International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach led the tributes to United States' double Olympic basketball gold medallist Kobe Bryant, who died yesterday in a fatal helicopter crash.

a message of tribute to Bryant on her shoes as she played in a doubles match, while Nick Kyrgios of Australia

Britain's number one Dan Evans has stated he would rather miss Tokyo 2020 to focus on the hard court season, including the US Open, leaving Team GB facing the prospect of not having a representative in the men's singles in the Olympic Games, an event they won the gold medal in at London 2012 and Rio 2016.

career high ranking of 32 at the moment, which meant he was seeded at a Grand Slam for the first time in Australia

Australia and hosts New Zealand shared the titles at the 2020 Oceania Mountain Bike Championships in

Ten cities will host Gold level athletics meetings across four continents as part of the pilot year for the World Athletics Continental Tour in 2020.

Oceania and South America do not have Gold level meetings but success in Silver events in Brisbane in Australia

South Korea won the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Under-23 Championship for the first time as an extra-time strike downed Saudi Arabia 1-0 in the final.

Uzbekistan.Both finalists have also qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, alongside third-placed Australia

Belgium's men's and women's teams both enjoyed success against their Australian compatriots in the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Pro League in Sydney.

For the second time in successive days, Australia and Belgium’s women needed a shoot-out to decide the

 However, a superb 4-2 win ensured that the Belgians will leave Australia with their position as

the roof of the net from Maxime Plennevaux put Belgium 3-1 up with four minutes remaining, forcing Australia

We took the number one spot from Australia yesterday, and I think we will try to hold onto it as long

Australia co-captain Eddie Ockenden targeted improvement in the games to come.

Australia's Richie Porte won the Tour Down Under for the second time as he overhauled back-to-back defending champion Daryl Impey on the sixth and final stage.

International Cycling Union World Tour season.Focus now turns to the one-day Great Ocean Road Race also in Australia

Late risers staying in the Lausanne Palace may have been somewhat alarmed looking out of their windows last week. 

change, are affecting sporting events right now.It has been hard to ignore the bushfires rage across Australia

Ashleigh Barty kept her bid for a historic home triumph at the Australian Open alive by reaching the quarter-finals at Melbourne Park.

had to figure it out," said Federer, who is hoping to win a 21st Grand Slam title and a seventh in Australia

Beveridge took gold in the PTWC categories of the Para-Triathlon Oceania Championships held at Newcastle in Australia

victorious, finishing almost 30 minutes ahead of Shannon Cleave, who was one of only two athletes not from Australia

China has withdrawn as host of the qualifying tournament for the women's Olympic football at Tokyo 2020 because of the coronavirus outbreak and the event next month has been relocated to Sydney, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has announced.

 Football Federation Australia (FFA) have offered to step in and are now due to host the tournament

featuring Australia, China, Chinese Taipei and Thailand.

nbsp;"The safety of all players, officials and fans is of paramount importance to Football Federation Australia

Hosts New Zealand have won their home leg of the men's World Rugby Sevens Series at FMG Stadium in Hamilton after a 27-5 win over France.

final after comfortably beating Scotland 38-12 in their final group match before coming back to beat Australia

together after winning both competitions in the third leg of the Sevens Series ©Getty ImagesElsewhere, Australia

 The next round of the Sevens Series will be hosted in Sydney, Australia on February 1 and 2.

Home world champions Donavan Brazier and Nia Ali carried on where they left off in Boston today as they began their Tokyo 2020 season with dominant victories in the opening meeting of the World Athletics Indoor Tour - the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix.

indoor silver medallist Christina Clemons was second in 7.98.In the women’s 1500m, Jessica Hull of Australia

New Zealand triumphed in front of a home crowd in Hamilton to earn their third consecutive World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series title of the season.

France claimed their first ever World Sevens Series bronze medal after edging past Australia 19-14.

South Korea have sealed an epic win over Japan, in the semi-finals of the Asian Men's Handball Championship in Kuwait.

 In earlier matches, Australia defeated arch-rivals New Zealand 37-24 in Placement Group 3, while