Celine Gounder, the wife of American sports journalist Grant Wahl, who died while reporting on the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, has paid tribute to her late husband.

Wahl’s body was flown back to the United States on Monday (December 12) with an autopsy by the New York

covering the tournament, Wahl attempted to enter the stadium for the World Cup group match between the United

States and Wales wearing a rainbow T-shirt.After being detained for half an hour he was allowed into

Illustrated in 1996, before being fired from the organisation in 2020.Gounder, a doctor and member of United

States President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 Advisory Board expressed her thanks for the messages she had received

The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) has confirmed four additional members are

The three host nations of the 2023 International Basketball Federation (FIBA) men's World Cup have chosen their preferred teams for the group phase.

stages before qualification is completed.Spain lifted the 2019 Basketball World Cup ©Getty ImagesThe United

States lead the table after 12 of the 18 matches in Americas Group F and are expected to seal qualification

Former United Nations (UN) under-secretary-general Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka has been appointed as chair

an Advisory Committee on Human Rights were first announced in December 2018 to be chaired by former United

in the build-up to Beijing 2022, and sparked a diplomatic boycott from Western nations including the United

States, Australia, Britain and Canada.Beijing consistently denied the charges laid against it, and dismissed

The team responsible for cybersecurity at the Paris 2024 Olympics have launched a series of exercises aimed at preventing a repetition of attacks at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics through a programme of cyber malware dubbed "Olympic Destroyer."

Games are also considered likely targets.In 2020, six Russian intelligence officers were charged by United

States federal prosecutors with unleashing the "Olympic Destroyer" at Pyeongchang 2018 although their

Lani Pallister completed a hat-trick of gold medals with two in one night as she anchored Australia to another world record at the World Swimming Championships (25m) here.

complete command before Pallister brought it home.Canada had to settle for silver in 7:34.47, while the United

States collected bronze in 7:34.70.Australia broke the women’s 4x200m freestyle relay world record by

Both winners on day nine of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships were Olympic medallists from the Arab world - Sara Samir from Egypt at 76 kilograms and Meso Hassona from Qatar at 102kg.

pleased with my performance today - now I want the gold medal in Paris," she said.Mattie Rogers from the United

States and Kim Suhyeon from South Korea won medals in the 76kg class ©ITGAfter sitting out a two-year

to be the African Championships in Tunis in May.All three medallists, Samir, Mattie Rogers from the United

States and Kim Suhyeon from South Korea enjoyed themselves and it showed in a lively medal ceremony.

American sprinter Randolph Ross has been hit with a three-year ban by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for three whereabouts failures in the space of as many months.

Ross, who ran for the United States in the heats of the 4x400 metres relay at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics

related to his whereabouts information for the appropriate period.Randolph Ross featured as part of the United

States 4x400 metres relay team at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, running in the heats but not the final ©Getty

handed a provisional suspension on the eve of the World Athletics Championships, held in Eugene in the United

States in July.This has now been upgraded to a full three-year ban running from July 1 2022 through

Karen Bass, who was recently elected the new Mayor of Los Angeles, has pledged to improve the issue of homelessness, calling a state of emergency over the problem in the host city for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Bass made the decision on her first full day in office, signing the declaration in a room called the "United

homelessness, while focusing on providing temporary housing by leasing apartments and motel rooms.The former United

States congresswoman defeated property developer Rick Caruso to the position of Mayor, taking over from

Chief executive Sarah Hirshland has insisted that the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee

Paralympics in 2002, and is hoping to do so again in 2030 or 2034 ©Getty Images"The sooner cities, region, states

The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) has welcomed the World Anti-Doping Agency's

25 2021 onwards.That would mean the ROC would be stripped of its team gold at Beijing 2022, with the United

States upgraded from the silver medal position.USOPC chief executive Sarah Hirshland commended WADA

The Ukrainian Parliament has sanctioned 55 Russian athletes and one Ukrainian for showing support towards Russia’s invasion of the country.

wearing a brooch with a Z symbol - which represents victory.Kabaeva has already been sanctioned by the United

Kingdom and United States Governments, and the European Union.Eight wrestlers feature in the form of

Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin has welcomed the move towards exploring a return for Russian and Belarusian athletes to international sport, claiming that "our athletes deserve to participate in the Olympic Games."

Committee (ROC) President Stanislav Pozdnyakov attended the Summit, together with his counterparts from the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) Susanne Lyons and Chinese Olympic Committee Gao Zhidan.The

IOC has sought to distinguish between sanctions against the Russian and Belarusian Governments and states

Footballer Amir Nasr-Azadani of Iran is facing execution in his country for "campaigning for women's rights", it has been reported.

also arrested after attending protests in Tehran.However, the duo were released before Iran played the United

States in the World Cup.Nasr-Azadani played for Rah Ahan and Tractor from 2015 to 2018 and spent his

No doping positives were reported during this year’s World Games in Birmingham, Alabama, according to an Independent Observer (IO) team report published by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), although there were three subsequent adverse analytical findings.

In particular, the IO Team wishes to congratulate the International Testing Agency (ITA) and the United

States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) sample collection personnel for their ability to adapt in the face