Basketball legend Kobe Bryant has died along with four others in a helicopter crash in California. The 18 time All-Star was just 41 years old and spent his 20 year career with the Los Angles Lakers.
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Marking The Spot’s comprehensive sporting review of the year that was.
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Russia has been banned from the Olympics and world championships in a range of sports for four years after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) ruled to punish it for manipulating laboratory data.
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Eliud Kipchoge made history in Vienna by running the first-ever sub two-hour marathon in a time of 1hr 59min 40sec. The Kenyan completed four laps of a 9.4km circuit around the Prater, a park in the centre of the Austrian capital.
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Formula 2 driver Anthoine Hubert has passed away following a serious crashing during the F2 feature race at Spa-Francorchamps this evening.
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