Hugues Fabrice Zango has set a new indoor triple jump world record and become just the seventh man in history to clear the 18-metre barrier.

Marta Bassino edged out Tessa Worley to win her third giant slalom race of the season as the International Ski Federation (FIS) women's Alpine Ski World Cup circuit visited Kranjska Gora.

The Sports Federation of Jordanian Universities (SFJU) has undertaken a commitment to spreading the sport of teqball across the country's campuses.

The National Olympic Committee of Zambia (NOCZ) has called on all group training for Olympic hopefuls in the country to be halted to guard against athletes contracting and spreading COVID-19.

The England netball side are to face an all-star team from the country's Vitality Netball Superleague in lieu of international games against Jamaica, which had to be called off because of the coronavirus crisis.

Centro Caribe Sports inspection visits to potential new hosts for the 2022 Central American and Caribbean Games have been postponed because coronavirus-related travel restrictions.

Nicole Vogt was a convincing winner of the first of three International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) Women's Monobob World Series races in Park City.

Past champions Stewart Anderson and Paul Foster both won their opening matches at the World Indoor Bowls Championships.

Television executive Antonio Marano has taken up the post of commercial director for Milan Cortina 2026.

The United States have withdrawn from the International Handball Federation (IHF) Men's Handball World Championship because of a COVID-19 outbreak, but hosts Egypt were victorious as the event began.

Klete Keller has been charged with three federal offences after footage showed the Olympic swimming gold medallist among a crowd that stormed the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. last week.

The Global Esports Federation (GEF) reports that its "#worldconnected" series attracted more than 500,000 viewers - a demonstration of its capability for "drawing the world’s esports community together", according to President Chris Chan.

Rugby union's top two continental competitions in Europe, the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup, have been suspended after the French Government told clubs not to play sides from Britain and Ireland.

Fifth seed Les Gillet is out of the World Indoor Bowls Championships after defeat to Perry Martin in round one of the open singles, but past winner Mark Dawes is through.