Nike has cut ties with National Basketball Association (NBA) star Kyrie Irving, who has been suspended by Brooklyn Nets for a repeated failure to "unequivocally say he has no anti-Semitic beliefs."

Black America - a film that contains anti-Semitic material.Irving - a member of the gold medal-winning United

States team at the Rio 2016 Olympics - defended his right to post what he wants, then refused to give

Keith Joseph of St Vincent and the Grenadines has been elected as the new President of the Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees (CANOC) General Assembly in Port of Spain.

vice-president.Ebanks, who competed at the 1984 and 1996 Olympics, won 16-10 in a ballot against John Abramson of the United

States Virgin Islands.The CANOC Executive Committee with new President Keith Joseph (third from left

The same four teams will contest the men's and women's semi-finals at the Pan Continental Curling Championships in Alberta.

Hosts Canada and the United States finished in the top two in both the men's and women's group stage

Defending men’s champions Iran were among the winners on day one of the Sitting Volleyball World Championships in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

25-17, 25-7, 25-22.All the men’s matches on the opening day were decided in straight games with the United

States overcoming Japan 25-19, 25-15, 25-14, while Germany beat Canada 25-15, 25-22, 25-15.Elsewhere

Ukraine.With China, who won the two prior editions, absent due to the coronavirus situation in the nation, United

States, who have been runners-up on the last three occasions, will fancy their chances of breaking their

Four Olympic champions, including three who won in Tokyo last year, are among the 16 candidates declared eligible to stand for election to the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Athletes' Commission next month.

chosen at the first meeting of the new Athletes' Commission, either in December or January.Two nations, United

States and Britain, are doubly represented on the approved list through, respectively, Jessica Lucero

Pan-America Maude Charron of Canada, Maria Escobar of Ecuador, Jessica Lucero and Hampton Miller, both of the United

States and Zacarias Bonnat of the Dominican Republic.

Officials from the United States Embassy in Moscow have visited imprisoned Olympic basketball gold medallist

Two-time Olympian Romain Girouille has been appointed as France's new coach of their men's recurve team for the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Only South Korea and the United States have won more archery medals than France at the Olympic Games.France

Olympic basketball champion Kyrie Irving of the United States has issued an apology after he was suspended

Rebeca Andrade has become the first Brazilian to win an all-around gold medal after claiming victory in the women's event at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Liverpool.

with a total of 56.899, rounded off by a terrific floor performance to hold off Shilese Jones from the United

States who had a total of 55.399.Andrade also topped the vault standings with an untouchable score of

International University Sports Federation (FISU) Acting President Leonz Eder has insisted that the organisation must find "the best solution" on its leadership issue.

host for the 2027 Summer FISU World University Games on the latter day, with North Carolina in the United

States and Chungcheong Megacity in South Korea in the running.Click here for the full interview with

Participating officials at the inaugural Safe Sport Journey Symposium held alongside the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships here have pledged to make the sport safe.

Organising Committee and Government agency UK Sport.Gymnastics has been rocked by abuse scandals in the United

States, Australia, Britain, Greece, The Netherlands, New Zealand and Switzerland, prompting the FIG

"Really proud of what we've been able to accomplish" but aware "a lot more work can still be done" is the verdict of USA Gymnastics President and chief executive Li Li Leung on the organisation's efforts to drive cultural change in response to an abuse scandal that shamed the sport.

committed while he practised medicine at Michigan State University.Late last year, USA Gymnastics and the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee finally reached a $380 million (£340 million/€390 million) settlement

with survivors.Details of the scandal in gymnastics in the United States first emerged in The Indianapolis

A root and branch change became a necessity.Gymnastics in the United States had been shamed by the crimes

The men’s 2023 World Rugby Sevens Series is due to begin tomorrow in the Hong Kong Stadium, with the competition set to mark the start of Paris 2024 qualifying.

Sevens champions Fiji are in Pool C, and aiming for a sixth straight win in Hong Kong.They will face the United

States, Spain and Japan, meeting the latter team in the fourth match of the opening day, while newcomers

Sarajevo is all set for the Sitting Volleyball World Championships.

last two crowns before that, are also absent due to the country's response to the COVID-19 crisis.The United

States - runners-up up thrice in a row and the reigning Paralympic champions - are therefore uniquely

Athing Mu will prepare for the defence of her 800 metres title at the Paris 2024 Olympics under the direction of a new coach, Bobby Kersee, who already guides the career of the Olympic 400m hurdles champion Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone.

Mu finished ahead of Briton Keely Hodgkinson to win the Olympic title in a United States record of 1min