Azerbaijan has been hit by a double blow today after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) threatened a declaration of non-compliance before a third weightlifter was confirmed as having failed a test following re-analysis of Beijing 2008 samples.

A ship which is due to become the Portuguese Hospitality House at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games has become the first boat in the country's navy to be honoured by a foreign country as it continues its journey across the Atlantic.

Romanian-born Canadian former super middleweight champion Lucian Bute is having his B-sample opened today following his positive drugs test for Ostarine.

European stars are dominating the latest United World Wrestling (UWW) freestyle ranking lists circulated ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Glenn Howard, one of the world’s most experienced curlers, has been appointed tactical coach for the British women's team skippered by Eve Muirhead.

Six cities across three continents will host events on the International Skating Union (ISU) World Cup calendar next season, it has been announced today.

Russia's London 2012 Olympic silver medallist Dmitrii Ushakov is leading the entries for the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) Trampoline World Cup beginning tomorrow in the Portuguese city of Coimbra.

Thirty officials spanning 30 different countries have attended a final referees training camp ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Former London 2012 head of logistics Mick Wright has begun his role as chief operating officer for next year's Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Ashgabat.

Serbia, Canada and Greece each made it two wins from two matches in their respective groups at the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Olympic Qualifying Tournaments today.

Over 200 blood bags at the centre of the Operation Puerto scandal are now in the possession of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the International Cycling Union (UCI), the two bodies have confirmed today.

Turkish middle distance runner Aslı Çakır Alptekin has been unsuccessful in her appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to have her doping ban lifted five years early because she acted as a whistleblower.

Czech Republic's Natalie Dianová and Jan Kuf claimed mixed relay gold today at the Modern Pentathlon European Championships in Sofia today.

United States' Mara Abbott has moved into the overall lead at the Giro d'Italia Internazionale Femminile after dominating the 77.5 kilometres route from Grosio to Tirano.