A qualification tournament for women's ice hockey at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics has been cancelled because of coronavirus-related travel restrictions.

October, with one place on offer in the final qualification round.Torre Pellice in Italy and Bytom in Poland

United States President Joe Biden has signed an Executive Order imposing sanctions against the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus (NOCRB), as the US seeks to punish the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, for his "ongoing assault against the democratic aspirations and human rights of the Belarusian people".

", it concluded.Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya has been granted a humanitarian visa by Poland

It was from Japan, from Tokyo that she contacted her buddies in Poland and they told her - literally

Defected sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya is auctioning her Minsk 2019 European Games silver medal to raise funds to free athletes in Belarus under the regime of the Lukashenko Government.

police overnight.She received offers for asylum in other European countries, but chose to travel to Poland

victory on the opening leg of the 2021 Tour de Pologne, covering a flat route from Lublin to Chełm in Poland

The Canadian Open returns tomorrow after its absence from the tennis calendar in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

sixth seed in the same half of the draw as Nadal, Tsitsipas and others.Seventh seed Hubert Hurkacz of Poland

have withdrawn, as well as fellow top 10 players Sofia Kenin of the United States and Iga Świątek of Poland

France secured their first Olympic volleyball title as they survived a stirring fightback from the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) in a thrilling five-set victory on a golden night for the country at Tokyo 2020.

Poland, Brazil and United States.

Norway’s 20-year-old boy wonder Jakob Ingebrigtsen became Olympic 1500 metres champion here tonight as he ended a run of 12 successive defeats by Kenya’s world champion Timothy Cheruiyot.

champion Athing Mu.The US team won by a street in 3:16.85, the fastest time in the world since 1993.Poland

Danuta Kozák gained her revenge over New Zealand’s golden girl Lisa Carrington by helping Hungary reign supreme again in the women’s K4 500 metres at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics here.

lead.Hungary held strong to cross the finish line first, with Belarus taking silver in 1:36.073 and Poland

Slovenia’s Janja Garnbret was crowned the first women’s sport climbing Olympic champion after producing dominant performances in bouldering and lead events here today.

qualification for the eight-woman final two days ago.Two-time speed world champion Aleksandra Miroslaw of Poland

The case involving Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya is "deplorable" and two officials involved being sent home from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games is not the end of the matter, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach claimed here.

IOC was "very happy" that Tsimanouskaya, who is in Warsaw after being granted a humanitarian visa by Poland

attempted to "forcibly take me out of the country without my consent".Speaking at a press conference in Poland

We have shown immediate action in this deplorable case but also we are happy that she is safe in Poland

The two Belarusian officials involved in trying to force sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya to return to Minsk against her will have been sent home from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after having their accreditations revoked.

from the Village.Tsimanouskaya, who has arrived in Warsaw after being granted a humanitarian visa by Poland

attempted to "forcibly take me out of the country without my consent".Speaking at a press conference in Poland

Krystsina Tsimanouskaya is in Warsaw after being given a humanitarian visa by Poland ©Getty ImagesTsimanouskaya

The International University Sports Federation (FISU) has announced dates for its World University Championships and University World Cups in 2022.

sports in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic ©FISUCanoe sprint is due to take place in Bydgoszcz in Poland

Andre De Grasse held off three United States sprinters, including world champion Noah Lyles, to become the first Canadian winner of the men's Olympic 200 metres title since Percy Williams in 1928.

The only field final of the evening session on day six of the athletics programme saw Poland dominate

Britain's Hannah Mills became the most decorated female sailor in Olympic history as she won her second gold medal in the 470 class alongside Eilidh McIntyre.

cover on Lecointre and Retornaz to stop the French reaching the front of the fleet, and were passed by Poland

Russian 19-year-old Ekaterina Mikhaylushkina, who dominated the Finswimming World Championships with five gold medals, has been named The World Games Athlete of the Month for July.

China, who set a new world record.When she was only 15 years old at the 2017 World Games in Wrocław in Poland