Australia has confirmed a team of 44 athletes for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, boasting its highest female representation in history.

Kazakhstan became the first team in Group B at the UEFA Futsal Euro 2022 to win a match, defeating Finland 6-2 in the late session at the MartiniPlaza in the Dutch city of Groningen.

Cameroon had to work hard to defeat a depleted Comoros side 2-1 in the last 16 of the Africa Cup of Nations, but the match was overshadowed by an incident outside the Olembe Stadium, with reports that six people had been killed in crushes.

Bahrain and Iran booked their spots in the semi-finals of the Asian Men's Handball Championship in Dammam with narrow victories in Group II.

Four teams have progressed to the semi-finals of the Women's Hockey Asia Cup, with all four winning by huge margins in their final group matches in Muscat in Oman.

Australia, South Korea and Japan all progressed to the quarter-finals of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women's Asian Cup with group stage wins, but notably India withdrew from the tournament after being deemed unable to field a sufficient team due to several positive COVID-19 cases.

Sweden's Sara Hector and the United States' Mikaela Shiffrin are set to be the leading contenders in the latest giant slalom leg of the International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Ski World Cup in Kronplatz tomorrow. 

Martina Navratilova has called the decision taken by the organisers of the Australian Open to ban t-shirts protesting the Peng Shuai scandal as "pathetic", accusing Tennis Australia of "capitulating" to China.

Sandviken is set to hold the 2023 World Women's Curling Championship, ending a 19-year wait for Sweden to host the competition again.

The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan (UOC) has celebrated 30 years since the organisation was formed in 1992, at an event in Tashkent.

All five of New Zealand's Paralympic gold medallists from the Tokyo 2020 Games are among a list of 28 finalists for the Halberg Awards, an event that honours sporting achievements of teams and athletes.

Portugal consolidated their position as the top team in Group A at the UEFA Futsal Euro 2022 by beating hosts The Netherlands at the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam, edging them closer to the top seeding in the quarter-finals.

Burkina Faso eventually booked their spot in the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations, beating 10-man Gabon in a nail-biting penalty shoot-out at the Limbe Stadium in Cameroon.

Karl Geiger won for a second time this weekend at Titisee-Neustadt to extend his lead at the top of the International Ski Federation (FIS) Ski Jumping World Cup standings over Japanese jumper Ryōyū Kobayashi.