits.

Athletics Australia could set up an initiative that allows Para athletes to have their equipment reused for the next generation, with athletes expressing concerns over the high cost of equipment.

Jamie Anderson was victorious on home snow in the women's slopestyle today at Mammoth Mountain in the United States, becoming the second International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard World Cup winner of the season.

Mikaël Kingsbury went to the top of the moguls standings on home snow, having won his fifth race of the season and his second of the weekend at the International Ski Federation Freestyle Ski World Cup in Mont-Tremblant.

China's Eileen Gu ended the season with a perfect record in the women's halfpipe, securing the title with four wins from four in the event after victory at the International Ski Federation Freestyle Ski World Cup at Mammoth Mountain in the United States.