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Keino to turn state witness after corruption charges dropped

  • Rio 2016

Kipchoge Keino is set to become a state witness after corruption charges against the legendary Kenyan athlete were dropped.

The new charge says that Keino is no longer an accused person," lawyer Cecil Miller told Agence France-Presse




Rematch confirmed in quad doubles final at Wheelchair Doubles Masters

  • Wheelchair Tennis

Great Britain's Andy Lapthorne and Antony Cotterill will play Nicholas Taylor and David Wagner from the United States in the quad doubles final at the Wheelchair Doubles Masters, after each pair won their final group games today in The Netherlands.

and Spaanstra joined them in the last four today with a 6-0, 3-6, 6-1 win over Charlotte Famin from France




Kenya denied place in Women's Africa Cup of Nations on eve of tournament

  • Football

Kenya has lost its Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) appeal to be reinstated to the 2018 Women's Africa Cup of Nations on the eve of the tournament in Ghana. 

on Equatorial Guinea.The tournament's top three teams will book their place at the 2019 World Cup in France


Deal for NHL players to play at Beijing 2022 could hinge on them supporting World Cup

  • Beijing 2022

A deal between the National Hockey League (NHL) and the players union to allow them to participate at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing could hinge on whether they they will back a World Cup in 2020, it has emerged.

2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing ©Getty Images"There's nothing new on the subject," Daly told Agence France-Presse


England and Georgia set pace at European Union Boxing Championships

  • Boxing

England and Georgia took top honours on day seven of the European Union Boxing Championships in Vallodolid in Spain as each had three men assuring themselves of medals by reaching their weight class semi-finals.

medals.The first edition of the EUBC European Union Boxing Championships was held in Strasbourg in France




New Zealand awarded 2021 Women’s Rugby World Cup ahead of Australia

  • Rugby Sevens

New Zealand will host the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2021, the first event will have been held in the Southern Hemisphere, it was announced today.

Women’s Rugby World Cup to date with a record total attendance of 45,412, the most viewed with Ireland, France

attracting record crowds and broadcast audiences in each of the last three tournaments - Ireland 2017, France


Alan Hubbard: Will we non-petrol-heads ever learn to love Lewis Hamilton?

  • Inside the Blogs

Outside of committed petrol-heads, Lewis Hamilton has never really been the flavour of any month in his homeland. Yet in the pantheon of British sports stars he surely deserves to be up there with the best.

2018 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award, but at the moment he is in the slipstream of Tour de France


England's 2021 Rugby League World Cup to be "most inclusive of all time"

  • Non-Olympic Sports

The Rugby League World Cup will, for the first time, stage men's, women's and wheelchair tournaments at the same time when England hosts the 2021 edition - making it "the most inclusive" edition ever.

remaining qualifying teams, based on their world ranking, including the two most recently qualified sides, France

wheelchair tournament will follow the same format, with England kicking-off the event.Current holders France


Wu extends own world record mark for gold at ISU Short Track World Cup in Salt Lake City

  • Short Track

China's Wu Dajing set the pace in the men's 500 metres and posted a world record time of 39.505sec as the International Skating Union Short Track World Cup leg concluded in Salt Lake City.

Luca Bacskai and Petra Jaszapati as they took the mixed gold in front of The Netherlands in silver and France

November 12, 2018Hungary clocked 2min 38.505sec, marginally edging the Dutch team who finished in 2:38.512.France