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Rory McIlroy holds the 18-hole lead after a brilliant opening round of five under par at the Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA) Championship in Oklahoma. McIlroy, who started on the 10th tee, made four consecutive birdies…

International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has made €1 million (£848,000/$1 million) of grants available to all National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) to support sport and organisational development. The financial aid is accessible via the…

Uzbekistan powerlifter Iskandar Tursunbaev has been banned by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) for three years after testing positive for banned substances in three urine samples. Samples were collected from Tursunbaev on…

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has declared himself "honoured and humbled" by receiving the backing of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) when he seeks re-election next year. "This means a lot to me and to FIFA," Infantino said in…

France’s National Sports Agency (ANS) has launched a "Coaches 2024" plan which is aimed at supporting success at the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. A total of 70 coaches from Olympic and Paralympic disciplines attended the…

South Korean city of Busan has been awarded the 2025 World Conference on Doping in Sport at the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Foundation Board meeting in Cairo. Busan staved off a challenge from Oman's capital Muscat and Tampere in…

Egypt has continued their domination at the African Wrestling Championships as the under-20 events got underway in El Jadida in Morocco. Several of the Greco-Roman and women's wrestling titles were once again won by Egypt, including Emad…

With men almost separated from boys at the on-going 44th Edition of the Central Bank of Nigeria Senior Tennis Championship holding at the package 'B' of the Moshood Abiola Stadium Abuja, men's singles seed 3, Igbinovia Wilson, yesterday…

PSG wing-back Achraf Hakimi hopes Chelsea midfielder Hakim Ziyech will return to the Morocco team. Both Ziyech and Ajax fullback Noussair Mazraoui were shunned for the African Cup of Nations after falling out with coach Vahid…

Nigeria and neighbours Benin Republic, both already qualified for the 17th Africa U20 Cup of Nations Egypt 2023, will slug it out on Friday to determine which of the two teams is the best U20 squad in the West African Football Union B zone.…