French feminist group, the International League for Women’s Rights (ILWR), has called on the organisers of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris to ban the hijab and other items of Islamic clothing during the Games, to ensure female Muslim athletes can compete free from religious restrictions. 

The first edition of the Freestyle Canoeing Oceania Championships will be held in Sydney in Australia this month, as part of the city's 2019 International Whitewater Festival.

Some of the world’s best luge athletes have come together to create a video urging action on climate change.

London in England has been named the best sports city for 2019 by global communications firm Burson Cohn & Wolfe (BCW).

More than 20,000 tickets have so far been sold for the 2019 European Games in Minsk, organisers have announced, although that equates to only five per cent of the overall number available.

Short track speed skater Lim Hyo-jun, winner of the Olympic gold medal in the 1,500 metres at Pyeongchang 2018, has been named the top South Korean athlete of 2018 by the Korean Sport and Olympic Committee (KSOC).

Puerto Rico's Adriana Diaz won the women's singles title at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Pan-America Cup on home soil in Guaynabo, as Brazil's Hugo Calderano retained the men's prize.

Alex Granato from the United States gained his first victory on the International Equestrian Federation Jumping World Cup circuit in Wellington, at the same Florida venue where he made his debut a year ago.

History was made today at the International Ski Federation Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships in Utah as the United States' Lindsey Jacobellis and Mick Dierdorff won the first-ever mixed team snowboard cross title.

Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo and Fancy Cherono from Kenya each claimed victory today as the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Cross Country Permit season came to an end in Albufeira in Portugal.

Maren Lundy has won yet again in Hinzenbach to claim her fifth successive victory on the International Ski Federation Women’s Ski Jumping World Cup circuit.

Germany’s Petrissa Solja staged an incredible comeback to win the women’s singles title at the European Table Tennis Union Europe Top 16 Cup in Switzerland.

Norway's Jarl Magnus Riiber extended his unbeaten run on the International Ski Federation Nordic Combined World Cup circuit to four as he won a Gundersen for the second time in two days in Klingenthal.

Mathieu van der Poel showed his class yet again to win the elite men’s race at the International Cycling Union Cyclo-Cross World Championships in Bogense in Denmark.