In the space of the last month there have been significant official acknowledgements of the role played by the three athletes who took part in the most infamous - at the time - and now famous podium protests - Tommie Smith and John Carlos of the United States, and Australia’s Peter Norman.

October 9, the date of his funeral in 2006, which was subsequently established as Peter Norman Day by USA

Two athletes sent home from the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City for protesting against American racial discrimination on the medal podium have been inducted into the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) Hall of Fame.

#TeamUSAHOF pic.twitter.com/YlNw6mp14C— Team USA (@TeamUSA) November 2, 2019Gymnast Nastia Liukin, an

USA Weightlifting has welcomed the Canadian Weightlifting Federation (CWF) to its headquarters in Colorado

Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Manitoba and Alberta - spent two days discussing the turnaround of USA

enhance the experience of weightlifters in both federations.Since being appointed chief executive of USA

USA Weightlifting chief executive Phil Andrews, pictured here with International Weightlifting Federation

President Tamás Aján, has overseen a resurgence of the sport in the United States and abroad ©USA Weightlifting

He has also restructured the operations and governance of USA Weightlifting, and supported significant

USA Taekwondo will host their second Senior Grand Slam event in Colorado Springs during January, it has

Excellent from January 10 to 12.The first Senior Grand Slam competition was held in September, with USA

inaugural event.The competition will offer qualification points in the Olympic selection process  ©USA

TaekwondoAthletes will be invited to the event by USA Taekwondo.The competition has been listed as a

major USA Taekwondo event and will play a role in determining their senior athlete pathway procedures.Athletes

Dubbed "The Global Baseball Battle", a dramatic TV opening for the 2019 World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Premier 12 competition has been unveiled. 

matches, with Super Round and medal games taking place in Chiba and Tokyo (JPN).The Netherlands and USA

Senegal made a memorable debut in the men's FIFA Under-17 World Cup by coming from behind to beat the United States 4-1 at the Estádio Kléber Andrade in Cariacica.

But that didn't deter @FootballSenegal against joint record tournament appearance holders USA?️

Bill Hamiter of the United States and Germany's Michael Merten, recently elected as respective women's and men's team representatives on the World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball Rules of the Game Committee, have been officially appointed.

Hamiter has been USA Volleyball's Sitting Volleyball High Performance Director and Head Coach of the

USA Women's Sitting Volleyball National Team since 2009.He has led the team to multiple podium performances

at World Championships and Paralympic Games.Before that, he had been head coach for the USA Men's Sitting

the Game Committee has taken on two key new members ©Getty ImagesHamiter is also an Instructor for USA

volleyball qualification tournament for next year's Paralympic Games in Tokyo, World ParaVolley and USA

 "We are looking forward to USA Volleyball hosting this important event since the organisation has

United States will be hoping to qualify for Tokyo 2020 having finished eight at Rio 2016 ©Getty Images"USA

Men's Paralympic Qualification Tournament and be a part of the road to Tokyo for the Paralympic Games," USA

An international goodwill campaign has been launched by the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee to share Olympic and Paralympic values with Japanese people ahead of Tokyo 2020.

launched during the annual Symposium on Accessibility in Setagaya City in Tokyo, designated as "Host Town USA

USOPC's high-performance centre for US athletes at Tokyo 2020.Activities through the project include team USA

athlete exchanges, youth sport clinics, introductions to Japanese culture such as a Team USA manga comic

— Team USA (@TeamUSA) October 21, 2019They also took part in a panel session with local residents to

As members of Team USA, we are so grateful to the people of Japan for hosting us at special cultural

The schedule for the 2020 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Under-18 World Championship in Michigan has been approved by the global governing body and participating teams.

record-extending 11th triumph at the event, will open their Group B campaign against Russia at Plymouth’s USA

Fargo and Moorhead in 2009 and Grand Forks in 2016.This time, the event will come to the home base of USA

Hockey’s national team development programme, the USA Hockey Arena, where the under-18 and under-17

national teams are centralised.The USA Hockey Arena also hosted the 2017 IIHF Women’s World Championship.Tickets

Joe Girardi has stepped down as manager of the United States baseball team trying to qualify for next year's Olympics in Tokyo before it played a single game.

 He became senior director of baseball development for USA Baseball earlier this year.Willie Randolph

Omaha has been chosen to host the United States Olympic team trials for the 2022 Winter OIympic Games in Beijing.

we have built with United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee national governing bodies such as USA

 "We look forward to a great event as USA Curling teams are selected to compete in the Olympic Games

Nye and the United States mixed 4x400m relay team have earned Best of September honours for the Team USA

mixed relay team at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha has earned them one of the Team USA

They may be considered a tier-two nation in rugby terms, but United States coach Gary Gold believes his country is more than ready to host the 2027 World Cup.

For us, Japan are an unbelievable role model for so many reasons and I'm talking about the USA particularly

very strongly that if World Rugby genuinely do want to grow the game, as they claim they want to, then USA

USA Baseball announced a 28-man roster for the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Premier 12

Only non-40-man roster players were selected by Team USA, with any player added to a 40-man roster at