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RUSADA director general disputes claims it was slow to resolve Valieva case

  • Figure Skating

Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) director general Veronika Loginova has disputed claims from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) that it failed "to resolve the Kamila Valieva case promptly."

team figure skating event from Beijing 2022 is yet to take place because of the failed drugs test.The United

States were the second-best team followed by Japan and Canada, and each would be bumped up a place if


United States pass equal pay bill for athletes in all sports

  • Football

The United States House of Representatives has passed a bill that ensures that men and women are to be

to those representing the US in sport, with this extending to all national sports.It also means, the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) can determine breaches and what sports are recognised

at the forefront of these calls, being part of a federal gender discrimination lawsuit against the United

States Soccer Federation.Earlier this year, they signed a new collective bargaining agreement, which


Olympic Broadcasting Services founder Romero dies of cancer at 81

  • Olympics

Manolo Romero, who was pivotal to the growth of the Olympic Games globally by founding the Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS), has died at the age of 81 following a battle with cancer.

two years later in Los Angeles.This year, Romero became the first European to be inducted into the United

States-based Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame.At the time of his entry, Romero said: "All of the Olympics


US Olympian who created history as a diplomat dies just before 99th birthday

  • Athletics

The United States' Dave Bolen, who finished fourth in a celebrated 400 metres race at the 1948 Olympic

included Liberia, Pakistan, Yugoslavia and Ghana.Dave Bolen was appointed by President Jimmy Carter as the United

States' Ambassador to East Germany ©US Foreign ServiceIn 1974, President Richard Nixon appointed Bolen


Breakaway federation threat grows as USA Boxing promises keeping sport in Olympics is "top priority"

  • Boxing

International Boxing Association (IBA) President Umar Kremlev has been accused by his biggest critics of putting the interest of himself above those of the athletes he represents and warned that a rival organisation could be set up to try to guarantee the sport's future in the Olympic Games.

The United States have won a record 50 Olympic gold medals in boxing, including Joe Frazier at Tokyo

1964 ©Getty ImagesThe United States is the most successful country in Olympic boxing history, winning

sport, it is USA Boxing’s responsibility to work with our partners and stakeholders, specifically the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee, National Federations and the boxing community, to do everything


Olympian and Masters weightlifting great Mike Huszka dies aged 89

  • Weightlifting

international weightlifting career for Hungary in 1957 and became one of the great Masters lifters for both the United

States and Hungary.

lost on bodyweight.In an interview for Strength & Health magazine in 1965, when he moved to the United

States after coaching in Austria, Huszka said he was not a gym lifter and would never recommend anyone




US Performance Center to serve as home of USA Football after partnership

  • Non-Olympic Sports

International Federation of American Football (IFAF) member federation USA Football has partnered with the United

States Performance Center (USPC), which is set to serve as the home of the governing body's high-performance

We are very proud to partner with the United States Performance Center," said Eric Mayes, managing director

The United States Performance Center is extremely excited to partner with USA Football," said Ike Belk


Matytsin says international sport cannot develop without Russia

  • Latest

Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin has claimed that "further development of sports is practically impossible" without the country's involvement and stated that sport is an important factor for the federation's security.

qualifying events in many sports but some are considering rethinking the sanctions.Outgoing chair of the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee Susanne Lyons has proposed to allow Russians to participate

work and common victories," Matytsin added.Russian Olympic Committee President Stanislav Pozdnyakov states



Russian Antyukh officially loses London 2012 gold after not appealing doping sanctions

  • Athletics

Russia's Natalya Antyukh has had her results from the 2012 Olympic Games in London officially disqualified, allowing a reallocation of medals from the women's 400 metres hurdles final, more than 10 years later.

her record, including the gold medal-winning run at London 2012.This means Lashinda Demus from the United

States is set to be awarded the gold medal retrospectively.Demus was pipped in a photo finish with Antyukh

four-year-ban last year and had already had results wiped from June 30 in 2013 to December 31 in 2015.The United

States' Lashinda Demus, left, narrowly missed out in the women's 400m hurdles final to Natalya Antyukh


Nadal and Świątek named as International Tennis Federation’s 2022 world champions

  • Tennis

Spain’s Rafael Nadal and Poland’s Iga Świątek have been named as the International Tennis Federation (ITF) 2022 men’s and women’s singles world champions.

Grand Slam doubles titles winning at the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open.Rajeev Ram of the United

States and Britain’s Joe Salisbury claimed the title of men’s doubles world champions, winning the accolade


Purdy highlights quartet inducted into US National Adaptive Sports Hall of Fame

  • Paralympics

Triple Paralympic Games medallist Amy Purdy has been inducted into the United States' National Adaptive

as one individual in winter sports, who has been active in international competition," read a Move United

https://t.co/pXdokdQHTi pic.twitter.com/blrdFQCu8z— Move United (@MoveUnitedSport) December 16, 2022Kapinowski


Australia's Forge elected to World Curling Federation Board

  • Curling

Former Australian Curling Federation (ACF) President Kim Forge has been elected to the Board of the World Curling Federation (WCF), becoming the replacement for Sweden's Catherine Lindahl.

candidate Bent Ånund Ramsfjell from Norway resigned from his position of vice-president too after the United

States' Beau Welling became the new head of the organisation, replacing the retiring Kate Caithness.As