Co-hosts and defending champions Spain were stunned by Belarus on the opening day of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Women’s EuroBasket tournament.

South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen joined clubhouse leader Russell Henley of the United States at the top of the standings before being forced to cut short his opening round due to darkness on a fog-affected first day at the US Open.

United States continued the defence of their International Basketball Federation Women's AmeriCup title by thrashing US Virgin Islands 97-46 in the quarter-finals in Puerto Rico.

Belgium fought back from a goal down to beat Denmark on an emotional occasion in Copenhagen, securing a victory which gives them a place in the UEFA European Championship's round of 16.

Last-minute hosts Brazil maintained their winning start to the defence of their Copa América title in Brasília as they beat Peru 4-0 in their second Group B match.

Hosts Italy and beleaguered Argentina each earned significant wins at the men's Volleyball Nations League (VNL) in Rimini today, seeing off France and Serbia respectively.

Hungary, with only one win in the group stage, became the surprise semi-finalists tonight in the International Swimming Federation Women's Water Polo World League Super Final in Greece.

Markkleeberg is set to host the second event of the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Canoe Slalom World Cup season.

Peder Fredricson will hope to maintain his Global Champions Tour (GCT) series lead in front of a home crowd in Stockholm this weekend.

The World Para Swimming World Series event in Berlin got off to an impressive start tonight with world records at the start and finish thanks to Israel’s Ami Omer Dadaon and Chantalle Zijderveld of The Netherlands.

India face New Zealand in the inaugural World Test Championship final tomorrow at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton on England’s south coast.

Former and current Olympians in Namibia have attended an athletes ambassador workshop that looks to improve on their media relations and personal brand building skills.

The English Mixed Martial Arts Association (EMMAA) has announced plans to host an invitational tournament at the Arnold Sports Festival UK.

Egypt’s Ali Farag and Mohamed ElShorbagy - respectively the men’s world number one and two - have been drawn together in Group A of the Professional Squash Association (PSA) World Tour Finals at Cairo’s Mall of Arabia between June 22 and 27.