Organisers of the 2023 Winter World University Games in Lake Placid have received a boost, after New York Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed $147 million (£112 million/€133 million) in capital funding for the State's Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) to keep upgrading winter sports venues.
South African wheelchair tennis player Lucas Sithole has received a two-year ban for failing three times in a 12-month period to file whereabouts information.
Defending women's champion Naomi Osaka was beaten in the third round of the Australian Open today by 15-year-old United States prodigy Coco Gauff, while 38-year-old legend Serena Williams also exited the tournament.
It was Russia's night at the International Skating Union (ISU) European Figure Skating Championships in Graz as Aleksandra Boikova and Dmitri Kozlovskii led a medal clean sweep in the pairs and Alena Kostornaia ended the short programme ahead in the women's singles with team-mates in second and third.
Slovenia made table tennis history today, qualifying for the Olympic Games team event for the first time, at the International Table Tennis Federation World Qualification Tournament in Gondomar in Portugal.
Holders Spain held off a late charge from Slovenia to book their place in the European Men's Handball Championship final, where they are set to face Croatia following their thrilling win over Norway.
Hungary delighted the home crowd by reaching the final of the Men's European Water Polo Championship in Budapest.
Egypt will face hosts Tunisia in the final of the African Men's Handball Championship, after the semi-finals were concluded today.
Elena Oetling secured her nation, Mexico, and herself a place at this year's Olympic Games in Tokyo today after completing the fleet racing at the Sailing World Cup in Miami with five top-10 finishes in the laser radial class.
Undefeated Argentina handed previous table-toppers Chile their first defeat in Group A in the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) Pre-Olympic Tournament, winning 2-0.
Poland's men and women's team sprinters secured overall wins in the sixth and final stage of the International Cycling Union (UCI) World Cup in Milton in Canada.
Taylor Gold lived up to his name, topping the podium in the first-ever snowboard superpipe session at the Winter X Games in Aspen in the United States.
Italy's Olympic champion Fabio Basile topped the podium at the International Judo Federation (IJF) Tel Aviv Grand Prix.
Norway's Kjetil Jansrud won the men’s super-G title today, as the prestigious International Ski Federation Alpine Skiing World Cup weekend at Kitzbühel in Austria got underway.
Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States earned only the second International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Skiing World Cup downhill victory of her career, triumphing in the Bulgarian town of Bansko.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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Super-rich Saudi Arabia has made sport a priority with major events regularly taking place in the Kingdom. The country's vision, however, creates uncomfortable questions. Dan Palmer reports.
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