Marcos Manzano, President of the Venezuelan Federation of University Sports Education (FEVEDEU), has died unexpectedly.

Global Association of Mixed Martial Arts (GAMMA) Argentina has revealed details of its National Championships later this month, which is set to be its first event since formation.

The Junior Judo World Championships are set to get started tomorrow in Guayaquil in Ecuador, with over 300 athletes from 63 nations entered to compete.

Hosts Italy finished the European Para Archery Championships top of the medals table in Rome, winning five golds thanks to the likes of Elisabetta Mijno and Daniele Piran.

Hosts Switzerland started with a win at the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) Powerchair Hockey World Championship.

The inaugural Four-a-Side Wheelchair Handball World Championship is set to take place in Cairo next month with six teams from four continents featuring.

Birmingham said its goodbyes after a marvellous staging of the 22^nd Commonwealth Games tonight - and music, pouring out of the city down the years, was the main medium.

British Sports Minister Nigel Huddleston believes it is not an "unrealistic ambition" for Birmingham to stage a future Olympics as he raises the prospect of a "multi-city" bid.

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) President Dame Louise Martin has described Birmingham 2022 as "bold, buzzing and absolutely brilliant" at the Closing Ceremony here.

The number of people from Sri Lanka's Commonwealth Games delegation reported missing has risen to 10, with athletes and officials seeking to avoid returning to the economic crisis and political turmoil in their home country.

Triple Birmingham 2022 table tennis gold medallist Feng Tianwei of Singapore has become the latest recipient of the David Dixon Award.

There are no plans to remove Gary Ream as chair of the World Skate Skateboarding Technical Commission, despite him being forced to stand down from his position in the United States following allegations which included financial impropriety.

Three-time Olympic speed skating medallist Kim Min-seok has been banned from competition for 18 months by the Korea Skating Union (KSU) for drink-driving - a sanction which will expire well before Milan Cortina 2026. 

Australia have topped the Commonwealth Games medals table for the 14^th time after beating hosts England to first place at Birmingham 2022.

The Russian Anti-Doping Agency's (RUSADA) investigation into figure skater Kamila Valieva's positive test has reached its "final stage".