The Golden Arrow Lakeside Resort has been confirmed as an official hotel provider for the Lake Placid 2023 International University Sports Federation (FISU) Winter World University Games.

environmental sustainability.In 2009, the Golden Arrow Lakeside Resort was the first resort in the United

States to achieve Audubon International's five-leaf rating with features such as in-room recycling,

Chilean artists unveiled a 50th anniversary mural of the military coup that took place in the country in 1973, which is to be part of a stadium tour at the Santiago 2023 Pan American and Parapan American Games.

military coup d'état deposed socialist President Salvador Allende, with order from the President of the United

States, Richard Nixon.Military general Augusto Pinochet replaced him, seizing power over Chile in a

Russian track and field athletes, banned by World Athletics in November 2015 following the revelations of a concerted home doping regime, account for almost a quarter of the names on the latest overall list of offenders issued by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU).

list.Turkey have 18 sanctions registered, Italy have 15, South Africa 14, Ukraine 13, Belarus 12, the United

States 11 and Brazil 10.Two other nations whose doping records have come under sharp focus in recent

A joint bid for the 2030 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games involving Switzerland, France and Italy appears to be a non-starter after Chamonix ruled itself out only a few hours after the proposal became public.

Provincial or State Government, it seemed to leave Salt Lake City as the last choice.But officials in the United

States are widely believed to prefer a bid for the Games in 2034 to avoid a clash with the 2028 Summer

France's three-time Olympic steeplechase medallist and five-time European champion Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad has announced his retirement from athletics at the age of 37.

2012.At Rio 2016, Mekhissi-Benabbad finished fourth behind Conseslus Kipruto of Kenya, Evan Jager of United

States and Kemboi, but was promoted to bronze when Kemboi was disqualified for stepping off the track

Noslen Ruiz-Gutierrez, a 47-year-old American cyclist, has been given a four-year suspension for an anti-doping rule violation related to testing positive for several banned substances.

detected.USADA undertook the testing of the 47-year-old ©Getty ImagesHis sample was analysed by the United

States Anti-Doping Agency through a specialised test called an isotope ratio mass spectrometry, which

The flame is set to burn for the International University Sports Federation (FISU) Winter World University Games in Lake Placid next week, half a century after the Winter Olympics were first held there.

Olympics and normal practice at the time was to stage the Winter Games in the same country if possible.The United

moves to host the Olympics.Dewey travelled to the 1928 Winter Olympics in St Moritz as leader of the United

, but lost out in the first round of voting as Grenoble in France was selected instead.In 1970, the United

 The United States team was drawn from players still at university or college, because those in

States as a response to rising cases in China.

the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Junior Championship final after wins over the United

States and Sweden, respectively.

to seal their first gold-medal match appearance in 22 years.Logan Cooley and Kenny Connors gave the United

States a 2-0 lead but it was the Canadian goalkeeper who stole the show after that.Thomas Milic made

a stunning 43 saves to restrict the United States after that.For Canada, Joshua Roy led from the front

Stuart Kemp has been promoted to chief operating officer at the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to replace the late Frédéric Donzé, who died last August.

Wow, congratulations Stuart," Moses, the chairman emeritus of the United States Anti-Doping Agency, wrote

A joint bid between Valais in Switzerland and Chamonix in France and resorts in northern Italy could be launched to host the 2030 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Provincial or State Government, it seemed to leave Salt Lake City as the last choice.But officials in the United

States are widely believed to prefer a bid for the Games in 2034 to avoid a class with the 2028 Summer

A court in Ukraine has seized underground warehouses allegedly owned by Russian oligarch and former International Fencing Federation (FIE) President Alisher Usmanov, believed to contain more than 160,000 tonnes of hidden iron ore across seaports in the invaded country.

seventh-richest man in Russia, is one of the oligarchs to have sanctions implemented on him by Ukraine, the United

States, the United Kingdom and the EU following the invasion of Ukraine in February.Shortly after the

Canada are set to face neighbour the United States in the International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior

Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) President Paulo Wanderley congratulated Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva for his victory over right-wing candidate Jair Bolsonaro in October's Presidential elections in Brazil.

Bolsonaro was not present when Lula was sworn in and it has been reported that the former went to the United

States on Friday to avoid the handover ceremony.Lula was not allowed to run in the last Presidential

Today (January 3) marks the 50th anniversary of a very odd football match at Wembley Stadium.

Union (EU), as it eventually became.The game - pitting a squad of players from these three new member-states

of a days-long celebration of this historic step.The Three vs The Six match was played to mark the United

Malaysian Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh has expressed her aspirations for the country to win its first Olympic gold medal at Paris 2024, adding that it cannot be a "one-man show" but will require the whole nation to contribute.

edition of the Summer Olympic Games since Melbourne 1956, except for Moscow 1980 when they joined the United

States-led boycott over the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan.The nation has won eight silver and