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Move United inaugural wheelchair football season to be supported by Xenith

  • Paralympics

The USA Wheelchair Football League has received a boost to its inaugural season after kit supplier Xenith

will keep running unlike the traditional version of the sport and special teams will not exist.The USA

Outfitting the USA Wheelchair Football League in our top-performing helmets could not be a better opportunity


USA Cricket launches plan to make country leading nation in the sport within next 10 years

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Cricketers in the United States have launched a "Foundational Plan" which they hope will make the country a leading nation in the sport by the end of the decade.

sets the roadmap for the development of the sport in the United States over the next few years," said USA

chief executive Ian Higgins said: "By 2030 we believe that cricket can become a mainstream sport in the USA

and we can establish USA Cricket as a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC)."

in the early stages.Higgins said: "T20 is best suited to growing the sport in a new market like the USA

USA Cricket hopes to receive ICC accreditation for two new international standard venues next year.A


Olympic ice hockey champion Duggan announces retirement

  • Ice Hockey

Winter Olympic ice hockey champion Meghan Duggan announced she had made the "very difficult" decision to retire. 

recently named to the National Hockey League’s new Player Inclusion Committee and is heavily involved with USA

 "Whenever I think of her or hear her name, I immediately think of the word leader," said USA Hockey

 "And I’m glad as she moves into the next chapter of her life she’ll stay with USA Hockey and be

 "She‘s on our Board of directors, she’s an athlete director for USA Hockey, so although we won’


Exclusive: Angry weightlifting federations call for early elections and say "IOC should run our sport"

  • Weightlifting

Dozens of members of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) are calling for elections before December in the hope of saving the sport's Olympic future.

President and Executive Board.The British federation (BWL) says the entire IWF Board should step down, and USA

athlete quotas".Support for the IOC has emerged already in different parts of the world and Phil Andrews, USA


Helsinki 1952 Olympic hurdles champion Moore dies aged 91

  • Athletics

American Charlie Moore, who won the gold medal in the men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, has died at the age of 91.

performance in Finland.The American runner was inducted into Cornell's Athletic Hall of Fame in 1978 and the USA


USA Luge partners with Zacurate to boost Beijing 2022 preparations

  • Luge

USA Luge has announced a one-year partnership with pulse oximeter manufacturer Zacurate in a bid to boost

The company is set to supply USA Luge with 35 of its 500E Premium fingertip pulse oximeters.USA Luge

".The device measures blood oxygen saturation level and pulse rate.Matt Oakes, head trainer for the USA

Partnering with Zacurate helps the sports medicine staff at USA Luge in two critical areas," Oakes said.USA

Lim, founder and chief executive of Zacurate, added: "The staff at Zacurate is very happy to assist USA




USOPC chief plays down suggestions Government bill could breach IOC rules

  • PASO

United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) chief executive Sarah Hirshland has said the organisation has had “ample discussion” with the International Olympic Committee over a bill passed by the federal lawmakers, which could breach rules regarding Government interference.

to the Act.Although mainly focused on protecting athletes in the wake of the sexual abuse scandal at USA


USOPC suing insurers over failure to fulfill contract in pursuing settlement with Nassar survivors

  • Gymnastics

The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) has filed a lawsuit against its insurance providers for allegedly not fulfilling their contractual obligations as part of efforts to achieve a settlement with survivors of sexual abuse by Larry Nassar.

USA Gymnastics offered a $215 million (£165 million/€194 million) settlement to more than 140 survivors

February.A condition was that the USOPC would be released from liability and no current or past USOPC or USA

Simone Biles is among the plaintiffs in the ongoing Larry Nassar abuse lawsuit against USA Gymnastics


Philip Barker: The alphabet soup of sport

  • Inside the Blogs

Last week, triathlon became the latest to stir sport’s alphabet soup. In a sport known for rapid changeovers between swim-bike-run, it entered the water as the International Triathlon Union or ITU and finished up as the "World Triathlon."

Their acronym remains unchanged as USA but in June 2019 the United States Olympic Committee formally



USOPC leadership highlights pandemic impact and athlete-first culture as General Assembly begins

  • PASO

The impact of the coronavirus pandemic, safe sport, social justice and athlete empowerment were among the themes explored by United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) leadership as the organisation began its virtual General Assembly.

And as our Team USA athletes' earning opportunities vanished, many organisations jumped in to help."

to the Act.Although mainly focused on protecting athletes in the wake of the sexual abuse scandal at USA

to consider its longevity and health for years to come as we serve not only current but future Team USA

John Carlos is among the members of the Team USA Council on Racial and Social Justice ©Getty ImagesThe

I am proud of Team USA for taking a big first step toward being true advocates for social justice."


USA Luge to skip first four World Cups of new season over COVID fears

  • Luge

USA Luge has announced that its athletes will not compete at the first four World Cup events of the new

December 19 and 20.The first event of 2021 is also in Germany, in Königssee between January 2 and 3, but USA

safety of everyone in the organisation, with the athletes at the top of that list," said Jim Leahy, USA

 USA Luge's home World Cup in Lake Placid had already been relocated ©Getty Images"But in counsel

not the schedule that we envisioned, but it's one that has been thrust upon us," said Robert Fegg, USA