The only sporting encouragement I received as a schoolboy practising gymnastics a zillion years ago came from a PE teacher, a grizzly bear of a man named Martindale, a former Army Sergeant Major who used to whack you on the backside with a plimsoll as you attempted to leap the vaulting horse.

review in 2017 says she does not believe enough has been done to support athletes ©Getty ImagesIn the USA

An 80-year-old cyclist has been stripped of an age group world record and handed a one-year ban by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) after testing positive for a prohibited substance.

women's 75 to 79 age group on August 29 last year.A sample provided by Gicquel following a request from USA

USA Football, the sport's national governing body, will manage the country's men's and women's flag football

teams from five continents are due to take part in the event, scheduled to take place in July 2022.USA

Men’s and women’s flag football is played on an elite, global level," said USA Football executive director

USA Boxing has announced Naomi Graham and Joseph Hicks will serve as team captains in the build-up to

I’m delighted for both Naomi and Joe," Billy Walsh, USA Boxing head coach, said."

Both bring good qualities to the position, and we look forward to working together to put Team USA on

I am so excited to be newly selected as a captain for the USA Boxing team," said Graham, who is a staff

The USA Boxing team of the Tokyo 2020 qualifier also included Virginia Fuchs at 51kg, Anthony Herrera

A new law called a "College Athletes Bill of Rights" has moved closer to being introduced in the United States which, if it is adopted, will drastically improve the rights of sportsmen and women attending university.

been willing to do on its own," Booker, a former American football player at Stanford University, told USA

Nile Wilson has claimed there is a "culture of abuse" in British gymnastics and said athletes are "treated like pieces of meat". 

experiences following the release of Netflix documentary Athlete A, which details the abuse scandal at USA

Organisers of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games have started a search for locations that can host nations training camps as part of the build-up to the multi-sport event.

Birmingham has successfully staged pre-Games training camps in the past, with USA Track and Field and

This year's USA Paratriathlon National Championships have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

The races had already been postponed once and moved across the country.Initially, the USA Paratriathlon

Long Beach in California, as part of the Legacy Triathlon event weekend, but that was cancelled.The USA

the company which produces the races.The Ron Jon Cocoa Beach Triathlon will still be run as a local USA

Triathlon, said.The USA Paratriathlon National Championships will return in 2021 ©USA Triathlon"This

at Smooth Running was eager to welcome the nation's best and fastest paratriathletes for the Toyota USA

United States Para-triathlete Melissa Stockwell has announced the release of her autobiography, with the debut book detailing her rise in sport after she lost a limb in the Iraq War.

Melissa Stockwell's story will move you," said David Deschenes, the USA Triathlon Foundation executive

journey she has taken, from wearing her country's flag as a soldier in the US Army to racing for Team USA

The United States Senate has passed a bill aimed at Congressional oversight of the US Olympic and Paralympic Movements and increasing funding for the United States Center for SafeSport.

Moran and Richard Blumenthal, with the legislation instigated in response to the scandal involving USA

better experience for athletes, improving the effectiveness of all the organisations that serve Team USA

changing our name to the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee to reflect all athletes of Team USA

USA Luge head coach Robert Fegg has been happy with the recent preparations for the United States national

Former world champion gymnast Chellsie Memmel could compete at next year's Olympics in Tokyo after announcing her return to the sport.

Athlete A, which focused on the Larry Nassar abuse scandal and the alleged cover-up of information by USA

The United States Olympic and Paralympic Museum (USOPM) has officially opened as of yesterday in Colorado Springs in front of an invited crowd.

years in the making, and we are excited that these incredible stories will come to life in Olympic City USA

athletes and fans alike with a space to celebrate friendship, determination and all the best values Team USA

being able to customise their sport preferences and accessibility needs for a tour unique to them.Team USA

The Gymnast Parent Alliance, a group for parents of British youngsters in the sport, has criticised UK Sport chief executive Sally Munday for her comments made about the independent review into the allegations of abuse in British Gymnastics.

Athlete A, which focused on the Larry Nassar abuse scandal and the alleged covering-up of information by USA

The Royal Dutch Gymnastics Union (KNGU) has suspended one of its top coaches and halted training for its international women's teams after it received allegations of physical and mental abuse.

entire world of gymnastics around the globe".Since the release of the documentary, which focuses on USA