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.
Russia and Italy won the men's épée and women's foil team events respectively today as action continued at the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) World Games in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Switzerland's Amelie Wenger-Reymond and Stefan Matter won the International Ski Federation (FIS) Telemark World Cup classic division after securing enough points at the World Cup Final in Krvavec to top the overall standings.
Olympic champion Sungbin Yun of South Korea will look to extend his one point lead in the men's skeleton standings at the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup event in Lake Placid.
Norwegian team Olympic champions Andreas Stjernen and Daniel-André Tande have been ruled out of this weekend's International Ski Federation Ski Jumping World Cup in Germany after both suffered falls at the last event in Lahti.
Double Olympic champion Lisa Carrington will aim for more success when the 2019 Oceania Canoe Sprint Championships begins in Lake Karapiro in New Zealand tomorrow.
A host of the sport's top names are set to compete when Dubai stages the second event of the Karate 1-Premier League season this weekend.
The International Skating Union World Junior Speed Skating Championships will begin tomorrow in Baselga Di Piné in Italy, with The Netherlands hoping for a strong performance once again.
The third edition of the World Para Swimming World Series is set to begin in Melbourne tomorrow as the competition travels to Australia for the first time.
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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