Sir Mo Farah overcame one of the toughest challenges of his career to produce a tactical masterclass and win the first gold medal of the International Association of Athletics Federations World Championships here.

England's Alison Waters and New Zealand's Joelle King each enjoyed a superb day in reaching two finals at the World Squash Federation World Doubles Championships in Manchester.

Thailand's former world number one Ratchanok Intanon survived a scare before battling into the semi-finals at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) New Zealand Open in Auckland today.

Athletes from United States, Germany, Denmark and South Africa each impressed in winning single sculls quarter-finals today at the World Rowing Junior Championships on Lake Galvė in Lithuanian city Trakai.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has insisted that their responses to the Russian doping scandal cannot be compared with that of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) because of the differing context each supposedly faces.

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe claims to have agreed not to become a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) this year in order to focus on forcing through reforms within his own sport.

Home hope Catharine Pendrel is hoping to return to form when Mont-Ste-Anne in Quebec hosts the fifth round of the International Cycling Union (UCI) Mountain Bike World Cup starting tomorrow.

Jamaican 400 metres sprinter Riker Hylton has been cleared of any wrongdoing after being accused of deliberately missing a drugs test.

Malaysian duo Nicol David and Rachel Arnold were forced to withdraw from their World Squash Federation World Doubles Championships quarter-final in Manchester.

Australia's Jack Haig produced a superb solo effort to win stage six of the Tour of Poland in Zakopane today as Peter Sagan relinquished the overall race lead to Belgium's Dylan Teuns.

A new "Spikes Bot" initiative has been launched by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) in partnership with Skype to cover "every angle" of the World Championships due to start here tomorrow.

Ukrainian sprinters Olesya Povkh and Olha Zemlyak have each been suspended from the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships starting here tomorrow after failing drugs tests.

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Race Walking Committee chair Maurizio Damilano believes the quality of entrants in the new 50 kilometres women's event must improve before it can be considered for Olympic inclusion.