Paralympic gold medallist Melanie Barratt is preparing to become the first blind woman to swim across the English Channel.

The legendary Italian goalkeeper has been praised by UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin for his "tremendous ability, longevity, determination and consistency".

Disgraced three-time Olympic medallist, Chinese swimmer Sun Yang, has won his first swimming title since returning from a four-year doping ban.

Amid growing tensions in international Olympic boxing, the nascent World Boxing under Boris van der Vorst is failing to secure the necessary support from national federations, despite strong backing from Bach, who is beginning to grow disillusioned with the Dutchman's failure.

Olympic champion Lydia Ko ended an eight-year major drought by winning theAIG Women's British Open on Sunday.

The condition of Juan Izquierdo, the player for Uruguayan side Nacional who is currently in intensive care after collapsing and suffering a heart attack during a match against Brazilian side Sao Paulo, has deteriorated in recent hours, according to a medical report released on Sunday.

The renowned German coach Christoph Daum, who led Stuttgart to the Bundesliga title in 1992, has died of lung cancer at the age of 70, the German Football League (DFL) confirmed on Sunday.

Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto dedicated his team's cricket triumph in the Test against Pakistan on Sunday to those who died during the protests that toppled former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who resigned in early August.

The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced that an independent arbitrator has issued a decision in the case of skater Kamryn Lute, who received a reduced sanction after admitting to using BPC-157.

Spanish tennis star Carlos Alcaraz, a four-time Grand Slam champion at the age of 21, played down injury concerns on Saturday after pulling out of a US Open practice session with a twisted right ankle.

Tennis legend and world number two Novak Djokovic of Serbia has called for "clear protocols" and "standardised approaches" to doping cases in tennis in response to the announcement that world number one Jannik Sinner has avoided sanction despite testing positive in two tests this year.

With just three days to go until the start of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, the flame for this event was lit in England on Saturday. It will then be split up and take different routes on a rapid journey through around fifty French cities.

Paralympian Sabahudin Delalic is aiming for glory at his seventh Paralympic Games, leading Bosnia's sitting volleyball team in their bid to dethrone Iran as the sport's reigning champions.

World number one Jannik Sinner is delighted to have escaped a doping ban, giving him some breathing space ahead of the year's final Grand Slam, the US Open. He tested positive for a banned substance twice, although "in my mind I know I didn't do anything wrong".