Hosts Sweden are set to face holders Canada in tomorrow's Ice Hockey Under-18 Women's World Championship final after two dramatic semi-finals in Östersund.

Sweden lost 6-3 to seven-time winners and 2022 runners-up the United States in their opening match of

Valentino Guseli became Australia's first-ever overall International Ski and Snowboard Federation Snowboard big air World Cup winner at the final event of the season in the discipline in Kreischberg, with Japan's Reira Iwabuchi joining him as the first Crystal Globe winners of the year.

180.00, which was enough to top the season's standings in the big air discipline with 214 points.The United

States' Chris Corning was second on 196 with a seventh-place finish in Kreischberg, while Norway's Marcus

Former Canadian freestyle skier Philippe Marquis believes athletes have the "power to pave the way" on tackling climate change as they aim to help pull off the "biggest humanity comeback story ever".

biathlon medallist Susan Dunklee and former Major League Baseball player Chris Dickerson, both of the United

States, to discuss the topic "Athletes and Activism".All three individuals stressed how important athletes

Olympic and world women’s monobob champion Kaillie Humphries earned her second International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup win of the season at the German venue of Altenberg, while home slider Johannes Lochner secured a hat-trick of two-man bob victories.

before winning the Beijing 2022 monobob title and the two-woman world titles in 2020 and 2021 for the United

States, came from behind for victory.She came from behind after home slider Laura Nolte, gold medallist

seven tenths of a second faster that Humphries.But an inspired second-run of 58.97 gave victory to the United

States athlete by a margin of 0.55 seconds in a time of 1min 57.92sec.Home athlete Johannes Lochner

Early figures indicate that 1.5 billion people tuned in to watch the final of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar while the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2020 was watched by more than three billion people worldwide. Sport has the ability to command a great deal of attention and the ability to bring people together.

The former team doctor of the United States women's gymnastics team, now a convicted child rapist, was

Former United States women's gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar was able to get away with multiple cases

Sweden’s Magnus Ringmark has been appointed as the President of the ground jury for the dressage competition at this year’s Pan American Games in Santiago.

year’s Olympic Games in Paris.Ringmark will be joined on the ground jury by Michael Osinski from the United

States, Colombia’s Cesar Torrente, Portugal’s Carlos Lopes and Canada’s Cara Whitham.Americans Janet

Norway’s Aleksander Aamodt Kilde produced a barnstorming run to win the International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Ski World Cup super-G at Swiss resort Wengen.

Ski World Cup victory this season and second in the super-G following his win at Beaver Creek in the United

States last month.This was ninth overall in the super-g discipline to bring him level in the all-time

South Korea’s team for the World Baseball Classic is set to hold its first meeting on Monday (January 16) in Seoul.

uniforms and go over tournament rules.Some members of the 30-man squad are training on their own in the United

States, with many of the older members of the squad currently in South Korea.Pool B features South Korea

States in Pool C and top seeds Japan in Pool A.The South Korean team are due to hold a training camp

States to a Korean mother and an American father.The tournament is being co-hosted by Taiwan, Japan

and the United States with South Korea due to play their pool matches in Japan.

Rin Sobue and Ryo Hirose secured the first gold medal of the Lake Placid 2023 International University Sports Federation (FISU) Winter World University Games here as Japan surged to the top of the standings with three titles on the first day of competition.

winning time of 20min 42.85sec.A fierce battle for second place took place further behind between the United

States and Norway.Norway's Andreas Kirkeng flew out of the gate to establish a convincing six-second

the Japanese hat-trick by pocketing the men's Gundersen gold after 24:52.2.Niklas Malacinski of the United

States and Finland's Rasmus Ahtava took second and third with respective times of 26:28.6 and 26:35.2

A Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) tribunal has ruled that ice skater Kamila Valieva committed an anti-doping rule violation, but should bear "no fault or negligence" for it.

laboratory in Stockholm, the day after the ROC had earned team gold in Beijing, finishing in front of the United

States and Japan.

United States and Canada sealed direct routes through to the last four of the Under-18 Women’s World

Canada went through Group A unbeaten beating Finland 8-0, Sweden 4-2 and the United States 3-1.Meanwhile

International University Sports Federation (FISU) Acting President Leonz Eder paid tribute to the victims of "senseless wars" and the killer storm that hit New York state during his address at the Opening Ceremony of the Winter World University Games here.

nearby groups in the past, most notably the Mahicans and the Mohawks of the Iroquois Confederacy.The United

States national anthem was performed in brilliant fashion by Christopher Kinney, a former bobsledder

USA Field Hockey is mobilising on and off the field in preparation for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles as it seeks to promote the sport, and in particular the men’s side, in and around the region.

Transition Team and current State Chapter Leaders.Lucking brings extensive experience as the founder of the United

States Field Hockey League, a USA Field Hockey sanctioned adult league, and as former owner of Limelight

States has only won two Olympic medals in field hockey.The men claimed a bronze in 1932 when Los Angeles

the Californian city in 1984, who won a playoff following a penalty shootout against Australia.The United

States have won two Olympic medals in hockey, both when Los Angeles staged the Games, including a bronze

Brisbane will host the Australian women’s team during the group stage of next year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup, due to take place in Australia and New Zealand from July 20 to August 20.

“It has the fastest growing participation rates of female players of all the states and territories with

Matildas head coach Tony Gustavsson.Co-hosts New Zealand will be based at Keith Hay Park, home of Auckland United

, while top seeds United States will also be in Auckland at Bay City Park.Tokyo 2020 gold medallist Canada

The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has officially announced John Bobo has joined it as its