Bulgaria, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Mexico have become the final four teams to qualify for the second round of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Women's Volleyball World Championships in Japan.

 Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, China, Italy, Russia, Thailand, Turkey and USA will compete in Pool F in

Brazil and the United States won gold medals in the women's and men's finals of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Beach Volleyball World Tour Qinzhou three-star event.

 The USA won bronze, with Sarah Sponcil and Kelly Claes beating Russia’s Evgenia Ukolova and Ekaterina

The USA Luge annual membership and foundation meeting welcomed three new board members and a group of

 USA Luge President and chief executive Jim Leahy also gave an overview of the past year and outlined

Summer Britcher.Chris Mazdzer, 2018 Olympic silver medalist, was awarded Male Athlete of the Year by USA

 USA Luge media trainer Mark Allen received The Sam Venezia Volunteer Spirit Award after volunteering

with USA Luge for 30 years.Peggy Mousaw was awarded the John Jenkins Sport Passion Award for her

The British Government has accused Russia's military intelligence service (GRU) of being responsible for the Fancy Bears' cyber attack on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), while seven GRU members have been charged in the United States.

selectively, and sometimes misleadingly," John Demers, assistant attorney general for national security, told USA

An 87-strong team for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games due to begin here on Saturday (October 6) has been named by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC).

2018 ©Getty Images"We are thrilled to support this talented group of athletes as they represent team USA

USA Softball have announced that Heather Tarr will take on the head coach role for the women's under-

Softball League in 1997 and 1998, Tarr played 64 games with 26 hits and 10 RBIs.Tarr was selected by the USA

 "I look forward to working with USA Softball and the tremendous athletes in our country toward

https://t.co/xOmzEoxo9g pic.twitter.com/h60nXJz6HU— USA Softball (@USASoftball) October 1, 2018Tarr was

Heather Tarr as the head coach of our junior women's national team programme for the 2019 season," said USA

USA Swimming have announced three-time Paralympic champion Rebecca Meyers as the 2018 Athlete of the

So grateful to be honored with this award and the opportunity to represent Team USA in @Para_swimming

September 29, 2018"So grateful to be honoured with this award and the opportunity to represent Team USA

Ukraine’s Diana Lunina and Maryna Samoday won the match of the day today at the Federation of International Volleyball (FIVB) Beach World Tour three-star event in Qinzhou, beating the United States pair Amanda Dowdy and Irene Pollock in a tie-break.

that we could do better and thought that we could actually win this game even if it was against the USA

It was a good day for United States pairs in the women's competition at the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Beach World Tour three-star event in Qinzhou today, with four duos all winning their first matches.

The competition among the USA teams is excellent," Claes said."

It's fun coming out with other USA teams because we train together at home and it's fun to see each other

Laura Smulders continued her domination of the BMX Supercross World Cup season by winning the penultimate round in Santiago del Estero.

Walker completed the podium 2.294 behind.UCI BMX SX World Cup 2018 Rd 7:Men:1 Corben SHARRAH (USA

) 32.012, 2 Gonzalo MOLINA (ARG) +0.140, 3 Jared GARCIA (USA) +0.263, 4 Niek KIMMANN (NED) +0.265, 5

Russia have been knocked out of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Men's World Championships after losing in straight sets today to the United States.

played better than we did yesterday in many ways, yet this was not enough to win the match against USA

Table tennis player Kanak Jha, a Rio 2016 Olympian, is one of 87 competitors named by the United States Olympic Committee for the Summer Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, which will take place from October 6 to 18.

Aires ©Getty Images"We are thrilled to support this talented group of athletes as they represent Team USA

USA Taekwondo has opened an application process to appoint regional head coaches.

high performance director May Spence.Coaches will be hired across eight drawn-up regions in the US ©USA

support system vastly better equipped to assist them on their journeys - safely and successfully," said USA

American Fred Zimny has been appointed development manager at the International Luge Federation (FIL) by the governing body's Executive Board.

Romanian Ioan Apostol, who resigned after 16 years in the role in June.He has held several positions at USA

of the year by the United States Olympic Committee in 2000.Fred Zimny has held various roles within USA

Luge ©USA LugeNo reason was given for Apostol's decision to step down earlier this year.A former competitor

Chile will be the first South American team to play in the Americas Rugby League Championship in Jacksonville this November. 

year.The 2018 Americas Rugby League Championship will take place in Jacksonville this year, which will see USA

The demand for the sport globally has never been higher.”The USA has hosted qualifiers twice in the past