Sweden's Armand Duplantis added another centimeter to his own pole vault world record, clearing 6.31 meters to win at the Mondo Classic, a World Athletics Indoor Tour Silver meeting, in Uppsala on Thursday.
Formula One's new era heads into its first sprint in Shanghai this weekend, with the Chinese Grand Prix promising a very different test to Melbourne, where George Russell led home a Mercedes one-two.
Squad rotation is likely to be the order of the day in the 28th round of matches in La Liga, as FC Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid go into the weekend in the middle of their respective last-16 Champions League ties.
The only negative news surrounding Real Madrid's 3-0 win at home to Manchester City in the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday night was the news that left-back Ferland Mendy suffered yet another muscle injury.
As a Beijing 2022 gold medalist, China's para skier Guo Yujie has yet to reach the podium at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games, in either para cross-country skiing or biathlon, with only three competition days remaining.
The global reach of 3x3 basketball continued to expand in 2025, with record media value, broadcast coverage and fan engagement, according to figures released by FIBA on Thursday.
The Xinjiang Flying Tigers staged a second-half comeback to edge out Guangdong Southern Tigers 82-80 on Wednesday, while the Shandong Heroes beat the Jiangsu Dragons 113-104.
China's rising table tennis player Wen Ruibo delivered the biggest upset of the day at the World Table Tennis Champions Chongqing, defeating Sweden's world No. 2 Truls Moregard 3-1 to advance to the men's quarterfinals on Thursday.
VfB Stuttgart suffered a 2-1 home defeat to Portuguese league leader FC Porto in the first leg of their UEFA Europa League last-16 tie on Thursday, leaving the German side needing a result away from home to keep its quarterfinal hopes alive.
Iranian Sports Minister Ahmad Donyamali has said that Iran will not participate in the 2026 FIFA World Cup following recent military strikes by the United States and Israel on the country, the German press agency dpa reported on Wednesday.
Fast, physical and highly technical, Para ice hockey is widely regarded as one of the most exciting events at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games.
Bayer Leverkusen was denied a first-leg win when Kai Havertz converted a late penalty to earn Arsenal a 1-1 draw in their UEFA Champions League last-16 tie at the BayArena on Wednesday.
Borussia Dortmund has secured the long-term future of midfielder Felix Nmecha after the Germany international signed a new contract that will keep him at the Bundesliga club until June 2030, the club announced on Wednesday.
Celta Vigo will host Olympique Lyonnais in the Balaidos Stadium on Thursday night with the Spanish side looking to continue its solid home form in the Europa League.
China kicked off its quest for a FIBA Women's World Cup spot with an 81-68 victory over Mali, while the Czech Republic crushed South Sudan 89-52 on Wednesday.