British wheelchair racer Hannah Cockroft won her seventh 100m T34 world title - her 15th in total - on day five of the Kobe 2024 Para Athletics World Championships as China's Wen Xiaoyan set a new world record to win her second gold in Japan.

Palomeque who jumped an Americas record of 4.97m.Reigning Paralympic champion Ekler now heads to the United

States to compete at the Eugene Prefontaine Classic meet.

Thirty-seven places for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games were secured at the regattas in Lucerne. Italy qualified in both the men's and women's eights, with the USA leading in the overall standings.

The United States and Serbia are also heading to Paris in the men's double sculls.In the women's quadruple

sculls, the United States secured another Olympic berth, while Ukraine also qualified.

Single scullers from Spain and Switzerland, as well as men from Romania and the United States, secured

sculls, the United States secured another Olympic berth, while Ukraine also qualified.

Single scullers from Spain and Switzerland, as well as men from Romania and the United States, secured

Yu Darvish became the third Japanese-born pitcher to win 200 games across Major League Baseball (MLB) and Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) when the San Diego Padres beat the Atlanta Braves 9-1 on Sunday.

MLB) May 20, 2024Born in Osaka to an Iranian father and Japanese mother - who met at college in the United

States - Darvish represented Japan at the Beijing 2008 Olympics.

contributed to their come-from-behind victories in the semi-finals and final - over Mexico and the United

States respectively - as Samurai Japan clinched a third title.Despite his advancing years, Darvish is

There is still a long way to go before the 2036 Games, but time flies and the Saudis know they need to improve their sporting performance in order to leverage their petrodollars in their bid to host the Olympics, just as they did in their bid to host the FIFA World Cup in 2034.

with only four medals (two silvers and two bronzes) in its history, far behind powerhouses such as the United

States, which has won 2939 medals (1166 golds) in the Summer and Winter Olympics.Gianni Infantino(FIFA

CitizenGO France has attracted over 12,000 signatures to a petition saying "No to a 'Pride House' at Paris 2024". In an open letter to Organising Committee president Tony Estanguet, it claims Pride House "flouts the principle of universality that the Olympic Games strive to maintain".

Paris) May 1, 2024Echoing the 'All Lives Matter' response to the Black Lives Matter movement in the United

States, it continues, "When we focus on a specific group, we are unconsciously moving towards exclusion

This second pre-Olympic tournament will award 51 quotas, 23 for women and 28 for men, from 24 May to 2 June in the Thai capital. A total of 188 tickets have already been awarded. These were distributed through the continental qualifiers and the first pre-Olympic tournament in Italy.

The country is a historical powerhouse inOlympic boxing, second only to the United States in the number

England are keen to deploy Jofra Archer's "fear factor" against Pakistan as the paceman gears up for a return from a lengthy injury hiatus ahead of next month's T20 World Cup, according to team-mate Sam Curran.

world champions, are eager to regain form before the upcoming tournament in the West Indies and the United

States, following a disappointing 50-over World Cup defense in India last year.

The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has accused World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) President Witold

the situation as a "potential cover-up".Last Friday, President Banka cited three doping cases in the United

States that resulted from environmental contamination, similar to the cases of the Chinese swimmers.The

difference is that USADA itself pointed out on Monday that the three contamination cases in the United

States were made public and resulted in violations and disqualifications for the athletes named.Presentation

Despite the rain, the excitement persisted on the third day of competition in Kobe on Sunday, from the initial starting gun to the last jump, particularly the final one.

eTV7KPY6ty— #ParaAthletics (@ParaAthletics) May 19, 2024Landmark achievementsMohamed Alhammadi of the United

respectively, with a tight finish among the top four.In the men’s high jump T47, Roderick Townsend of the United

States cleared the 2-meter mark despite challenging conditions.

The FIBA 3x3 Olympic Qualifying Tournamentcame to an exciting conclusion with France, Lithuania and Poland finishing on the podium in the men's competition to secure their places at Paris 2024, while Germany, Spain and Canada did the same in the women's competition.

May 20, 2024The teams that have qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games are:MEN: Serbia (Ranked), United

States (Ranked), China (Ranked), Latvia (UOQT 1), Netherlands (UOQT 2), France (OQT), Lithuania (OQT

Yayesh Gate Tesfaw smashed the women’s 1500m T11 world record, with fellow Ethiopian Tigist Gezahagn Menigstu taking the T13 title on day two of the Kobe 2024 Para Athletics World Championships.

beyond 15 metres.Reigning Paralympic champion Jonathan Broom-Edwards edged out Derek Loccident of the United

States in the men’s T64 high jump.

USA's Alise Willoughby and France's Joris Daudet both claimed third BMX racing world titles in Rock Hill, South Carolina to earn their country's quota spots at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Championships, she also has two BMX time trial medals, and put her in pole position to represent the United

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André.Ver esta publicación en InstagramUna publicación compartida por UCI BMX Racing (@ucibmxsx)The United

States hosted the World Championships for the first time in 2023 after missing out on all the major

Just as it sparred again with the United States Anti-doping Agency (USADA), the global body updated its

The former World Anti-Doping Agency President discussed the fall-out from the Chinese swimmers doping scandal and accused the agency from the other side of the border of seeking to undermine the global body with "lies and distortions".

The Canadian launched a fierce attack on the United States anti-doping officials during Friday’s extraordinary

"USADA is financed by the United States government.

"There are gaps in harmonising anti-doping policy globally...including in the United States, where the

Marcell Jacobs is confident that he can dip under 10 seconds as he returns to Italy for Sprint Festival: his first European 100 metres race in the build up to his Olympic title defence in Paris this summer, Agence France-Presse reported Thursday. 

he was eliminated in the semi-finals.He is happy with his radical decision to move from Italy to the United

States to team up with coach Rana Reider, whose Florida training group also includes American Trayvon