Sohrab Moradi, one of the world's best weightlifters who was seen as a strong favourite to win a second Olympic gold medal next year, is likely to miss Tokyo 2020 because of a serious back injury suffered in training this week.
World Sailing is inviting class associations and equipment manufacturers to tender for the mixed two-person dinghy and mixed kiteboarding events at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Online betting brand 12Bet has teamed up with GB Taekwondo to become an official partner of May's World Taekwondo Championships in Manchester.
The number of qualifiers for the men's and women's beach volleyball tournaments at the 2019 African Games has been doubled from the 2015 event owing to its popularity among fans.
Slovakia's Petra Vlhova won the women's giant slalom title at the International Ski Federation World Alpine Ski Championships in Åre to claim her first world gold.
Norway’s Marte Olsbu Røiseland won the women’s 7.5 kilometre sprint today to kick start the International Biathlon Union World Cup meeting, the first major event in the sport to take place there since the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.
Canada’s Cassie Sharpe and Rachael Karker were the top two women’s halfpipe qualifiers in front of a home crowd as action begun today at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Freestyle Skiing World Cup in Calgary.
Newly-crowned world champion Francois Place of France topped men's qualification at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Ski Cross World Cup in Feldberg.
Wendy Chen Hsuan-yu of Australia secured her fifth straight Oceania Badminton Championships gold medal with victory over compatriot Yingzi Jiang in the women's singles final in Melbourne.
Summer Universiade bronze medallist Lorenzo Marsaglia of Italy topped the men's 3 metres springboard preliminary round as the International Swimming Federation Diving Grand Prix season began in Rostock.
Top seed Simona Halep of Romania has set up a semi-final clash against number four seed Elina Svitolina of Ukraine after winning her quarter-final today at the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Qatar Open.
Hosts Peru won their opening tie against Colombia at the Pan Am Mixed Team Badminton Championships in Lima.
Defending champions Denmark, who are also hosting the event, gained another win at the European Mixed Team Badminton Championships today with a 4-1 victory over The Netherlands in Group One.
Switzerland dominated today's snowboard big air events at the Winter European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Sarajevo and East Sarajevo with Nick Puenter winning the boys' title and Bianca Gisler topping the girls' standings.
Hosts Kenya's men's and women's wheelchair tennis teams both registered wins on the opening day of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) World Team Cup Africa Qualification tournament in Nairobi.
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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The European Youth Olympic Festival is underway in Sarajevo and East Sarajevo and exciting new young talent is sure to catch the eye. But, for every Ester Ledecká who emerges, there will be plenty of others for whom this will be the pinnacle of their careers. Mike Rowbottom asks whether we are asking too much, too young from some athletes.
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