Olympic champion Cheick Sallah Cissé crashed out of the men's under-80 kilograms competition at the first-round stage as the lucrative World Taekwondo Grand Slam Champions Series began in Wuxi today.
India's Pusarla V Sindhu won a repeat of last year's final as she beat Japan's Akane Yamaguchi on the opening day of the Badminton World Federation World Tour Finals in Guangzhou.
Al Ain, playing in their home stadium, got the FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates off to a gripping start today as they came from three goals down to beat Team Wellington 4-3 in a penalty shoot-out.
Norway had a golden double on the opening day of the World Para Nordic Skiing World Cup in Vuokatti in Finland as Birgit Skarstein and Vilde Nilsen both earned victories on a day of middle-distance cross-country racing.
International Surfing Association (ISA) President Fernando Aguerre declared the World Adaptive Championships open before the first session of competition took place in La Jolla in San Diego today.
The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has held its 2018 Star Awards ceremony ahead of the season ending World Tour Grand Finals in Incheon in South Korea.
The Longines Global Champions Tour (GCT) play-offs will make their debut in Prague tomorrow, with four days of action bringing together show jumping's finest operators.
Double Olympic champion Laura Dahlmeier could make an earlier return to the International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup circuit than expected as she is set to make her first competitive appearance of the season at an event in Italy tomorrow.
The first International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Snowboard World Cup of the season will get underway in Italy tomorrow, as the world’s best boarders battle it out once again for the title of World Cup champion.
Belarus’ Paralympic champion Andrei Pranevich will compete at the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) World Cup that starts in Kyoto tomorrow hoping to end 2018 on a high.
The World Para Alpine Skiing Europa Cup season will finally resume in St Moritz tomorrow after two postponed events.
The largest Youth School Games ever held in Brazil has taken place in Natal, featuring around 5,000 athletes from over 2,000 schools.
The World Chess Federation (FIDE) has named grandmaster Judit Polgar as their honourary vice-president.
The Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) has announced the appointment of Olympic expert Darryl Seibel as their new chief brand and communications officer.
Ukraine’s Olena Chynka has won the Allianz International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athlete of the Month award for November.
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.
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) - Deputy Director, Education - Montreal, Canada
Reporting to the Director of Education and Communications, the Deputy Director, Education will be responsible for leading the development and implementation of WADA’s strategic education priorities, programs and activities; including, managing WADA’s Social Science Research Grant Program and coordinating the activities of WADA’s Education Committee.
FINA is facing an unprecedented threat with the top swimmers taking legal action against them after they were barred from competing in the new International Swimming League. But FINA President Julio Maglione claims the new concept would represent a threat to the future well-being of the sport, as he tells Mike Rowbottom.
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