Two new gold medallists emerged on the final day of racing at the men's 49er and women's FX skiff World Championships in Porto.

Italy's multiple world and Paralympic champion Alessandro Zanardi was beaten by half a wheel in the men's H4 road race at the International Cyclng Union (UCI) Para-cycling Road World Championships in Pietermaritzburg as Tim de Vries of The Netherlands earned a historic win.

Italy's Vincenzo Nibali took four seconds off the overall lead held by Britain's Chris Froome at the Vuelta a España today as Poland’s Rafal Majka claimed a breakaway victory on stage 14's summit finish.

Braden Gellenthien defeated the world champion and world number one Stephan Hansen 148-145 in Rome today to secure the second Archery World Cup Final title of his career, as Colombia's Sara López earned her third title with a 145-138 win over Tanja Jensen of Denmark.

Olympic silver medalists Jena Hansen and Katja Iversen of Denmark have put themselves in a strong position to earn a first world title in their 49erFX class, having been the only top women’s team to avoid a capsize on a day of strong Portuguese trade-winds at the World Championship venue of Matosinhos, near Porto.

On a night when a major power cut in northern Brussels affected operations at the second International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League final of the season at the King Baudouin Stadium, world 1,500 metres champion Faith Kipyegon and Sifan Hassan of The Netherlands lit up the evening with an all-out surge around the final lap that eventually saw the Kenyan edge ahead to claim her first Diamond Trophy.

The Olympic gold, silver and bronze medallists from Rio 2016 - respectively Martine Grael/Kahena Kunze of Brazil, Alex Maloney/Molly Meech of New Zealand and Denmark’s Jena Hansen and Katja Salskov-Iversen - top the 2017 World Championship leaderboard at the conclusion of the qualifying rounds for the 49er FX at Porto.

France’s world 800 metres champion Pierre-Ambroise Bosse has revealed he has sustained "multiple facial fractures" in a "violent assault" by three individuals which has ended his season.

Three Olympic champions arrived here for the concluding International Association of Athletics Federations Diamond League final, seeking to finish their seasons on a high after World Championship disappointment.

Michael Kassis, President of the Commonwealth Karate Federation (CKF), has used the occasion of the imminent Commonwealth Karate Championships to applaud the place the sport has earned at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, adding that it will inspire continuing efforts to get karate into the Commonwealth Games.

Miguel Ángel Lopez earned his first Grand Tour victory on the first high-altitude finish on stage 11 of this year's Vuelta a España on a day when overall race leader Chris Froome, of Team Sky, extended his lead from 36 to 79 seconds, on the 187.5-kilometres route from Lorca to Observatorio Astronomico de Calar Alto

Fog which held up the opening two days of qualifying races for Olympic skiffs at the 49er and 49erFX World Championships at Matosinhos, near Porto, relented this afternoon to allow some sailing to take place, and after three qualifying races in the men’s 49er class the leaders – after scores of 2,2,5 - were Britain’s James Peters and Finn Sterritt, who earned European bronze medals last month.

Defending EuroBasket champions Spain, gold medallists in three of the last four editions, are overwhelming favourites to retain their title at the 40th staging of the tournament which gets underway tomorrow in four host cities.

Foggy conditions and light winds have made it impossible for any competition to take place during the first two days of the 2017 49er/FX World Championships at Porto in Portugal, with the majority of the leading male and female Olympic skiff competitors left to scuff their heels.