Rio 2016 taekwondo gold medallist So-hui Kim has revealed she only took up the sport in an attempt to improve her fitness.

martial art ©Getty ImagesKim, the seventh seed in her class, faced eighth-seed Tijana Bogdanovic of Serbia

A signing ceremony has taken place between the Algerian Olympic Committee (COA) and a Turkish construction company in order to inaugurate a building set to be used as the headquarters for the 2021 Mediterranean Games in Oran. 

, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Kosovo, Macedonia, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, San Marino, Serbia

Renata Csay and Marton Kover of Hungary won gold medals in their respective women's K1 and men's C1 events at the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Canoe Marathon World Championships in Brandenburg in Germany.

worked together to ease away from the rest of the field.Only Ireland's Jenny Egan and Kristina Bedec of Serbia

Two training camps for Nordic sports have been held by the International Ski Federation (FIS).

from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Estonia, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia

Defending champions Great Britain will welcome back double Olympic gold medallist Andy Murray for their Davis Cup World Group semi-final clash with Argentina.

who successfully defended his London 2012 Olympic title at Rio 2016, opted to rest as Britain beat Serbia

A course for luge trainers is to be held in the Winter Olympic city of Sarajevo.

confirmed their attendance so far.These are the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia

Kosovo’s first-ever competitive football appearance received a substantial boost after six players who had previously represented other nations were cleared to play for the Balkan country on the day of their World Cup qualifier away in Finland.

country, which also became a full member of European governing body UEFA in May, were kept apart from Serbia

Croatia secured their maiden International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Men’s Youth Water Polo Championships title as they battled to a hard-fought 16-13 victory over hosts Montenegro in the final in Podgorica.

top spot on the podium.The result saw them go one better than their senior counterparts, who lost to Serbia

An Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) Disciplinary Committee has called on Brazilian authorities to remove the record of criminal proceedings brought against nine athletes from the country who gained access to a Rio 2016 basketball semi-final with tampered accreditation.

disproportionately”.The group, representing six different sports, sat in upgraded seats during the Australia versus Serbia

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Karlovic served a US Open record of 61 aces in his first round encounter ©Getty ImagesJanko Tipsarevic of Serbia

World number one Serena Williams got her pursuit of a seventh US Open crown off to the perfect start as she dispatched Russia’s Ekaterina Makarova in straight sets at Flushing Meadows.

for compatriot Diego Schwartzman, progressing with a 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 victory, with Janko Tipsarević of Serbia

Brazil have cemented their position at the top of the men's International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) senior world rankings following their victory at Rio 2016, while China's gold medal was enough to see them jump two places to the summit of the women's list.

undefeated Brazilians in the quarter-finals, top four contenders The Netherlands in the last four and then Serbia

An internal investigation looking into how Australian athletes were detained by police after attending a Rio 2016 basketball match has reportedly discovered that a further 80 athletes gained access to the game.

Brazilian police after sitting in the wrong seats while watching Australia’s men's semi-final against Serbia

Serbia have risen to third place in the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) men’s world rankings

Games.The result has seen the US retain top spot in the rankings, while 2014 FIBA World Cup runners-up Serbia

defeated Australia 89-88 in the bronze medal match at the Games.France, Lithuania and Argentina sit behind Serbia

medals at the Games, with the Americans winning 101-72 in the final.Similarly to the men’s rankings, Serbia

Kendra Harrison of the United States, who broke the 28-year-old world 100 metres hurdles record of 12.21sec in London last month with a time of 12.20 after failing to qualify in the US Olympic Track and Field trials, offered evidence of what Rio missed tonight as she defeated a strong field in 12.42 at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League meeting in Lausanne.

Race in her event.Rio silver medallist Ashley Spencer of the US was sixth in 55.86.Ivana Spanovic of Serbia