shock singles loss to defeat France at the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Cup in Sydney in Australia

both tested positive for coronavirus.John Peers and Luke Saville completed a comeback 2-1 victory for Australia

Russia's Rostislav Gaitiukevich celebrated his first International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup victory alongside compatriot Mikhail Mordasov in the two-man bobsleigh event in Sigulda in Latvia.

time of 1:48.12 which included a new track record time of 53.77 on her second run.Breeana Walker of Australia

Hubert Hurkacz and Kamil Majchrzak both helped Poland to their first Group D victory on Saturday against Greece on the opening day of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Cup in Sydney.

beat Georgia 3-0 in Group D.The action continues tomorrow with Russia against France and Italy versus Australia

The UniSport Nationals is set to be held in Perth from September 24 to 30 in what is due to be the first edition of the event since 2019 due to COVID-19 cancellations.

The event is set to welcome more than 6,500 athletes across 32 different sports in Western Australia

wanderoutyonder #MustDoWA #MustSeeWA #EatDrinkWA #uninationals pic.twitter.com/Vrv5nUUi0j— UniSport Australia

China will "spare no effort to present a great" Winter Olympics, President Xi Jinping has vowed in an address to mark the start of 2022.

boycott of the Games which has so far been backed by the US, Canada, Britain, Lithuania, New Zealand, Australia

Softball's Australia Pacific Cup has been cancelled for the second year running because of the the coronavirus

 While announcing the cancellation of the Australia Pacific Cup (APC), Softball Australia has vowed

Four teams bound for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics played at the last Australia Pacific Cup in 2020 ©Getty

ImagesJapan won the Australia Pacific Cup when it was last played in 2020, beating Australia in the final.Mexico

and Italy, who joined Australia and the host nation at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, also contested the last

Australia Pacific Cup.It was axed in 2021 because of the pandemic.Japan went on to win the gold medal

Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian is set to represent Jamaica in the two-woman bobsleigh event at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics following her performances on the North American Cup circuit.

United States, Russian Olympic Committee, China and Switzerland receiving two.Austria, Romania, France, Australia

With just over a month to go until the scheduled start of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, freeskiing halfpipe and snowboard slopestyle competitions are set to take centre stage at Calgary’s Canada Olympic Park tomorrow.

slopestyle rankings, is expected to head a crop of riders from her nation eager to impress.Tess Coady of Australia

Sport is a five letter word that flourishes despite the predominance these days of the four letter variety. Alas, there is another of six letters which forces us to look back in anguish on the year of 2021. 

in some of the games we play.In English cricket it has dominated with the same vehemence with which Australia

The Chilean Olympic Committee (COCH) has renamed a training centre in the country in honour of its only female Olympic medallist Marlene Ahrens Ostertag.

include the name of Ahrens Ostertag, who won a silver medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia

The name of world number five Andrey Rublev has been added to the growing list of tennis players who have tested positive for COVID-19 after competing at the Mubadala World Tennis Championship exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi.

for the virus.Canadian Denis Shapovalov yesterday confirmed he had tested positive after arriving in Australia

Canadian tennis player Denis Shapovalov has tested positive for COVID-19 following his arrival in Australia

A diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing is part of an attempt by the United States to check China’s economic development, Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed today.

The US-led boycott over human rights has so far been joined by Australia, Canada and Great Britain but

Australia's Dylan Alcott, The Netherlands Diede de Groot and Japan's Shingo Kunieda have all been named as International Tennis Federation (ITF) World Champions after sensational performances in 2021.

round the world and do my job this year, especially with everything that’s going on in the world and in Australia

There was a time when boxing was a no-no among certain factions of the medical profession, not least the British Medical Association (BMA). Some British politicians, too, spearheaded by the late abolitionist Labour MP Dr Edith Summerskill. She tried relentlessly, and unsuccessfully, in the 1960s, to get a Bill through Parliament banning the noble art, which she considered notoriously ignoble.

Platell says her Irish great-grandfather worked his passage on a ship to settle in Australia after being