Russia’s Olympic ice dance gold medallist Roman Kostomarov has undergone surgery to amputate both of his feet after being diagnosed with severe pneumonia.

Dmitry Peskov, and last yearwas included in the list of specially designated nationals sanctioned by the United

States Department of the Treasury following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.Olympic ice dance bronze medallist

Gudaf Tsegay failed to break the women's indoor mile record at the ORLEN Copernicus Cup in Torun, Poland, the third of this season's World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meetings, but her time of 4min 16.16sec was the second fastest ever.

countback from Germany’s Tobias Potye, whose mark was an indoor personal best.Daniel Roberts of the United

States won the men's 60m hurdles in 7.46sec, equalling the time he ran in Boston on Saturday in finishing

News that the redoubtable Jackie Brock-Doyle CBE is to step back from her role as communications chief for World Athletics, working alongside President Lord Sebastian Coe, will disappoint many in the media who respect her as one of the best, if not the best, in the sports PR game.

ex-journalists, poachers turned gamekeepers who did not make it in the newspaper business.Not some in the United

States, where sports PR is very much a professional industry in every respect.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has met with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in London to discuss defence support, a peace formula, and the prevention of Russian and Belarusian athletes from competing at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February last year.He previously met with United

States President Joe Biden in Washington last December.Zelenskyy also paid King Charles III a visit

The Swedish Olympic Committee (SOK) has started "a preliminary study" to analyse the potential of staging the 2030 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

©Getty ImagesIt has however staged the Summer Games in 1912.Sapporo in Japan, Salt Lake City in the United

States and Vancouver in Canada are also exploring options to stage the Winter Games in seven years.However

Australia's Arisa Trew secured pole position in the women's open qualifiers at the World Park Skateboarding Championships in Sharjah.

the crowds with a fantastic McTwist en route to the leading total.Behind her in second place was the United

States' Minna Stress.The 16-year-old Californian was one of eight Americans to advance to the next round

The International Skating Union (ISU) Four Continents Championships returns to Colorado Springs for the fourth time tomorrow.

 She won the United States national title for the first time last month and her best score of the

Saitama next month.Last year's Four Continents silver medallists Emily Chan and Spencer Akira Howe of the United

States will have similar ambitions in front of a home crowd this weekend.The ice dance competition also

begins on Friday.Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United States won World Championships bronze last

year ©Getty ImagesMadison Chock and Evan Bates won Olympic team silver with the United States in Beijing.They

The United States have decided not to send teams for the men's and women's International Boxing Association

Diana Taurasi has hinted that should the opportunity to play for the United States' women's basketball

Russian President Vladimir Putin has awarded controversial figure skating coach Eteri Tutberidze one of the nation’s most prestigious prizes - a year on from the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics being rocked by insidethegames exclusive revelation of the doping scandal involving Kamila Valieva.

deciding whether or not to appeal.WADA has already admitted it is "concerned" by the finding and the United

States Anti-Doping Agency has urged WADA and the International Skating Union to appeal against it.insidethegames

The four South American nations bidding to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup have invited a fifth to join them in celebrating the centenary of the tournament.

Korea were the first World Cup joint hosts in 2002.The 2026 competition is set to be spread across the United

States, Mexico and Canada and feature 48 teams for the first time.Spain and Portugal announced last

released on March 24, just two weeks before the Masters Tournament takes place for the 87th time in the United

States.

flight trajectory, and landing position.Some of the world's best golfers will be playable including the United

States' Jordan Spieth and South Korean Im Sung-jae.However, American Tiger Woods will not feature after

Lillehammer Mayor Ingunn Trosholmen believes the International University Sports Federation (FISU) Winter World University Games is the "perfect size" for the Norwegian resort which is aiming to host the 2027 edition.

Trosholmen led a Lillehammer delegation to the United States last month to see the staging of this year

The North Carolina 2029 Organising Committee has launched its official website this month.

Now that the 2029 FISU World University Games are committed to come to North Carolina and the United

States, it is time to share that information with the world!"

Russia and Belarus should not be banned from competing at next year's Olympic Games in Paris because the United

States were allowed to take part at Athens 2004.

Xanthaki, the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, was one of two United Nations experts

US took part in the 2004 Olympics in her home country, despite having led a coalition involving the United

 Michael Phelps won five Olympic gold medals at Athens 2004, a year after the United States had