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NOC-K President meets with Cuban Ambassador to discuss sporting partnership

  • ANOCA

The National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOC-K) President Paul Tergat met with the Cuban Ambassador to Kenya Juan Vazquez in the hopes of forming a sporting partnership between the two countries.

gold, 19 silver and 18 bronze medals in boxing at the Games, which puts the nation behind only the United

States on 50 gold, 27 silver and 40 bronze overall.Besides receiving technical expertise from Cuba,


New teams replace China at Pan Continental Curling Championships after error

  • Curling

The line-ups for this year's Pan Continental Curling Championships have been amended after an error was identified in the replacement system.

start on October 31.The host nation, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Chinese Taipei, Brazil and the United

States join Australia in the top men's division.The US, South Korea, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Hong


Edebo retires from ski cross after multiple concussions

  • Freestyle

Ski cross racer Alexandra Edebo has retired due to repeated concussions.

including migraines and vision problems.Gretchen Bleiler, who won a halfpipe snowboard medal for the United

States at Turin 2006, has also campaigned for concussion awareness and says she can count at least six



Llewellin and Hill impress to take mixed team skeet title at Shotgun World Championships

  • Shooting

Britain's Ben Llewellin and Amber Hill beat Italian former Olympic champions Diana Bacosi and Gabriele Rossetti to win the mixed team skeet title at the Shotgun World Championships in Osijek in Croatia.

ImagesFrance's Nicolas Lejeune and Lucie Anastassiou finished joint-third with a 7-1 thrashing of the United

States' Dustan Taylor and Samantha Simonton.Bacosi had won the women's skeet event yesterday with a


Poland and France win respective men's and women's titles at FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup

  • Basketball

Poland and France won the respective men's and women's titles at the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) 3x3 U23 World Cup 2022 in Bucharest after two dramatic finals.

League, France's women completed the double in the U23 category as they earned a 21-18 win over the United

States in a tense final.France's 5ft 10in (1.79m) Anna Ngo Ndjock was unstoppable, scoring 14 points



Japan seek to fight off challengers at World Wheelchair Rugby Championship

  • Wheelchair Rugby News

Japan are poised to begin the defence of their World Wheelchair Rugby Championship title in Vejle in Denmark.

Paralympic champions Britain looking to claim their first world title and four-time gold medallists the United

States prepped to reclaim the trophy.Australia, the runners-up from four years ago, and 2014 silver


China clinch last quarter-final spot at Women's Volleyball World Championship

  • Volleyball

China sealed the last quarter-final place at the Women's Volleyball World Championship with a straight sets victory against Belgium in Rotterdam.

Serbia, the only side with a perfect record, against co-hosts Poland, with Olympic gold medallists the United

States facing Turkey.Those matches are due to be held in Gliwice.Tomorrow marks a rest day before the



Chepngetich misses world record by 14sec as she retains Chicago Marathon title

  • Athletics

Ruth Chepngetich retained her Chicago Marathon title in 2 hours 14min 18sec, the second fastest women’s marathon time ever and missing the world record set by fellow Kenyan Brigid Kosgei in the 2019 edition of this race by just 14sec.

Doha 2019 world 10,000m final, was racing in her first mass marathon since dropping out of last year’s United

States Olympic Trials, where she was favourite.After she crossed the finish line, NBC Sports reports


Serbia stay perfect and Poland progress at Women's Volleyball World Championship

  • Volleyball

Defending champions and Olympic bronze medallists Serbia remain the only side with a perfect record going into the quarter-finals of the Women's Volleyball World Championship, with co-hosts Poland among the teams joining them in the last eight.

consequently a place in the quarter finals.Earlier in the day in Pool F in Łódź, Olympic champions the United

States produced a superb comeback from two sets behind to beat Thailand 23-25, 21-25, 25-19, 27-25,


Alberta Minister wants 2030 Winter Olympics bid to centre around Calgary

  • 2030 Olympics

Alberta's Minister of Culture Ron Orr said that the Canadian province is "open to" hosting the 2030 Winter Olympics, with discussions in place to bid for the Games.

also trying to bid to host the Games in 2030 along with Sapporo in Japan and Salt Lake City in the United

States.


Teqball’s top talents earn European Games 2023 qualification points in Budapest European Tour event

  • Teqball

Qualification points for next year’s Kraków-Małopolska 2023 European Games in Poland, where teqball is set to make its debut as a medal sport, were up for grabs as the European Teqball Tour returned to Budapest.

after she earned gold following a 8-12, 12-9, 12-9 victory over world number three Carolyn Greco of the United

States, who had not dropped a single set all tournament until that match.Boglarka Nagy completed the


Unbeaten Serbia march on at Women's Volleyball World Championship

  • Volleyball

Defending champions Serbia have continued their empathic invincible form after recording a whitewash win against Thailand at the Women's Volleyball World Championship.

15 at the Atlas Arena in Łódź in Poland.The European side are five points clear of Olympic champions United

States, who sealed a clinical victory over Turkey.The US took the first set 25-22 before dropping the

recovered to take the next two sets 25-20, 25-22.Turkey are third and a point off the Americans.The United

States are among the contenders for the title ©Getty ImagesDominican Republic ensured they are still