Simon Martirosyan, multiple world record holder and one of the strongest prospects for Olympic gold at Tokyo 2020, suffered a shock defeat in the men’s 109 kilograms at the European Weightlifting Championships in Moscow.
Slovenia’s Primož Roglič earned victory at the Tour of the Basque Country by forming part of a long-range breakaway to overturn his deficit to the race leader Brandon McNulty on the final stage.
Croatia celebrated double gold on the third day of competition at the European Taekwondo Championships in Sofia.
India scored an equaliser with just six seconds remaining and then beat Olympic champions Argentina in a shootout to cap a successful return to Hockey Pro League action.
Jun Woong-tae of South Korea took gold today in the men’s competition at the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) World Cup in Sofia.
Reigning World Surf League champions Carissa Moore and Italo Ferreira claimed victories as the Championship Tour event concluded in Newcastle in Australia.
Japan's Hideki Matsuyama produced a superb display to open up a four-shot lead heading into the final round of The Masters at Augusta National.
Poland's Alicja Klasik and Antoni Socha won cadet épée titles on penultimate day of the Junior and Cadet World Fencing Championships in Egypt.
Spain’s Rafael Nadal will seek to claim a 12th title at the Monte-Carlo Masters as the clay-court contest returns after a COVID-19 enforced break last year.
Jean Baptiste Murema has been elected to lead the National Paralympic Committee of Rwanda (NPC-Rwanda) for a second four-year term.
Wheelchair fencers will get the chance to compete for Commonwealth titles for the first time in 2022 when medal events feature at the Commonwealth Fencing Championships in London.
Five-time Paralympic champion Ellie Simmonds was one of two British winners on the third day of the World Para Swimming World Series meeting in Sheffield.
More than $130,000 (£95,000/€ 109,000) has been raised to support players in 34 countries during the pandemic through the We Are One fund organised by the Professional Squash Association (PSA) Foundation.
Urs Scholl, President of the Zug Organising Committee for Lucerne 2021, is hopeful the Bossard Arena stands will be full when it stages ice hockey matches at this year's Winter Universiade.
More than 29 per cent of World Taekwondo members do not have any certified Para taekwondo coaches, making them ineligible to enter athletes in official competitions.
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.
Commonwealth Games Federation - Sport Manager - London, United Kingdom
The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) is the international governing body that oversees the quadrennial Commonwealth Games and Commonwealth Youth Games. The CGF is a small passionate team, wholeheartedly committed to its vision, mission and values. Based in our central London headquarters and reporting to the CGF’s Sports Director, this role will play a key role within the team, providing operational and strategic support across all areas of the sport programme, including bespoke projects and events.
Tributes from across sport have been paid following the death of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, at the age of 99. Philip Barker recalls the Prince's deep connection to sport and his influence on it.
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