Cristiano Ronaldo scored his fourth goal of the FIFA World Cup today as Portugal, Uruguay and Spain all enjoyed 1-0 victories in their respective clashes with Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Iran.
Hungary and Croatia, last year's World Championship finalists, will meet in the quarter-finals of the men's International Swimming Federation Water Polo World League Super Final in Budapest after the United States and Montenegro topped the groups.
The United States completed a clean sweep of the team titles on the last day of the Pan American Fencing Championships in Havana after winning the men’s sabre and women’s foil events.
It has been a day of mixed fortunes for South Korea at the International Fencing Federation (FIE) 2018 Asian Championships in Bangkok.
Hosts the United States made their first Hyundai Archery World Cup final in Salt Lake City, after Brady Ellison and Mackenzie Brown beat India in the semi-finals of the mixed team recurve today.
Argentina moved top of Group A ahead of Chile at the 2018 Pan American Men’s Handball Championship in Nuuk in Greenland after a 54-10 win over Guatemala, with both of the top two now guaranteed semi-finals places.
One of the most popular faces in snow volleyball, the Czech Republic's Michaela Knoblochová, has lost on her international beach volleyball debut at the Federation of International Volleyball (FIVB) World Tour event in Ostrava.
Fedir Samoilov was top qualifier of the eight men to reach the Lead final at the World University Sport Climbing Championship at the K2 Climbing Centre in Bratislava.
A number of top seeds, including the number three in both the men's and women's singles, lost in the early stages of the Yonex Canada Open in Calgary today.
The Kralingse Bos venue will play host to the 70th edition of the CHIO Rotterdam meeting – part of the 2018 International Equestrian Federation (FEI) Nations Cup series.
The Italian Winter Sports Federation (FISI) have named former Alpine skier and technical official Loretta Piroia as its new secretary general.
The Japan Softball Association (JSA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the French Baseball Softball Federation (FFBS) pledging to support the French national team's continued development and the long-term expansion of softball in France.
A group of 39 Swiss Parliamentarians prepared for a day’s debating with an early morning run around the Bundeshaus in Bern as they took part in the 17th “Parliamen-tation” race, organised this year by the Swiss National Olympic Committee.
The World Curling Federation (WCF) have hired former British Curling's performance coach and trainer Karri Willms as their new competitions and development officer.
A "constructive" meeting has taken place between key officials from the World Armwrestling Federation (WAF) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) in Bonn, it has been claimed.
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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