Almost half the technical officials chosen by the International Triathlon Union for next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo are female. 

in any previous editions - such as Barbados, Bahrain, Chinese Taipei, Germany, Mauritius, Romania, Serbia

Sport has come a long way since dusk settled over the Estadio Olimpico in in Mexico City 51 years ago next October when Afro-American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos stood, heads bowed, on the rostrum, each raising a black-gloved hand in silent protest  at continuing racial discrimination in their homeland. Or has it?

He was also drawing on his experience during a match in Serbia in 2012 during which he had stones thrown

World Rugby has announced five Spirit of Rugby partners to mark the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace.

to benefit, alongside Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, England, Germany, Ireland, Poland, Scotland, Serbia

Albert Woods will lead the European Canoe Association (ECA) as President for another four years after being re-elected unopposed at the body’s Ordinary Congress today in Belgrade.

Gawehn from Germany were both re-elected with 31 and 19 votes, respectively, while Stanojevic from Serbia

Turkey were the dominant force on day two of the European Karate Championships, securing their place in three of the four team finals. 

win of defending the title they won last year in Novi Sad in Serbia.In the other side of the pool, Serbia

Spain made an impressive start to the 2019 European Karate Championships with three of its athletes reaching finals in Guadalajara.

In a repeat of last year’s final in Novi Sad in Serbia, Sánchez Jaime will face Italy’s Viviana Bottaro.The

Defending champion John Isner progressed to the semi-finals of the Miami Open after battling past Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut at Hard Rock Stadium.

aimed to stage another comeback following his three-set win over world number one Novak Djokovic of Serbia

Kosovo will be allowed to compete at the European Karate Championships, which are due to start in Guadalajara tomorrow, "just as any other delegation", it is claimed, despite the Spanish Government’s refusal to allow the country to compete under their own flag at last year’s World Championships in Madrid.

Spain has so far proved unwilling to recognise Kosovo, whose delegation were twice barred from entering Serbia

The International Federation of Fitness and Bodybuilding (IFBB) has announced the Open Balkan Cup will return to the Serbian town of Knjaževac for the second staging of the event later this year.

Knjaževac, a city in south-eastern Serbia, known as 'Little Venice', has many years of tradition in the

Russia’s Vladimir Maslennikov won his third gold in two days today as action came to an end at the European 10 Metre Shooting Championships in Osijek.

Giordano, Paolo Monna and Alessio Torracchi beat Ukraine 16-4.Russia still made the podium, beating Serbia

Russia had another successful day at the European 10 Metre Shooting Championships in Osijek today as team action dominated the programme.

they beat Slovenia 575-546 and advanced alongside Hungary, Ukraine and Germany, who beat Switzerland, Serbia

Croatia and Russia will open the 2019 Davis Cup Finals in Madrid after the International Tennis Federation (ITF) confirmed the schedule for the event.

days of the finals in Madrid ©Getty ImagesTop seeds and 2018 runners up France are in Group A with Serbia

No play was possible on day two of the Miami Open due to heavy rain at the Hard Rock Stadium.

at its new home of the Hard Rock Stadium this year ©Getty ImagesWorld number ones Novak Djokovic of Serbia

The International Basketball Association (FIBA) 2019 World Cup draw has been made in the Chinese city of Shenzhen with the country set to host the competition in August and September.

 Angola, Philippines, Italy and Serbia will be based in Foshan in Group D.Greece, New Zealand, Brazil

Scotland's own Laura Muir successfully completed the defence of both her European Athletics Indoor Championship titles here as, with the 3,000 metres gold already secured, she produced another performance of pulverising power and intent to win the 1,500m in 4min 5.92sec.

Confirmation of his 60m hurdles win appeared to take Trajkovic, whose family moved to Cyprus from Serbia