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Saudi Arabia to host Asian Winter Games

Saudi Arabia was chosen on Tuesday to host the 2029 Asian Winter Games at a $500 billion futuristic megacity in the desert kingdom that planners say will feature a year-round winter sports complex.

El-Bakkali ends Kenya reign with steeplechase gold

Olympic champion Soufiane El-Bakkali of Morocco produced a tactical masterclass to storm to victory in the men’s 3000m steeplechase at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon on Monday.

Farah: 'I am not who you think I am'

Mo Farah enjoyed a remarkable career on the track becoming the first British athlete to win four Olympic gold medals, but his road to glory was, in reality, a much grimmer version of Chariots of Fire.

O'Callaghan wins women's 100m freestyle

Australian Mollie O'Callaghan overcame "panic" to continue the surge of teenage medallists in Budapest and become the youngest women's 100m freestyle world champion in more than 30 years on Thursday.

Popovici and McIntosh grab world swimming golds

David Popovici collected his second gold medal of the Swimming World Championships on Wednesday, while 15-year-old Summer McIntosh won her first.

Popovici, Ledecky take glory in swimming worlds

Monday in Budapest was a great evening for Italians and Romanians, a superb evening for teenagers and, as so often at the World Swimming Championships, a good evening for experienced Americans.

ITALY TO HOST PREMIER PADEL MAJOR IN MAY

The International Padel Federation, the Italian Tennis Federation and Sport e Salute announce agreement to host the “Italy Premier Padel Major” as part of multi-year deal.

Russia & Belarus banned from world swimming champs

The International Swimming Federation (FINA) on Wednesday said it had reversed a decision to allow Russians and Belarusians to compete as neutrals at the world championships.

Olympic 100m champ Jacobs wins on return

Olympic 100m champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs marked his long-awaited return to the track with victory in the 60m at the Berlin indoor meet on Friday.

Canelo KOs Plant

Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez flexed his muscles in another merciless victory as he overpowered Caleb Plant on Saturday.

Greece hands over Olympic flame to Beijing 2022

Greece on Tuesday handed over the Olympic flame to organisers of the 2022 Beijing Winter Games, a day after the lighting ceremony was disrupted by activists calling for the event to be postponed.

Fury v Wilder III: The reaction

Lennox Lewis, Andre Ward and Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson were among those to tweet about an unforgettable fight in Las Vegas.

Parker: Pacquiao one of the best

Manny Pacquiao, who has retired from boxing, will "go down as one of the best of all time", says Joseph Parker.

Joshua triggers Usyk rematch clause

Anthony Joshua has put plans to fight Tyson Fury to one side after activating a rematch clause to face Oleksandr Usyk in early 2022.

Joshua still hungry for Fury bout

Oleksandr Usyk's win cast huge doubt over an all-British heavyweight unification fight, but Anthony Joshua still wants to face Tyson Fury.

Pacquiao: My boxing career is over

Boxing veteran Manny Pacquiao appears to have retired as he sets his sights on the Filipino presidency although nothing has been confirmed.

Cort takes third stage triumph

Magnus Cort celebrated his third stage win of this year's race as Primoz Roglic edged closer to a third straight Vuelta a Espana title.

Roglic moves clear as Lopez wins

Primoz Roglic strengthened his lead in the general classification after finishing second to Miguel Angel Lopez on stage 18 of the Vuelta.

Tokyo 2020 - Closing Ceremony

King Kipchoge retains men's Olympic marathon title

Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge underlined his credentials as the undisputed king of the marathon with a totally dominant run to retain his Olympic title on the streets of Sapporo on Sunday.

Italy win first ever Olympic men's 4x100 metres

Italy produced a stunning performance to win the men's 4x100 metres relay Olympic title on Friday for the first time in their history with a national record of 37.50sec.

Italian 'Rocky'fan Palmisano lands 20km walk

Antonella Palmisano shrugged off the searing heat of Sapporo's to win the Olympic women's 20-kilometre walk on Friday to follow up her fellow Italian Massimo Stano's success in the men's race.

Poland's Tomala wins men's 50km walk Olympic title

Poland's Dawid Tomala won the men's Olympic 50 kilometres race walk on Friday, defying the punishing morning heat in Sapporo to storm to victory in just his third race over the distance.

Italy's Stano wins 20km walk Olympic gold

Massimo Stano of Italy conquered the heat in Sapporo to win the Olympic men's 20-kilometre race walk on Thursday as host nation Japan took silver and bronze.

Thompson-Herah wins 200m to seal Olympic double

Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah made history on Tuesday evening with victory in the women's 200m final

Brazil into Olympics football final

Reigning Olympic champions Brazil needed a penalty shootout win over Mexico to reach the final

Warholm wins men's Olympic 400m hurdles gold

Norway's Karsten Warholm produced a devastating performance to smash his own world record and win the Olympic men's 400 metres hurdles gold on Tuesday.

Biles makes belated Tokyo gold bid

Simone Biles will make her long-awaited bid for an individual gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday, while the men's 400m hurdles and women's 200m finals take centre stage on the track.

Cuba's Lopez wins fourth Olympic wrestling gold

Cuban Greco-Roman wrestler Mijain Lopez won his fourth Olympic gold medal in the heavyweight category on Monday.

Faris Ibrahim hands Qatar a historic gold

Weightlifter Faris Ibrahim has won a first ever gold medal for Qatar in the 96kg weightlifting competition for men at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.