Monday and Tuesday's (August 2 and 3) Suncorp Super Netball League (SSN) fixtures will run under strict COVID-19 protocols next week to enable matches to take place in the southeast of Queensland state after a snap lockdown was imposed.
Germany won their seventh Women’s Fistball World Championship title, and fourth in a row, with a straight sets victory over Austria in the final in Grieskirchen.
Ukraine continued to add to their medal tally at the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) Youth MMA World Championships on the second day of competition with five more golds in the Bulgarian capital Sofia.
Morocco and Cameroon claimed all seven gold medals between them at the African Beach Sambo Championships in Cairo, concluding three days of continental competition in Egypt.
Youth players from Internazionale, Juventus, AS Roma and Florentia SanGimignano were given the opportunity to try out teqball at the final four of the Women’s Primavera Championship at the Mapei Football Centre in Sassuolo in northern Italy.
The Global Esports Federation (GEF) has confirmed the major esports titles for the Singapore 2021 Global Esports Games (GEG), in the run-up to the first edition of the event later this year.
Ukraine sit comfortably at the top of the medal table on the opening day of the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) Youth World Championships in the Bulgarian capital Sofia with eight titles, following the conclusion of the Youth C competition.
Hosts Austria will face holders Germany in the final of the Women’s Fistball World Championship in Grieskirchen.
Russian 10th seed Sergey Karjakin mounted a comeback to progress to the semi-finals of the Chess World Cup following a tiebreaker win over American 31st seed Sam Shankland in Sochi.
Hosts Egypt claimed two gold medals on the second day of the African Sambo Championships in the capital Cairo, while the dominant Moroccans won three more titles and Cameroon bagged two golds.
The semi-final line-up is set at the Women's Fistball World Championship in Grieskirchen, with defending champions Germany still unbeaten and Serbia coming up short in their bid for a last-four place.
Morocco were the big winners on the opening day of the African Sambo Championships in Egyptian capital Cairo, winning six titles.
The International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) Youth MMA World Championships begin tomorrow in Sofia - the second edition of the tournament for athletes aged 12 to 17.
World champion Magnus Carlsen put two turbulent rounds behind him to ease into the semi-finals of the Chess World Cup with a second victory over France's Etienne Bacrot in Sochi, setting up a tie with Polish player Jan-Krzysztof Duda.
World Netball has revealed a "Your Netball World" mosaic to mark two years until the Netball World Cup in Cape Town.
Denver were awarded the 1976 Winter Olympic Games ahead of Sion in Switzerland, Tempere in Finland and Vancouver in Canada at the International Olympic Committee Session in 1970. But in a Colorado referendum in November 1972, voters rejected funding for the event. It is the only time a city has been awarded the Olympics but pulled out. The IOC then offered the Games to Whistler in Canada, but they too declined owing to a change of Government following elections. Salt Lake City offered to host the Games, but the IOC, still reeling from the Denver rejection, declined and selected Innsbruck, the 1964 host city, as a replacement.
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