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American swimmer Kensey McMahon handed four-year doping ban

  • Swimming

Distance swimmer Kensey McMahon has received a four-year ban after testing positive for the blood-boosting drug vadadustat last July. The American protested her innocence, but an independent arbitrator found her "unable to establish through concrete evidence that her violation was not intentional".

I've offered my experience to both USA Swimming and USADA to advocate for change in testing and policy


Croatia's water polo team, world champions, heading for Paris 2024

  • Water Polo

The reigning World Champions are on their way to the Olympic Games in one of the best moments of their history. They won the World Championship title and a silver medal at the European Championships in Zagreb. This makes them one of the favourites to reach the final. They also went to Beijing 2008 as champions, but finished sixth.

Then a bit of free time and the final preparations in Šibenik, where the team from the USA will be joining


Olympic champion Kim Kyung-moon returns to Korea Baseball

  • Baseball and Softball

The former player and coach who led Korea to gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics has signed a three-year, 2 billion won (1.287 million euro) contract with the Hanwha Eagles of the Korea Baseball Organisation (KBO) league. He made 700 appearances as a player in the KBO before becoming a coach.

was one of the best defensive catchers in the KBO.After leaving the competition, he moved to Atlanta, USA


Players confirmed for historic WSF World Junior Squash Championships

  • Squash

Nearly 250 of the world's best junior squash players will descend on Houston, USA this July after the

WORLD SQUASHHosts USA, meanwhile, have fielded a 12-strong contingent in their search of their first

 Rishi Srivastav is one of the top prospects in the USA.

 Hosts USA will be represented by Alexander Dartnell, Zane Patel, Rishi Srivastava and Rustin Wiser


Simone Biles continues Olympic build-up with 9th US all-around title

  • Gymnastics

Simone Biles won a record-extending ninth US all-around gymnastics title Sunday at the Xfinity Gymnastics Championships in Texas: bringing her career national titles to 32. Sweeping five golds on the second day of the women’s competition, Biles signals she's a force in the sport as the Paris Olympics approach even as a couple of miscues gave her something to work on before the US trials.

pic.twitter.com/IFwJRlfAeL— Forbes SportsMoney (@ForbesSports) June 3, 2024Shortly after the competition ended, USA


Gerek Meinhardt on going for gold at Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

The four-time Olympian and two-time medallist will form part of Team USA in the French capital.

Games.Gerek Meinhardt is hoping to clinch Olympic gold next month as he takes centre stage for Team USA


FIFA extends maternity and adoption rules

  • FIFA

FIFA has issued new rules to help female players and coaches during pregnancy, extending maternity cover to adoptive parents and encouraging national teams to facilitate contact with families during major tournaments.

exclusive of being a mother or raising a child; it should be inclusive," said Jill Ellis, who coached the USA


ISA Para Surfing World Championship returns to Huntington Beach

  • Paralympics Pages

The ninth edition of the ISA World Para Surfing Championship will return to Huntington Beach as it did last year. The world's best Para Surfing athletes will gather on the beaches of California from 3-9 November 2024.

, including a perfect 10 from three-time Paralympic Winter and Summer Gold Medallist Alana Nichols (USA

2024 ISA World Para Surfing Championship will be the ninth major ISA event to be held in Surf City USA

an inspiring experience and we invite everyone to join us for this unforgettable event in Surf City USA


Cricket T20 World Cup starts in Texas with first major US event

  • ICC T20 Men’s World Cup

Cricket ventures into uncharted territory on Saturday as the first-ever major tournament to be staged in the United States gets underway in Texas, The ICC sees it as a launch pad towards the sport's return to the Olympics for Los Angeles 2028.

to see the best players in the world come into their backyard and have that chance," T20 World Cup USA

vehicle for growing the game and this year's edition will feature three T20 World Cup debutants in the USA


Dubai will host one of the eight legs of the T100 Triathlon World Tour in November

  • Triathlon

Dubai will add another world-class event to its roster. The city will welcome a long distance triathlon competition of the highest calibre. The course will traverse the Crystal Lagoon in District One and surrounding areas. Meydan Racecourse will provide the backdrop. The event is scheduled to take place from 15-17 November 2024.

— T100 Triathlon World Tour (@t100triathlon) May 30, 2024Men planning to compete in Dubai:Sam Long (USA

Australia), world number 1Lucy Charles-Barclay (UK), leads the T100 rankings for 2024 Taylor Knibb (USA


England beat Pakistan, secure T20I series win ahead of World Cup

  • Cricket

England secured a commanding seven-wicket victory over Pakistan in the fourth and final T20I. The hosts clinched a 2-0 series win at The Kia Oval just days before their T20 World Cup defense commences.

This happened just a week before their first game at the World Cup against USA at Grand Prairie Stadium.England


Dalilah Sappenfield, lifetime ban for causing physical and emotional abuse

  • Figure Skating

After adopting temporary measures in 2021 because of misconduct violations that prevented her from having contact with at least a dozen athletes without adult supervision, the United States Center for SafeSport sanctioned the Olympic pairs figure skating coach on Wednesday.

supervision in 2021, while the organization investigated misconduct allegations against her.That same year, USA

her trauma, Tarah Kayne’s actions may help other survivors to come forward,” US Figure Skating told USA

coach at the 2024 US figure skating championships in January, after two-plus years of investigation, USA

Safesport suspension due to three allegations of sexual abuse, two of them involving minors, according to USA


Back to black: Baseball will integrate Negro Leagues stats

  • Baseball and Softball

Major League Baseball’s record books are finally set to be re-written, as it officially announced on Wednesday that statistics from the racially segregated Negro Leagues will be added into its official history to confronts the sport's racist past.

in the Negro Leagues but one of the greatest of all time," Gibson's great-grandson Sean Gibson told USA



Debbie Hesse - new Executive Director of revamped USA Gymnastics Foundation

  • Gymnastics

Veteran Olympic family executive Debbie Hesse was introduced Wednesday as the executive director of the USA

Gymnastics Foundation, USA Gymnastics president and CEO Li Li Leung announced at the Xfinity U.S.

As the executive director of the USA Swimming Foundation from 2010-2019, she oversaw a 350% annual budget

initiative expanded to teach nearly two million children to swim each year.While President and CEO of USA

Hesse also served as Executive Director of USA Synchronized Swimming from 1994-2001, where she increased

 Debbie Hesse joins USA Gymnastics Foundation as Executive Director.

USA GYMNASTICSThe USA Gymnastics Foundation was created out of the excitement generated by the success