Youth Games: The IOC said it was prohibiting young athletes from the Ebola-affected region of West Africa from participating in certain events at the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China. Athletes from West Africa, where authorities are battling an outbreak of the Ebola virus, will not be allowed to compete in combat sports or in the swimming pool, as it is impossible to rule out the risk of potential infection, the IOC and the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee said in a joint statement.

Motor Sport: NASCAR star Tony Stewart will sit out of an upcoming Michigan event, his team said yesterday, just five days after he fatally struck a competing racer at a low-stakes New York dirt track race. Stewart’s team, Stewart-Haas Racing, said in a statement he will not participate in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events at the Michigan International Speedway this weekend, adding the team has not decided on future races. On Saturday, the mercurial racer and one of the highest-paid drivers in NASCAR, was competing at the Canandaigua Motorsports Park in upstate New York when he clipped the car of 20-year-old driver Kevin Ward Jr. The latter then stepped out of his car and onto the track and seemed to gesture at Stewart before being struck and killed by Stewart’s vehicle, according to the videos.

Basketball: Boris Diaw played an integral role for San Antonio as the Spurs won the NBA title this past season. Diaw parlayed his excellent play into a new three-year, $22.5m contract. Now he hopes to continue that play with France in this summer’s FIBA World Cup. Diaw acquired sufficient insurance and was granted permission by the Spurs to participate in the tournament. Spurs team-mate Tony Parker is not playing for France this summer.