Belgium's defending champion Emma Plasschaert moved into the lead at the ILCA 6 World Championships at Galveston Bay in Texas after the fourth of six scheduled days of racing.

In the men's racing, Peter Barnard of the United States held his lead at this regatta through today’s

Olympic gold medallist and National Basketball Association (NBA) champion Lucious Jackson has died aged 80.

Wednesday (October 12).While playing for the University of Texas–Pan American, Jackson was a member of the United

States side that achieved gold at the 1963 Pan American Games in São Paulo.However, it was at the Tokyo

A week after breaking cycling’s hour world record, Filippo Ganna took the men’s individual pursuit title at the Track Cycling World Championships, as he became the first man to go below four minutes in the event at sea level.

with bronze won by Alejandro Martinez Chorro of Spain.Olympic omnium champion Jennifer Valente of the United

States took the women’s omnium title, ending on 118 points.Valente, whose victory today saw her earn

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pulled off a hard-fought victory against Paralympic champions Britain ©Lars Møller/Parasport DenmarkThe United

States battled from a losing position for the majority of the first half to beat Canada ©Lars Møller

Alison Marie Weisz and Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil took the women’s and men’s 10 metres air rifle titles at the World Shooting Championships in Cairo, Egypt.

In the women’s event Weisz of the United States defeated China’s Yuting Huang in the final by 16 points

pic.twitter.com/9smwG24A0M— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) October 14, 2022The bronze medals went to the United

States, whose duo of Katie Lorraine Zaun and Rylan William Kissell ran out convincing 16-6 winners over

A party atmosphere engulfed the DGI Huset Sports Complex here after Denmark shocked France in overtime to progress to the semi-finals, while Australia ousted Paralympic champions Britain on a day of drama at the World Wheelchair Rugby Championship in Vejle.

defending champions Japan eased past New Zealand 58-38.They are due to face Paralympic silver medallists United

States, who edged Canada 53-51 in a close encounter.One point separated the two teams at the half-time

Daniela Moroz of the United States and Toni Vodisek of Slovenia continued to top the women’s and men’

Boston in the United States is set to host the World Figure Skating Championships in 2025.

A total of 35 teams will be heading to Aberdeen in Scotland for the World Mixed Curling Championship, due to start tomorrow.

Slovenia in Group A.Group B will see the likes of Croatia, Spain, Estonia, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, United

States and Wales.Australia will be with Austria, England, Hungary, Luxemburg, Mexico, Scotland, Switzerland

Men's and women's curling teams from Canada have become the first of the expected 1,500 athletes to qualify for next year's International University Sports Federation (FISU) World University Games in Lake Placid.

being renovated for the Games.Australia, Britain, China, Japan, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United

States are also set to feature in the competition.More than 1,500 athletes are expected to qualify for

Tlaxcala in Mexico is set to host the Archer World Cup Final starting tomorrow after stops in Antalya, Gwangju, Paris and Medellin.

 He will look to emulate Jack Williams of the United States, who became the first archer to win

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has announced that 12 social science research projects will receive a share of more than $475,000 (£420,000/€490,000).

Three of those projects are from the United Kingdom, with the others coming from Luxembourg, Kenya, Italy

, Chile, United States, Rwanda, Mexico and Portugal.The successful projects were approved by WADA's Executive

Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) President Stanislav Pozdnyakov has confirmed that a delegation representing the organisation will travel to the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) General Assembly in Seoul.

Olympics and Paralympics.The IOC has insisted that its recommendations remain in place, although the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee chair Susanne Lyons has claimed it is discussing a potential

Line Flem Høst of Norway claimed the top spot after winning her race today at the ILCA 6 World Championships in Texas.

Netherlands dropped down to fifth in the overall standings ©Getty ImagesMeanwhile, Peter Barnard of the United

States continued to reign supreme among men after another victory.Bernard held on to his top sport in

Hamilton Barclay and Nicholas Mueller, who are second and third respectively.The domination of the United

States was underlined when the fourth and fifth spot overall was occupied by Americans William Baker

Toni Vodisek of Slovenia and Daniela Moroz of the United States lead the men’s and women’s standings