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Austria win Para bobsleigh gold medal for first time at IBSF World Championships

  • Bobsleigh News

Herman Ellmauer became the first Austrian to win the gold medal at the Para bobsleigh event at the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Championships in St Moritz today.

bobsleigh in 2017.The 2016 and 2019 world champion, Canada’s Lonnie Bissonnette finished fourth as the United

States' Guillermo Castillo and Britain's Corie Mapp completed the top-six.It was the first time that


LIV Golf expands to 14 tournaments as more key executives leave

  • Golf

LIV Golf has lost two more senior executives following the departures of chief communications officer Jonathan Grella and chief marketing officer Kerry Taylor.

Last month, LIV Golf officially announced a multiyear United States rights deal with the entertainment-focused



US figure skaters pose with empty Beijing 2022 medal presentation cases to illustrate frustration over Valieva delay

  • Figure Skating

U.S. Figure Skating (USFS) has admitted that it was "deeply frustrated" by the fact that the Olympic medals for the team event at Beijing 2022 have still not been awarded because of the doping case involving Russia's Kamila Valieva.

The United States finished second behind the Russian Olympic Committee in the event on February 7 last

The United States finished second in the figure skating team event at Beijing 2022, but could be promoted

decide 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.If


Poland claim 40 nations against Russia return at Paris 2024 but US and Canada open to neutrality

  • Paris 2024

Russian and Belarusian athletes at next year's Olympic Games in Paris, but officials from both the United

States and Canada have backed plans for them to return to competition under a neutral banner.

stressed that it must be "absolutely clear" that athletes are "not representing the Russian or Belarusian states

and Belarusian athletes are not representing their respective nations at Paris 2024 ©Getty ImagesThe United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) has also supported efforts to reintroduce Russian and

After listening to many athletes and constituents from around the United States, we recognize a real


Muir tops women’s freeski slopestyle qualification at Mammoth Mountain World Cup

  • Freestyle

qualification at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation World Cup in Mammoth Mountain in the United

States.

third with 87.60 points.The final qualifier from heat two was Olympic champion Alexander Hall of the United

States, who scraped through to the final in eighth place in the heat with 83.60 points.The men's and


Philip Barker: One year on, the good, bad, ugly and downright bizarre Beijing Winter Olympics

  • Inside the Blogs

Tomorrow marks one-year since the curtain was raised for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games at the imposing National Stadium in Beijing.

as one of two athletes to light it was given rather more prominence.The American Ambassador to the United

year on, the medals for the team event remain in limbo, prompting a protest on social media by the United

States skaters who could yet receive team gold if the disqualification of Valieva is ultimately upheld.Elsewhere



Reports that South Korea and Japan leaders may watch World Baseball Classic match together denied

  • Baseball and Softball

Reports that President of South Korea Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will watch a match at the World Baseball Classic between their respective countries have been denied by South Korea’s Foreign Ministry.

international baseball tournament sanctioned by the World Baseball Softball Confederation, with the United

States the defending champions.Japan has won the event twice in 2006 and 2009, while South Korea’s best

Baseball Classic is due to take place from March 8 to 21, and will be co-hosted by Japan, Taiwan and the United

States.


McDonald returns to US Equestrian role for Paris 2024

  • Equestrian

Olympic bronze medallist Debbie McDonald has been reappointed by US Equestrian to help prepare her home country's riders for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Debbie McDonald helped the United States team win dressage silver at Tokyo 2020 ©Getty ImagesMcDonald


Karker and Wise hold out for halfpipe pole positions in Freeski World Cup

  • Freestyle

Rachael Karker of Canada and the United States' David Wise confidently booked their places to the halfpipe

well to recover after a poor first go which amounted to 10.75 points.The trio were followed by the United

States' Hanna Faulhaber, Canadians Amy Fraser and Dillian Glennie, Kim Dae-eun of South Korea, and another


Olympic medallist Marino mounts charge for Snowboard World Cup gold

  • Snowboard

A superb performance from the United States' Julia Marino saw her lead the qualification stages in the

top three on 79.68.In the second heat double Winter X Games gold medallist Dusty Henricksen of the United

States posted the top score of any qualifier, managing 88.68 to finish top of the pile.Australia's Valentino

Guseli qualified in second with 81.50 with Chris Corning of the United States third in 81.33.


Street and Park World Championships forms key Paris 2024 skateboarding qualifier

  • Skateboarding

Paris 2024 qualification places in the street discipline of skateboarding are on offer at the Street and Park World Championships in Sharjah.

for breaching an initial agreement.This year's World Championships at the Aljada Skate Park in the United

gold and bronze respectively at Tokyo 2020, with Leal taking silver.The men's top five consists of the United

States' Nyjah Huston, France's Aurélien Giraud, Gustavo Ribeiro of Portugal, and Argentinian pair Matias


FIFA Women's World Cup match set for record attendance after opening fixture switched to Stadium Australia

  • World Cup

FIFA have predicted a record attendance after announcing that the opening match of the 2023 Women's World Cup between host nation Australia and Ireland will be switched to the stadium where Cathy Freeman lit the Olympic Flame in 2000.

Kerr, with part of the record 36,109 crowd for the women's international between Australia and the United

States, at Stadium Australia in November 2021 ©Getty ImagesThe home team, known as the "Matildas", had

set an attendance record in November 2021 when 36,109 watched their 3-0 defeat against the United States


Real Madrid looking for fifth FIFA Club World Cup trophy as Seattle Sounders make history

  • Football

Real Madrid are set to play for a record-extending fifth FIFA Club World Cup title as the competition is due to begin tomorrow and run until February 11.

and as a result are making history.The Major League Soccer team will become the first side from the United

States to play in the tournament.They beat the Pumas of Mexico 5-2 over two legs to achieve the historic