Sanctions against the Russian Basketball Federation (RBF) could be lifted by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) as early as January, it has been reported. 

Spain's Rafael Nadal rolled back the years with a classy display to claim a comfortable straight sets victory over Britain’s Andy Murray at the ATP World Tour Finals at the O2 Arena in London today.

Prince Frederik of Denmark, his country's heir apparent, will throw the first ceremonial stone at the Opening Ceremony of the Le Gruyère European Curling Championships 2015, due to get underway in Esbjerg on Friday (November 20), it has been announced.

French free-to-air broadcaster L'Équipe 21 has secured the rights to all International Biathlon Union (IBU) events, it has been announced.

The third meeting of FIFA’s Reform Committee is due to begin in Zurich tomorrow where a final set of proposals will be discussed before they are presented to the governing body’s Executive Committee next month.

Jamaica’s Usain Bolt and American duo Ashton Eaton and Christian Taylor are the three finalists for the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Male Athlete of the Year award while Ethiopian Genzebe Dibaba, Dafne Schippers of The Netherlands and Poland’s Anita Wlodarczyk are in contention for the women’s prize, it has been announced.

Eight Olympians from the Czech Republic have been given new cars by ŠKODA as part of an existing partnership between the manufacturer and the Czech Olympic Committee (COC).

Three-times Olympic skier Drago Grubelnik of Slovenia has been killed in a car accident at the age of 39 in Sölden, Austria, the Bulgarian Ski Federation (BSF) has announced.

Australian golfer Adam Scott has hinted he may not compete at Rio 2016 after criticising the format of the tournament that will take place when the sport makes its first Olympic Games appearance since 1904.

New Zealand rugby union legend Jonah Lomu, considered one of the greatest of all time, has died suddenly at the age of 40.

The friendly match between Germany and The Netherlands in Hannover has been cancelled this evening due to a "concrete security threat".

Kuwait’s Sheikh Salman Sabah Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah has had his appeal against International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) President Olegario Vázquez Raña’s re-election last year thrown out by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), it has been announced.

Paralympic gold medallist Jessica-Jane Applegate of Britain has been appointed as an ambassador for the International Sports Federation for Persons with Intellectual Disability (Inas).

Paralympic Games silver medallist Alexander Zverev of Russia has been hit with a nine month doping ban by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).