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Japanese duo to defend titles before home fans at ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Saitama

  • Figure Skating

Japan's Shoma Uno and Kaori Sakamoto are set to defend their titles on their home ice of Saitama as the 2023 International Skating Union (ISU) World Figure Skating Championships is due to start tomorrow.

Figure Skating Final in Turin in December with a season’s best of 304.46 points.Ilia Malinin of the United

States, who made history this season by successfully performing the first quad Axel in competition,

of Italy, his compatriot Daniel Grassi, the 2022 European silver medallist, and Jason Brown of the United

Georgia, ISU Grand Prix Final silver medallist and 2022 ISU World Junior champion Isabeau Levito of the United

States, Japan’s Rinka Watanabe, 2023 ISU Four Continents champion Haein Lee of South Korea and compatriot



Britain set multiple records at Sheffield 2023 Para Swimming World Series

  • Swimming News

British swimmers impressed on home water as world records were set across all four days of the 2023 Citi Para Swimming World Series in Sheffield.

latter event.The next round of the Para Swimming World Series is due to take place in Minneapolis, United

States, from April 20 to 22.


World Athletics and Infront extend deal for Indoor Tour until 2029

  • Athletics

World Athletics and Infront have extended their worldwide media rights partnership for the World Athletics Indoor Tour until the end of 2029.

meetings in Europe, North America and Asia, with seven gold standard events, five in Europe and two in the United

States.


Japan top medal table at Artistic Swimming World Cup in Markham

  • Artistic Swimming

Japan topped the medal table at the 2023 World Aquatics Artistic Swimming World Cup in Markham, Canada, as they claimed three golds, two silvers and one bronze.

they accumulated a total of 244.4958 points.Japan were in second, securing 223.6875 points, while the United

States finished third with 204.9959.Japan won the mixed team technical, as they managed to secure a

score of 281.8896.In second was the United States, with 276.5374, while Israel claimed a score of 251.7667



Mike Rowbottom: Like father like son, like mother like daughter - when sport runs in the family

  • Inside the Blogs

Saturday March 18. The moon disappears for another day. The sun rises. Erling Haaland adds three more goals to his tally.

Well that’s because his father, Alf-Inge Haaland, was then playing Premier League football for Leeds United

World Cup final to Brazil on penalties.The pattern of junior surpassing senior was also visible in United

States baseball.

set by their parents.Kasper Schmeichel, whose goalkeeping father Peter won the treble with Manchester United

son Kasper, now 36, has also had a top-class goalkeeping career, playing for Manchester City, Leeds United



Alcaraz beats Medvedev in Indian Wells final to reclaim world number one position

  • Tennis

Spain's 19-year-old Carlos Alcaraz reclaimed his world number one position by defeating Russia’s Daniil Medvedev in straight sets to win the Indian Wells Masters title.

of Tennis Professionals rankings ahead of Serbia’s Novak Djokovic, who was ineligible to play under United

States restrictions over visitors who have not received a COVID-19 inoculationDjokovic will also miss


Exclusive: Boycotts of IBA Women’s World Championships "bad for boxing", claims Russian head coach

  • Boxing

Russian head coach Albert Mutalibov has claimed that he would have invited all nations here to participate at the International Boxing Association (IBA) Women’s World Championships, insisting that boycotts are "bad for boxing".

IOC) recommendations.The controversial decision has angered many national governing bodies, with the United

States, Ukraine and Britain among 11 that decided not to send teams to the event in Indian capital New


Hollywood actor Seagal opens All-Russian Aikido Centre aiming to help young people train for armed forces

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Hollywood actor Steven Seagal was present at the inauguration of an All-Russian Aikido Centre in Moscow, with one of its objectives being to prepare young people for the service in the Russian armed forces.

Seagal was awarded Russian citizenship in 2016, and appointed as Russia's special envoy to his native United

States in 2018.A seventh-dan black belt in the aikido martial art discipline, Seagal has been the head


Australians dominate opening World Triathlon Para Series event in Tasmania

  • Triathlon News

This year’s World Triathlon Para Series was launched today in Australia when strong fields gathered in Devonport on the coast of Tasmania and varying weather conditions throughout the day made for some unpredictable racing.

star Jack Howell provided a one-two finish for Australia in the PTS5.Mohamed Lahna, centre, of the United

States, was a rare non-Australian winner in the PTS2 category ©Triathlon Australia Former world champion

account with an impressive return to the winners list in the PTS4 women’s category, taking the win from United

States pair Emma Myers and Kelly Worrell.Fellow Australian Jeremy Peacock was thrilled with his swim


Austrian duo Obman and Schöffmann win final snowboard parallel World Cup event of season

  • Snowboard

Austria's Fabian Obmann and Sabine Schöffmann claimed victory in the parallel slalom as the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) Snowboard World Cup season came to a close for parallel athletes in Berchtesgaden, Germany.

Coratti and Lucia Dalmasso, edging past American duo Cody Winters and Iris Pflum in the small final.The United

States is still unable to claim a podium spot in the history of the mixed team World Cup event.Daniel


Exclusive: Refugee Olympic Team member urges world not to forget about women in Afghanistan, and warns Paris 2024 ban possible

  • OCA

International Olympic Committee (IOC) Athletes' Commission member Masomah Ali Zada has warned here the country could be banned from next year's Olympic Games in Paris if the inclusion of women in its team cannot be guaranteed, and urged the everyone not to forget about its plight.

Taliban reclaimed the capital Kabul, over 70 per cent of whom are women and children, according to the United

Agency.The Taliban previously governed in Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001 before being removed in a United

States-led operation.Its interpretation of sharia law had led to women being excluded from secondary


Sweden claim mixed relay title on home soil at Cross-Country World Cup

  • Cross-Country

The Swedish team claimed victory in the mixed 4x5km relay classic free discipline at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) Cross-Country World Cup in Falun.

14,839 points after 62 of the 70 events were played, while Sweden are in second with 10,603 and the United

States are third with 7,588.