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Congress could have right to dissolve USOPC Board of Directors if new bill passed

  • PASO

The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) is facing an Act of Congress to help make sure the string of recent sex abuse scandals is not repeated.

 This was especially the case with USA Gymnastics' former team doctor Larry Nassar, who sexually

liability for the USOPC and the 47 individual sport-specific governing bodies under its umbrella, such as USA

not a lone wolf ©Getty Images"Larry Nassar was not a lone wolf," Blumenthal was reported as saying by USA

now make use of it, because it’s inexplicable and inexcusable," Blumenthal was reported as saying by USA

USA Gymnastics President and chief executive Li Li Leung claimed in a statement that her organisation


FINA "carefully monitoring situation" after Korean nightclub loft collapse kills two people and injures World Aquatics Championships athletes

  • Swimming

The International Swimming Federation (FINA) claimed it is "carefully monitoring the situation" after several athletes at the World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju were injured when the loft at a nightclub collapsed in the early hours of Saturday morning, killing two people.

All USA Water Polo athletes are safe and accounted for."


Coe to be re-elected IAAF President unopposed it is confirmed but record numbers standing for other positions

  • Athletics

Sebastian Coe will be re-elected unopposed as President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), it was officially confirmed today.

World Championship triple jump bronze medallist Willie Banks has been controversially put forward by USA

the 1983 IAAF World Championship triple jump silver medallist.He has been controversially chosen by USA


Hockey star Sharkey chosen as United States flagbearer for Lima 2019 Opening Ceremony

  • Lima 2019

Hockey player Kathleen Sharkey will serve as the United States’ flagbearer for the Lima 2019 Pan American Games Opening Ceremony tomorrow.

“I am very honoured to be selected as the flag bearer for Team USA at the Opening Ceremony,” Sharkey

“There are so many amazing athletes here in Peru and to be able to represent Team USA as the flag bearer



USA Hockey announces NHL Network to televise 2019 World Junior Summer Showcase

  • Ice Hockey

USA Hockey has announced that National Hockey League (NHL) Network will televise live the final three

The event, due to take place at USA Hockey Arena from Friday (July 26) to August 3,  will include

Nations Tournament.Furthermore, 24 players on the US roster have skated at least one full season with USA

Hockey's National Team Development Programme (NTDP), which is based out of the USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth.Among



Five-times Olympic champion Adrian headlines 643-strong American team at Lima 2019

  • Lima 2019

The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) have announced that 643 American athletes will compete here at the Pan American Games, including five-times Olympic swimming champion Nathan Adrian.

Team USA will be represented in 36 of the 39 sports taking place, with baseball, bodybuilding and football

We’re thrilled to support this incredible group of athletes, ensuring that every member of Team USA can




Philip Barker: From 1951 to 2019 – the evolution of the Pan American Games

  • Inside the Blogs

The 2019 Pan American Games Flame lit at the ancient Pyramid of the Moon in Teotihuacan in Mexico will arrive in Lima next week. With some 6,900 athletes involved, it will set the seal on a golden decade of major sport in South America which has included the FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Games.

the Olympic review called it a ‘’turning point’’ in the fight against drugs.In men’s basketball, the USA


U.S. Figure Skating membership at highest level since founding nearly a century ago

  • Figure Skating

U.S. Figure Skating has announced its highest membership total in the organisation’s 98-year history, surpassing 200,000 members for the first time. 

Figure Skating's 200,000-plus members are part of the Learn to Skate USA programme ©Learn to Skate USATotal

membership includes 144,476 Learn to Skate USA members, 58,191 full members and 356 Friends of Figure

was composed of 765 member, collegiate and school-affiliated clubs, more than 1,000 Learn to Skate USA

615 synchronised skating teams, 93 Theatre On Ice teams, and 28 Interclub Associations.Learn to Skate USA