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celebrates after winning gold in the men’s 200m individual medley final ©Getty ImagesKate Douglass of the United

States is all smiles after capturing the women's 200m individual medley final ©Getty ImagesGregorio

Australia and Italy broke world records in the respective women's and men's 4x100 metres freestyle relays in a thrilling finale to the opening day of the World Swimming Championships (25m) here.

the star of the show as she pulled off a stunning final leg to help Australia snatch victory from the United

States at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre.The American team led for much of the race and were

Australia, winning in 3:55.04.Fairweather had to settle for silver in 3:56.00, with Leah Smith of the United

States coming through for bronze in 3:59.78.The women's 200m individual medley final turned out to be

Samoa's men and New Zealand's women earned their first World Rugby Sevens Series victories of the season at the final event of the calendar year in Cape Town.

2016.They had earlier beaten South Africa 10-7 in the semi-finals, with the hosts losing 22-14 to the United

States in the match for bronze.Signing off the year in style 📝The women's tournament really brought

The International Fencing Federation (FIE) has held its final World Cups of 2022 with Italy enjoying success with women's épée and men's and women's foil golds.

Italian in Francesca Palumbo earned a bronze after losing 15-8 to Volpi in the semi-finals, while the United

States' Olympic champion Lee Kiefer also placed third after a 15-13 defeat to Ebert.The team gold also

American-born Cindy Hook has been appointed as the chief executive of the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games Organising Committee.

down as chief executive of Deloitte Asia Pacific in Singapore earlier this year to head back to the United

States."

United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) chair Susanne Lyons has insisted that any potential

suspension.The Olympic Summit vowed that sanctions against the Russian and Belarusian Governments and states

Retired judge and one-time Olympic sprinter Hugh Fraser is poised to lead embattled Hockey Canada's next Board of Directors, after being the only nominee put forward for chair.

and has a background as an arbitrator for various sporting bodies, including Athletics Canada and the United

States Olympics and Paralympic Committee.Fraser is one of five men nominated for the Board, along with

Qatari photojournalist Khalid al-Misslam has become the second journalist who has died while working at the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup.

his pro-LGBTQ+ stance, and was detained for nearly 30 minutes before the World Cup match between the United

States and Wales earlier in the tournament for wearing a rainbow t-shirt, which he said was in solidarity

French President Emmanuel Macron is set to travel to Qatar to attend the FIFA World Cup semi-final between France and Morocco on Wednesday (December 14).

earlier this year, alleged he was told by Platini that Sarkozy had told him to change his vote from the United

States to Qatar.

This year's Para Surfing World Championships in Pismo Beach demonstrated the sport "belongs in the Paralympics" - at least in the eyes of International Surfing Association (ISA) President Fernando Aguerre.

held the event in California, where it is hoped the sport will make a Paralympic debut in 2028.The United

States won the team title for the third time - a record, with this the seventh edition of the World

Two-time Olympic slopestyle gold medallist Jamie Anderson has announced she is pregnant, but wants to come back for a final Winter Games in 2026.

fourth Olympic appearance at Milan Cortina 2026.Anderson won women's snowboard slopestyle gold for the United

States when the discipline made its debut at Sochi 2014.Four years later, Anderson repeated as Olympic

Serbian side Ub have beaten Vienna from Austria to claim their first-ever International Basketball Federation (FIBA) 3x3 World Tour title in the championship match in Abu Dhabi.

FIBA3x3) December 11, 2022Top seeds Ub began the tournament with a 21-18 victory over Princeton of the United

States and following it was a 21-12 triumph against Mongolia's Ulaanbaatar to top Pool A.A comfortable

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board has told the United States Olympic and Paralympic

How to describe the effect of the sanctions imposed on Russia in response to its orchestrated doping programme and subsequent attempts to cover it up?

against Russia as a victory for clean athletes was "frustrating...and disingenuous" ©Getty ImagesThe United

States Anti-Doping Agency chief executive Travis Tygart felt it was "disingenuous" to describe the CAS

The Canadian Olympic Committee, New Zealand Olympic Committee, United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee

of international events.But even this element has been compromised.In February 2021, for instance, United

In an interview on United States television network HBO in September as part of the Real Sports

Japan's world champion Shoma Uno won his first men's singles title at the International Skating Union (ISU) Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Turin, having won two silver medals and two bronze in the past.

points in the free skate to total 304.46.Bronze went to the world junior champion Ilia Malinin of the United

States, who rose from fifth after the short programme.Uno, who won the world title in March this year