Russia has claimed that more than 30 countries have confirmed their participation at its International University Sports Festival in Yekaterinburg.

Ukrainian footballers Artem Gromov and Vladislav Kulach have been included in a list compiled by the country's Ministry of Youth and Sports naming athletes who went abroad with a special permit but did not return after the conclusion of their events.

Shakhtar Donetsk says it stands to lose up to €80 million (£69 million/$85 million) in transfer fees after FIFA extended a rule which allows players and coaches to suspend contracts with Russian and Ukrainian clubs.

Five people have been arrested after a stampede at a football stadium in El Salvador led to 12 deaths.

Cricket's bid for a place at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games will receive a boost from the massive investment being pumped into the new franchise league in the United States, organisers hope.

National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOC-K) President Paul Tergat travelled to Lausanne to hold talks with International Olympic Committee (IOC) counterpart Thomas Bach.

Proud Texan Eddie Southern, who won Olympic 400 metres hurdles silver at the 1956 Melbourne Games as an 18-year-old in only his fifth career race at the event, has died aged 85.

The President of the Turkish Judo Federation Sezer Huysuz says the country is targeting winning a medal during judo competition at Paris 2024.

Budapest's National Athletics Centre is set to open on June 17 before it stages the World Athletics Championships from August 19 to 27.

Baseball Ireland has been approved as a new associate member of the Olympic Federation of Ireland (OFI).

Dalil Skalli has been re-elected as President of the African Sambo Confederation at the organisation's Congress.

The International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) has staged the second of five planned courses in Africa in Egypt with a view to enhancing coaching development on the continent in the build-up to the 2026 summer Youth Olympic Games in Dakar.

Geraint Thomas crept closer to his first Giro d'Italia general classification win after stage 19 while Colombian Santiago Buitrago prevailed on the gruelling 183-kilometre mountain route.

Victory from Momo Tatsukawa pushed Japan to the top of the medals table at the International Judo Federation Grand Prix in Linz in Austria.

Former world champion Magnus Carlsen won the second leg of the Grand Chess Tour season in Warsaw.