World champion Simone Barlaam claimed his second gold medal in as many days on day two of the World Para Swimming World Series meeting at Lignano Sabbiadoro in Italy.
Carlos Manuel Araujo produced a heroic performance to claim victory in the men’s 200m T47 on the final day of the World Para Athletics Grand Prix in Jesolo, Italy.
Australia’s Neil Robertson eased through while Scotland’s Stephen Maguire crashed out on a day of contrasting fortunes for players ranked in the world’s top ten at the World Snooker Championship.
UEFA and FIFA have reacted furiously to a move from 12 European clubs to launch "The Super League" - a new competition outside of the existing football framework which would not respect traditional promotion-relegation models - and pledged to do everything in their power to stop it.
Defending champion Ronnie O’Sullivan finished with three consecutive century breaks as he reached the second round of the World Snooker Championship on the opening day of the sport’s blue riband tournament.
Italian swimmers put in some strong performances on home water on the opening day of the World Para Swimming World Series meeting in Lignano Sabbiadoro.
France’s Timothee Adolphe claimed his second gold medal in as many days at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix in Jesolo, Italy.
Italy’s Nicky Russo claimed a national record on his way to winning the men’s shot put F35-38 on a busy opening day of the World Para Athletics Grand Prix in Jesolo.
Italy will be hopeful of getting among the medals on home water during the third leg of the World Para Swimming World Series, scheduled to begin in Lignano Sabbiadoro tomorrow.
$92.5 million (£67.1 million/€77.3 million) has been allocated in the 2021-2022 New York State budget towards upgrading sports venues ahead of the 2023 Winter World University Games, scheduled to be held in Lake Placid in the United States.
The Italian city of Jesolo is set to host its first World Para Athletics Grand Prix with 275 athletes from 33 countries due to take part in the three-day meeting.
The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) has launched a four month digital programme celebrating the journeys of its country’s athletes as they prepare to compete at the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The Women’s Six Nations fixture between Ireland and France is in doubt because of quarantine restrictions which are set to be introduced between the two countries.
China claimed the final place on offer for Asian countries at the women’s football tournament at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics after a dramatic aggregate victory following extra time against South Korea.
Organisers of the Lucerne 2021 Winter Universiade say the event is "back on track" as they announced an alteration to its budget and some venue changes.
Denver were awarded the 1976 Winter Olympic Games ahead of Sion in Switzerland, Tempere in Finland and Vancouver in Canada at the International Olympic Committee Session in 1970. But in a Colorado referendum in November 1972, voters rejected funding for the event. It is the only time a city has been awarded the Olympics but pulled out. The IOC then offered the Games to Whistler in Canada, but they too declined owing to a change of Government following elections. Salt Lake City offered to host the Games, but the IOC, still reeling from the Denver rejection, declined and selected Innsbruck, the 1964 host city, as a replacement.
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The coronavrius pandemic has had a profound impact on sport, but many elite athletes have also made their impact felt during the health crisis, working on the medical frontline and in some cases sacrificing their chances of sporting success for the good of public health. Mike Rowbottom reports.
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