Ippei Mizuhara, the former translator for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, has pleaded guilty to stealing millions from the Japanese baseball hero to pay off illegal gambling debts.

Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka won bronze in the 75-79 age category shot put at the 2024 Oceania Athletics Championships on home soil in Suva. Rabuka, 75, also finished fourth in the discus.

To mark World Environment Day on 5 June, cycling's world governing body - the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) - released its sustainability report from the 2023 Cycling World Championships which took place in Scotland last August.

The Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games will lead the charge towards a more sustainable future in and through sports. A pre-game paper has since been produced outlining sustainability and objectives ahead of the tournament.

The Italian capital is set to become the core of continental athletics with the 2024 European Athletics Championships, which will take place from 7 to 12 June in the Stadio Olimpico. This event will serve as a perfect prelude to the upcoming Paris Olympic Games that will be held in less than two months.

Sport has given Ukrainian veterans who have been mutilated in the war with Russia the opportunity to participate in the Euro 2024 amputee football championship in France.

A knee injury has forced Novak Djokovic out of the French Open ahead of his scheduled quarter-finals match for Wednesday against Casper Ruud. His unexpected ‘adieu’ means that Jannik Sinner will become Italy's first men's world number one next week.

Olympic men's badminton champion Viktor Axelsen pulled out of this week's Indonesia Open with an ankle injury, just weeks before he defends his title at the Paris Games.

The Kremlin on Tuesday dismissed a report from Microsoft that said Russia was ramping up a disinformation campaign ahead of the Paris Olympic Games, calling it "absolute slander". Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov condemned the Microsoft report as "blanket criticism that has no basis whatsoever," Agence France-Presse reported Tuesday. 

The Baseball European Cup 2024 tipped-off today in Valencia with a game between Austria’s Diving Ducks and Les Cougars Montigny of France in the Group B division. Eight top-level teams are set to compete for the European crown from 4-9 June: 2 teams from Spain, 2 teams from France, 2 teams from Austria, 1 team from Croatia and 1 team from Belgium.

Novak Djokovic cast doubt over his French Open hopes after admitting he needed anti-inflammatory medication to treat a knee injury as he pulled off another astonishing escape in a five-set victory over Francisco Cerundolo on Monday. The world number one outlasted Argentine 23rd seed Cerundolo 6-1, 5-7, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 for his record 370th win in a Grand Slam match as he reached a 15th consecutive French Open quarter-final.

Russia is waging an intense disinformation campaign aimed at tarnishing the reputation of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and stoking fears of violence at this summer's Paris Games, according to a new report from Microsoft's Threat Analysis Center. According to Microsoft, the influence operations utilise a potent mix of fake videos, fictitious news stories, and AI-generated impersonations, including the faked voice of Hollywood star Tom Cruise, Agence France-Presse reported late on Monday.

French swimming coach Lionel Horter —along with members of his family— received suspended prison terms on Monday after being found guilty of a financial scam involving Mulhouse Olympic swimming club (MON). The 58-year-old former coach of France's double Olympic champion Yannick Agnel, received a one-year suspended sentence and was banned for managing a company for two years, Agence France-Presse reported Monday afternoon. 

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) was chosen as the official host and destination of the Games of the Future 2025, Phygital International announced in a press release Monday. The UAE beat nine other prospective bidders with its first-rate infrastructure and extensive experience in organising and delivering world-leading international events.