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Sharjah and Rome to host next three World Skate qualifiers for Paris 2024

  • Skateboarding

Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates, and Italian capital Rome will host the next three World Skate qualifiers

World Skate and the organisers," they wrote.In the 2022 edition of the Rome event Nyjah Huston of the United

States won the men's division while victory in the women's contest went to Tokyo 2020 bronze medallist


McNeil new Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton President after Storey does not seek re-election

  • Bobsleigh and Skeleton

Tara McNeil is the new President of Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton (BCS) after standing unopposed at the organisation's adjourned Annual General Meeting (AGM).

for eight years - a tenure which included Kaillie Humphries switching allegiance from Canada to the United

States after complaining of harassment and abuse at the hands of a coach.Humphries, who won monobob


Canada and Japan win gold at inaugural Pan Continental Curling Championships

  • Curling

Hosts Canada and Japan won the respective men's and women's titles at the first Pan Continental Curling Championships in Calgary, with South Korea taking silver in both finals.

With the exception of four ends in our first game against the United States, I thought we were in control

The United States took the men’s bronze medal.


Hosts and holders finish top at end of men’s Sitting Volleyball World Championship pool stage

  • Volleyball News

Hosts Bosnia and Herzegovina and holders Iran finished top of their respective pools after the opening stage of the men's Sitting Volleyball World Championship.

they overcame Japan 25-8, 25-14, 25-15 at the Hotel Hills Arena in Sarajevo.Elsewhere in Pool A the United

States overcame Serbia 25-17, 25-22, 25-13 while the day’s other Pool B contest saw Kazakhstan beat

classification matches to determine the remaining places.In the women’s competition, three-time runners-up the United

States were involved in a thrilling five-set encounter with neighbours Canada, with the US coming out


Duffy wins in Bermuda to set up grandstand World Triathlon Championship Series finale

  • Triathlon

Bermuda’s Olympic gold medallist Dame Flora Duffy has delighted her home crowd in Hamilton as she won the World Triathlon Championship Series (WTCS) Bermuda in a time of 2hrs 1min 26secs to set up a title decider at the end of the month.

Taylor Knibb of the United States clocked 2:01:26 for second one minute and 38 seconds behind Duffy,


Malone triumph sees US pip China at World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

  • Gymnastics

Brody Malone's gold medal ensured the United States finished on top of the medals table on the final

American Jordan Chiles who scored 13.833 points, while Brazilian Rebeca Andrade and Jade Carey of the United

States shared bronze with 13.733 points.Japan's Hazuki Watanabe produced a shock performance to win


Lokedi earns marathon debut win in New York as Chebet completes Kenyan sweep of men’s major titles

  • Athletics

As many had forecast, a US-based Kenyan runner took the women’s New York City title on her marathon debut today - but rather than being the double world 5,000 metres champion Hellen Obiri, it was Sharon Lokedi, late of the University of Kansas, who came home first.

victories in Chicago and London this year as he clocked 1:25:26 to defend his title.Daniel Romanchuk of the United

States, seeking a third New York victory, was unable to get as close to Hug as he had managed in London


Olympic basketball champion Magic Johnson named Global LA ambassador

  • Basketball

Olympic basketball gold medallist Earvin "Magic" Johnson has been appointed by Global LA as a celebrity ambassador it is claimed can help attract business to the city before the 2028 Olympics.

Johnson was a member of the United States men's basketball team that won the gold medal at Barcelona

Mayor's office.A successor is due to be elected this week, while Garcetti has been put forward as the United

States ambassador in India but that appointment is still awaiting Senate confirmation.




Exclusive: Qatar refutes "baseless" allegations of spying operation to influence critics of World Cup hosts

  • Football

The Qatari Government has dismissed allegations that the country used spies to infiltrate influential football officials after being awarded the 2022 FIFA World Cup as an "underhanded campaign to damage Qatar’s reputation".

former German Football Association (DFB) President Theo Zwanziger and Sunil Gulati, the ex-head of the United

States Soccer Federation.According to SRF, Qatar spent $10 million (£8.8 million/€10 million) in spying


Iran’s men continue defence of Sitting Volleyball World Championship title with second successive win

  • Volleyball News

Defending men’s champions Iran won their second match of the Sitting Volleyball World Championships on day two of the tournament in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

successive victory in straight sets at the Hotel Hills Arena as they beat Kazakhstan 25-12, 25-18, 25-7.The United

States defeated hosts Bosnia and Herzegovina in the final game of the day 25-17, 25-13, 24-26, 25-21


McClenaghan wins Ireland's first-ever gold at Artistic Gymnastics World Championships

  • Gymnastics

Rhys McClenaghan has made history as the first-ever gold medallist at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships for Ireland, with an emphatic victory in the men's pommel horse final in Liverpool.

women's uneven bars too with a total of 14.966, with the silver medallist being Shilese Jones of the United

States, the all-around silver medallist.Jones scored 14.766 just in front of Nina Derwael from Belgium


Hundreds of horses moved to "safe zones" as part of FEI Solidarity funding for Ukraine

  • Equestrian

Hundreds of horses have been moved to relatively safe regions of Ukraine through the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) Solidarity Fund established soon after the country was first invaded by Russia on February 24.

to assist the Ukraine equestrian community, and was later assisted by fundraising efforts from the United

States Equestrian Federation (USEF)."


USA Curling Board announces changes with chair among those departing

  • Curling

USA Curling has elected a new chair and vice-chair, with the previous head of the Board resigning with two others.

last month, having served nationally, regionally and locally in curling.Colin Hufman represented the United

States at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics ©Getty ImagesHe was previously the President of the Detroit

Advisory Council since 2017 and a director since 2020.Hufman is also curling's representative on the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee Athletes' Advisory Council.