Ion Izagirre triumphed on the fourth stage of the Tour of the Basque Country in a sprint finish from a breakaway group, while Brandon McNulty assumed the overall race lead.

Russia's Maxim Kuznetsov topped the men's qualification round at the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) World Cup in Sofia.

Almaty will host the final continental wrestling qualifier for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, with three days of competition beginning tomorrow.

Greece’s Stefanos Ntouskos secured a Tokyo 2020 quota place for his country after winning the men's single sculls final at the European Olympic rowing qualifier in Varese.

Uzbekistan has been awarded next year's Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Under-20 Women's Asian Cup.

The draw for the 2022 EuroBasket later this month will be held behind closed doors in Berlin due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Basketball Federation has confirmed.

Wang Shuang scored the winner as China beat South Korea 2-1 in the first leg of their playoff for a place in the women's football tournament at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

The French Open has been pushed back by a week in a bid to ensure as many fans as possible can attend, organisers have confirmed.

Dublin and Bilbao appear likely to lose the right to stage matches at football's European Championship this year because the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) and Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) have told UEFA they cannot guarantee minimum spectator levels at matches.

Vladimir Zoloev won a historic gold medal for host nation Kyrgyzstan at the Asia-Oceania Judo Championships in Bishkek.

Canadian Jessica Zi Jia Guo struck gold in the women’s individual cadet foil event to claim her second medal of the Junior and Cadet World Fencing Championships in Egyptian capital Cairo.

Britain won its first continental weightlifting title since 1995 and a Bulgarian teenager set four world records on day five of the European Championships in Moscow.

Tadej Pogačar pipped Slovenian rival and overall race leader Primož Roglič to win stage three of the Tour of the Basque Country.

Former Olympic champions Natalya Antyukh and Andrei Silnov are among four Russian athletes who have been given doping bans by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after being named in the McLaren Report, but they will not lose their medals.