for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, is set to officially begin his new role this month as the United

States’ Ambassador to India two years after he was first announced.

Garcetti, a close ally of Joe Biden, was nominated for the post by the United States President in 2021

influence in the region.India's refusal to condemn Russia for its invasion of Ukraine is of concern to the United

States, which has not had an Ambassador in the country since 2021 ©Getty ImagesGarcetti’s appointment

when we look at the relationship with India, it's one of the most consequential relationships that the United

States has in the world."

to be awarded the famous green jacket for winning the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club in the United

States.

Team USA House for next year's Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris is set to be located at the Palais Brongniart in the city's second arrondissement.

The historic Paris stock exchange is due to offer fans a "home base" to support the United States' athletes

opportunity to experience Paris 2024 at our most exciting and inclusive Team USA House ever," said United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee chief executive Sarah Hirshland."

USA Track and Field (USATF) and local organiser Jesse Williams are ramping up athletics events in a bid to increase the sport's popularity prior to the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

into the governing body's strategic plan to turn athletics into the fifth-most followed sport in the United

States by 2028.Its Los Angeles Grand Prix is due to take place at UCLA's Drake Stadium on May 26 which

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has officially re-opened the Tokyo Aquatic Centre used for the re-arranged 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in the Japanese capital before before competition opened in the Japan Swim meeting.

freestyle double, Australia's women winning eight of the 17 gold medals available in the pool and the United

States' Katie Ledecky winning the 800m and 1500m, her seventh and eighth titles at the Games.Home fans

European champions England will wear their new strip for this year's FIFA World Cup when they face Copa America Femenina winners Brazil in the inaugural women’s Finalissima at Wembley Stadium tomorrow before a sell out crowd of around 90,000.

Brazil’s eighth title since the competition was first staged in 1991.In the 2023 SheBelieves Cup in the United

States, Debinha also scored the winner as they beat Japan in their opening match, but they lost to Olympic

World number four McLain Ward is looking to regain his show jumping title in front of a home crowd at the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) World Cup Finals in the American city of Omaha while dressage and vaulting events are also scheduled.

🤸‍♂️#FEIWorldCupFinals pic.twitter.com/cmKMgEesSX— The FEI (@FEI_Global) April 4, 2023The United States

Groups have been drawn for this year's Women's World Floorball Championships in Singapore. 

Singapore headline Group C, where they will be facing France, Australia and Germany.Group D will have the United

States, Estonia, Japan and Denmark.The teams with the higher world rankings were drawn into Groups A

The Chinese Football Association (CFA) is set to be led by a new seven-member "working group" despite a growing corruption scandal, it has been announced.

nation will have a higher chance of qualifying for the tournament in 2026, due to be co-hosted by the United

States, Canada and Mexico.

Sweden continued their streak of victories and made it six games undefeated after a win against Japan at the 2023 World Men's Curling Championship in Ottawa.

countries on a record of four wins and two defeats, along with Scotland and Japan.Scotland defeated the United

States 10-8 as well as their loss to the Swiss.The US bounced back after the defeat to Scotland, easing

Hosts Canada will aim to win their third consecutive title and 13th overall at the International Ice Hockey Federation Women's World Championship, which is set to start tomorrow in Brampton.

 The 2021 competition was held in Calgary, where Canada beat rivals United States 3-2 in the final

Asia has been granted the final wildcard for the new two-stage Women’s Softball World Cup, it has been announced.

July 15  in Dublin.They will join host nation Ireland, Australia, Botswana, Great Britain and the United

by their hosts and Canada, New Zealand and  Venezuela, in a group set to begin on July 22.The United

States lifted the last WBSC Women’s Softball World Cup when they defeated the hosts Japan 7-6 in the

the World Cup finals scheduled for next year in Italy.The last World Cup took place in 2018 when the United

States lifted the trophy defeating host nation Japan 7-6 in the final in Chiba.But Japan got their revenge

The Nigerian University Games Association (NUGA) is hoping to take a team of 100 to the Summer World University Games in Chengdu this July, they have revealed.

Universiade in Edmonton when they finished third on the athletics medal behind the Soviet Union and United

States with five gold medals.Their total included victories in the men's 100 metres, 200m and 400m for

India's National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) has handed weightlifter Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu a four-year ban after she tested positive for banned substance drostanolone.

the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) in 2018 after testing positive for testosterone in a United

States Anti-Doping Agency test in 2017.The charges were dropped by the IWF in 2020, however, due to

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has said it could allow athletes from Russia and Belarus to return to competition as neutrals by next month, although it is too late for them to compete in this year's World Championships in Durban from May 20 to 28.

The ITTF referenced "ping-pong diplomacy", which saw an exchange of table tennis players between the United

States and China in the 1970s.This helped to ease tensions between the two superpowers."

," the governing body added.Ping-pong diplomacy in the 1970s cooled relations between China and the United

States ©Getty Images"Table tennis has a long history of bringing people together even when political