USA Gymnastics has confirmed its entire Board will resign following a demand from the United States Olympic

under-fire organisation if they failed to comply with a series of criteria, outlined in a letter sent to USA

resignation of all of the remaining 18 Board members.In a statement, released in response to the letter, USA

rather than decertification," the statement added.The letter was released after Larry Nassar, the former USA

a host of Olympic champions and medallists.The USOC made the demands after Larry Nassar, the former USA

was jailed for 40 to 175 years ©Getty ImagesBlackmun made the demands amid mounting criticism of both USA

USA Gymnastics' entire board must resign before next Wednesday (January 31) or it will be decertified

chief executive Scott Blackmun gave the deadline to the under-fire organisation in a letter sent to USA

abuse against athletes including a host of Olympic champions and medallists, Blackmun had called on the USA

Gymnastics board to quit in an open letter.It was released amid mounting criticism of USA Gymnastics

the letter.The USOC official said a "categorically fresh start at the board level" was required at USA

Gymnastics and that an interim board should be put in place by February 28.USA Gymnastics must then

Disgraced former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar has been sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison

proportion could have gone undetected for so long".The investigation will include both the USOC and USA

of those to deliver a victim statement during the sentencing hearing, was among those to criticise USA

But USA Gymnastics includes clubs and athletes who had no hand in this and who need to be supported,"

 "But we will pursue decertification if USA Gymnastics does not fully embrace the necessary changes

The USOC called on all current USA Gymnastics directors to resign after three of the leadership team

Organisers of the International Triathlon Union (ITU) World Cup in New Orleans have cancelled the event over fears it would not meet required standards.

was due to take place in the American city between April 14 and 15 this year.However, organisers and USA

USA Gymnastics chairman Paul Parilla, vice-chairman Jay Binder and treasurer Bitsy Kelley have resigned

organisation for not investigating the alleged abuse.During the sentencing hearing last week, Raisman said USA

Over the weekend, the USOC released a statement shamelessly taking credit for a few USA Gymnastics resignations

United States claimed the first gold medal of the International Surfing Association (ISA) World Longboard Surfing Championships on Riyue Bay in Wanning today.

Australia in the final.Four surfers represented each nation in the team event ©ISA"Congratulations to Team USA

Jim Johannson, general manager of the United States Olympic men's hockey team, has died unexpectedly, it was announced today.

 USA Hockey executive director Pat Kelleher claimed they are "beyond shocked and profoundly saddened

Johannson began working for USA Hockey in 2000 after spending five years as the general manager of the

Olympic duo Aly Raisman and Jordyn Wieber confronted disgraced former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar

I cringe to think your influence remains in the policies they [USA Gymnastics] claim will make athletes

USA Gymnastics is accountable."The US Olympic Committee is accountable."

enabler" by an independent student newspaper.Later in the day, the disgraced doctor, who worked on the USA

USA Gymnastics has severed ties with the Karolyi Ranch in Texas, the facility where several American

USA Gymnastics has terminated its agreement with the Karolyi Ranch in Huntsville, Texas," USA Gymnastics

 "It will no longer serve as the USA Gymnastics national team training centre.

Larry Nassar, the disgraced former USA Gymnastics doctor accused of sexually abusing more than 100 women

Kerry Perry, the President and chief executive of USA Gymnastics who joined the governing body at the

One of the first women to testify at the sentencing of disgraced former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry

Mario Martinez, the last American man to win an Olympic weightlifting medal, who was one of the most popular figures in the sport in the United States throughout the 1980s and 1990s, has died aged 60.

fantastic person," said his coach Jim Schmitz from his San Francisco home.Phil Andrews, chief executive of USA

At his first competition in the spring of 1973 he didn't know what to do," said Schmitz, the former USA

Simone Biles has became the latest American gymnast to allege she was sexually assaulted by former USA

she will not let Nassar "steal my love and joy".She followed many of Nassar's victims in criticising USA

USA Gymnastics said in a statement they were "heartbroken, sorry and angry that Simone Biles or any of

USA Gymnastics' support is unwavering for Simone and all athletes who courageously came forward to share

Elana Meyers Taylor and Jamie Greubel Poser have been named as the pilots for the United States' two women's bobsleigh teams at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games with Lauren Gibbs and Aja Evans their respective brakewomen.

current season as the top-ranked in the world.Gibbs and Evans, however, have been chosen from what USA

been stacked with outstanding talent for the last three Olympic cycles and this year is no exception," USA

Committee chose the athletes they think have the best chance of bringing home hardware from Korea for Team USA

It is typical of the peculiar world we live in today that the greatest success for Thomas Bach as President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) so far was made possible by a moment of uncharacteristic diplomacy by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

Programming at NBC Olympics, also claimed the Olympics are "perhaps more vital now than ever" in a USA