Frenchman Nicolas Gestin won his first senior World Cup gold and Britain’s Mallory Franklin celebrated her birthday with her first gold since 2019 at the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Canoe Slalom World Cup in Kraków.

women’s final Franklin had a nervous wait for her gold, with reigning Olympic champion Jessica Fox of Australia

Britain's Geraint Thomas of Ineos Grenadiers left his title rivals in the dust to win the 85th Tour de Suisse in Vaduz.

the tour as the best young rider, 2mins 53secs clear of stage winner Evenepoel.Michael Matthews of Australia

The International Swimming Federation (FINA) Extraordinary Congress has approved a significant change to its policy on the inclusion of transgender athletes in women's competitions here, with individuals required to have completed transition by the age of 12 to be eligible.

offered their views to the Congress prior to the vote.Four-time Olympic gold medallist Cate Campbell of Australia

has been brought into the spotlight in recent months by high-profile cases in the United States and Australia

FINA's updated regulations would rule this out.In April, the Australian Olympic Committee and Swimming Australia

Both the men's and women's four crews of Australia demonstrated their Olympic pedigree with wins, on

Scotland, England and Wales survived scares to reach the quarter-finals of the World Cup of Darts in Frankfurt, as all eight seeded teams sealed a spot in the last-eight for the first time in the competition’s history.

masterclass over Republic of Ireland’s William O’Connor and Steve Lennon.Simon Whitlock and Damon Heta of Australia

Double Olympic 100 metres champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce served notice on her intention of successfully defending her world title this summer as she won the concluding event of a sweltering Meeting de Paris here tonight in 10.67sec, equalling her own 2022 world-leading mark.

and fell back to third, albeit in a personal best of 1:44.14.The second-placed finisher, Peter Bol of Australia

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edition in Fukuoka, are Husain Al-Musallam's first as FINA President ©Getty ImagesElijah Winnington of Australia

Two International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Championships records were set on the first day here by Katie Ledecky en route to a 16th gold medal at the event and French prospect Léon Marchand.

going to the reigning Olympic champions.The US won the men's race in 3:09.34, which was 1.46 clear of Australia

swimming pic.twitter.com/oP8TTG3urq— FINA (@fina1908) June 18, 2022Third-placed Italy clocked 3:10.95.Australia

The United States' Mary Jones was one of three gold medallists in the able-bodied events at the World Rowing Cup II on Lake Malta in Poznan in Poland.

Srisomboon, Siwakorn Wongpin and Nawamin Dechudomrat finished third for Thailand.In the women's four, Australia

"We’ve finally been heard" was the reaction of two-time Olympian Becky Downie on social media following the long-awaited release of a report that uncovers the abusive culture that had become entrenched within British Gymnastics.

treatment.There have since been reports of abuse in the sport in countries through the world including Australia

Australia's men's four Olympic champions showed their appetite for more success by crushing their heat on day two of the World Rowing Cup.

heat one, The Netherlands produced a similarly dominant display, posting a time of 05:51.78 to join Australia

 Australia, led by Olympic champions Lucy Stephen and Annabelle McIntyre, made it through heat two

Canada's Jill Moffatt, the only Olympian across the two heats, came second behind Georgia Nesbitt of Australia

Broenink and quad Olympic champion Koen Metsemakers combined to row The Netherlands to victory over Australia

The gold and bronze medallists at Tokyo 2022 repeated their placings in K1 qualifying on the opening day of the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Canoe Slalom World Cup in Kraków.

 Jessica Fox of Australia, who hold previous victories in the Polish City and won the opening World

Two of Australia's cycling gold medallists from Gold Coast 2018 have been selected for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, but many others are absent.

will all race in track endurance.Jessica Gallagher will have another outing in Para track cycling, and Australia

nbsp;The majority of Australia's cycling team will be Commonwealth Games newcomers ©Commonwealth Games Australia"I

With less than a month to go until the World Athletics Championships in Oregon, tomorrow's Diamond League Meeting de Paris at the Stade Charlety offers many of the top contenders for gold - including the evergreen 35-year-old Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce - the chance of getting down to serious business.

form of the respective Olympic silver and bronze medallists Nicola Olyslagers - nee McDermott - of Australia

A group of students from Torrens University Australia have undertaken an intensive two-week course at

Torrens University Australia was founded in 2013, and has campuses across the country as well as in Auckland