Rio 2016 Paralympic champion Petrúcio Ferreira dos Santos of Brazil broke his own men’s 100 metres T47 world record on his way to claiming gold here at the World Para Athletics Championships this evening.

took silver with an area record of 16.72m, while bronze was won by defending champion Todd Hodgetts of Australia

World champion Flora Duffy claimed a convincing victory in the women’s event at the World Triathlon Series (WTS) in Hamburg.

kilometre bike and 1.6 km run course.The United States are the defending champions, while Britain and Australia

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull pledged that Gold Coast 2018 would be a success as organisers officially unveiled the completed hockey centre.

This is going to be a great occasion to showcase the Gold Coast, Australia and the great talent, some

Six nations remain in medal contention at the Men's Softball World Championship in Whitehorse after the first day of play-off action.

inning through Derek Mayson and Mark Johnson.They now go onto face New Zealand, 6-2 winners against Australia

The United States bagged another win at the Federation of International Lacrosse Women’s World Cup today as they continued their title defence.

Griffin scored four while Kelly Rabil and Alexandra Aust both netted a hat-tricks as the US defeated Australia

Great Britain’s Hannah Cockroft delighted the home crowd on the opening evening of action here at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships, breaking her own world record en route to defending the women’s 100 metres T34 title.

this evening came in the men’s shot put F38, an event won by international debutant Cameron Crombie of Australia

Jamaica enjoyed double sprint success as the World Under-18 Athletics Championships continued at the Moi International Sports Centre in Nairobi today.

elections in August, while the threat of terrorism also remains high.Six countries - the United States, Australia

Birmingham 2022 have unveiled three more venues that will be used if the city's bid to host the Commonwealth Games in five years' time is successful.

including rugby.It staged two matches during the 2015 Rugby World Cup, with South Africa beating Samoa and Australia

English cities, Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, Victoria in Canada and Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney in Australia

Hamburg is set to host a packed weekend of competition with the World Triathlon Series (WTS) and Mixed Relay World Championships set to take place in the German city.

kilometre bike and 1.6 km run course.The United States are the defending champions, while Britain and Australia

A Kuala Lumpur bid for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in which participants would stay in four-star hotels rather than an Athletes' Village is not expected to be considered for Government approval until September - putting a potential plan to host the event in jeopardy.

year.Birmingham and Liverpool in England, Victoria in Canada and Adelaide, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney in Australia

Cisco Australia has been unveiled as the official network hardware sponsor of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth

behind the scenes means the athletes can take the centre stage," said Ken Boal, vice-president of Cisco Australia

Gold Coast 2018 chairman Peter Beattie, left, and Ken Boal, vice-president of Cisco Australia and New

The United States begun their quest for a third consecutive Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) Women's World Cup crown with a convincing win over Scotland in Guildford today.

the top of Group A ahead of hosts England, 12-6 winners against Wales yesterday, and Canada, who beat Australia

Six teams have secured places in the quarter-finals of the men's Hockey World League semi-final in Johannesburg following a busy day of action.

©FIHIn Pool A, France cruised to a 4-1 win over Japan to confirm their place in the last eight with Australia

Francois Goyet and Blaise Rogeau respectively.Spain were in action against reigning world champions Australia

France’s Steven Fauvel Clinch was crowned as the men’s decathlon champion on the second day of the World Under-18 Athletics Championships in Nairobi.

elections in August, while the threat of terrorism also remains high.Six countries - the United States, Australia

Poland’s Agnieszka Skrzypulec and Irmina Mrozek retained the overall lead in the women’s competition at the 470 World Championships at the Nautical Club of Thessaloniki.

after a fourth place finish today while London 2012 Olympic champion Mathew Belcher and Will Ryan of Australia