Kohei Uchimura capped a high-flying horizontal bar routine with a perfect landing, completing a record 6th all-around gymnastics world championships title.
San Diego will host the inaugural World Beach Games in 2017 after the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) voted on Friday to back the bid.
The Asian shooting championship, starting this week, has been stripped of its Olympic qualifying status after an Israeli delegate was refused an entry visa.
While winning the team title at the world gymnastics championships on Wednesday fulfilled a lifelong dream, Uchimura's performance was far from flawless.
The limited social safety net for athletes who get seriously injured, or who fail to make the grade, is a concern for many sportsmen and women in South Korea, a country which arrived on the global stage with the hosting of the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
Simone Biles and Gabby Douglas showed that the US will be the team to beat at the Rio Olympics after they landed a third straight World Championship title.
In the midst of Brazil's economic crisis, the country might leave unused the most expensive stadium built for the 2014 World Cup for the 2016 Olympics.
The International Olympic Committee has suspended Kuwait for the second time in five years over government interference in the country's Games committee.
