Renowned coach George Kingston has travelled to Slovakia to carry out a four-day ice sledge hockey training and education course.

Italian Dorothea Wierer shot clean on her way to a second International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup victory of the season today.

World record holder Bethany Firth is among five nominees who have been put forward for the International Paralympic Committee's (IPC) Allianz Athlete of the Month prize for December.

Defending champions Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams have been installed as top seeds for this month's Australian Open.

Architects of Tokyo 2020's scrapped Olympic Stadium design claim they have rejected a request to give up copyright of their plans - while claiming that the new project has "significant similarities" with their work.

Olympic skiing champion Picabo Street has been charged with assault and domestic violence in the United States after allegedly pushing her father down a flight of stairs.

Defending champions Spain enjoyed a crushing victory to make it two wins from two at the women's European Water Polo Championships in Belgrade today. 

Defending champions Iraq began the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Under-23 Championships with a 2-0 win over Yemen at the Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha today.

France's Martin Fourcade increased his overall lead in the International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup by powering to men's 20 kilometres glory in Ruhpolding in Germany today.

Countries competing at World Sailing events will need to highlight diplomatic challenges "well in advance" of racing beginning, the governing body has said, following the controversy which led to Israel withdrawing from the World Youth Championships in Malaysia.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been refused access to emails which allegedly reveal that the disgraced son of former International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Lamine Diack helped arrange "parcels" for some of its senior members when Qatar's capital Doha was bidding for the 2016 Games.

Former Guatemalan Football Federation (GFF) President Brayan Jimenez has become the latest high profile official from Latin America to be arrested in connection with allegations of corruption at football's world governing body FIFA.

Paralympic champions Michael Gallagher, Susan Powell and David Nicholas head-up a 14-member squad selected by Cycling Australia for the Para Track World Championships in Montichiari, Italy, in March.

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has signed a partnership deal with trophy company World Sport Design.