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World Cup cricket 'square' arrives in New York from Florida

  • ICC T20 Men’s World Cup

Ten cricket pitches have completed their journey up the East Coast of the United States from Florida to New York state and are being installed in a new stadium built for next month's T20 World Cup, Agence France-Presse reported Thursday. 

happens to the space in the future, that really depends on the local cricket community, Nassau County and USA


Chinese swimming scandal: USADA accuses WADA of “half-truths”

  • Swimming

While the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) tries to defuse the constant blowback from the Chinese swimmers doping scandal, the American governing body is keeping the pressure on with a new 16-page document emphasizing its “deep concern” over the current state of affairs.

Despite the massive regional charge, with athlete-led pressure groups like the Team USA Athletes’ Commission


Flag football and cheerleading join The World Games

  • World Games

The International Federation of American Football (IFAF) and the International Cheer Union (ICU) have joined the International World Games Association (IWGA). This brings the total number of members to 40. The vote to admit the two bodies took place on 1 May and they will be included in the Chengdu 2025 programme.

The previous Games were held in Birmingham, Alabama (USA).


US Athletes and World Players Association demand WADA reform

  • WADA

In a letter to the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the Team USA Athletes’ Commission demands

A joint statement between the USA Swimming Athletes’ Advisory Council and the Team USA Athletes’ Commission

Graham, Head of World Players.The World Players Association is part of UNI Global Union.As for the USA

Swimming Athletes’ Advisory Council and the Team USA Athletes’ Commission, the two key American athlete


HSBC SVNS League winners to be decided in Singapore

  • Rugby Sevens

The Singapore National Stadium will play host to the much-anticipated seventh and final regular season round of the HSBC SVNS 2024 from 3-5 May, when the men's and women's league winners will be crowned.

The USA, who was finalists at the last edition in Hong Kong, are in Pool B with France, Japan and South

League title contenders Ireland is in Pool C with double Olympic champions Fiji, the USA and Great Britain

Great Britain and Brazil will battle it out for the eighth place, while the USA are currently eighth


Will boxing be part of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics?

  • Boxing

There is a very real possibility that boxing will be missing from the Olympic programme at Los Angeles 2028 for the first time since Stockholm 1912. Having taken charge of boxing at Tokyo 2020, and Paris 2024, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) says it will not do so again and needs a new partner international federation for boxing by early 2025.

USA Boxing is the biggest national federation to sign up to the fledgling organisation, but the vast

has so far had two stages of its World Boxing Cup 2024: January's GB Open in Sheffield and April's USA

California.Congratulations to the 13 boxers who took home gold after their success at the World Boxing Cup: USA


Expanding Access to Sport: Move United hosts its annual Education Conference

  • Latest

Move United, the USA’s leading organisation in community-based sports and recreation for individuals with disabilities, hosted its annual Education Conference from 22-24 April.

Representatives from the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee, USA Fencing, United States Tennis

Association, USA Archery, USA Blind Soccer, USA Lacrosse, US Paratriathlon, and other organisations


American fencers slam USA Fencing for "weak and futile" referee suspensions

  • Fencing

Members of the USA national fencing team have issued a statement via international athletes advocacy

group Global Athlete expressing their dismay at the recent decision by their national governing body, USA

USA Fencing launched an investigation into referees Jacobo Morales and Brandon Romo after a Division

 The statement read, "USA Fencing athletes are aggrieved by the recent decision by USA Fencing

Yesterday’s decision by USA Fencing to sanction Mr. Jacobo Morales and Mr.

USA Fencing has yet to redistribute competition points to ensure justice prevails.

If USA Fencing cares about fair sport this must be immediately implemented."



Women's World Cup 2027: US and Mexico pull out of hosting bid

  • FIFA

In a joint statement, the US and Mexican football federations announced their decision to withdraw their 2027 bid in order to pursue a successful bid for the 2031 tournament.

United States have withdrawn their bids to host women's football's premier event.The withdrawal of the USA

The end of the USA and Mexico bid came after FIFA announced on Monday that the hosts of the 2027 tournament

will be decided for the first time by an open vote at the FIFA Congress in Thailand next month.The USA

Had the USA and Mexico been successful in their bid for 2027, it would have added another major sporting


Eight years later: Gabby Douglas is back for Paris 2024

  • Gymnastics

The American gymnast is a three-time Olympic gold medallist at London 2012 and Rio 2016. She finished tenth at the American Classic last weekend and will compete at the US Championships. It's another step towards her dream of returning to the Olympic stage eight years after she hasn't competed since Rio 2016. She decided to come back in 2023 and announced her return to competition in early 2024.

Prior to that, the names of the gymnasts with a chance to represent the USA at Paris 2024 will be announced


Two-time Olympic champion Candace Parker retires

  • Basketball

Basketball star and Olympic gold medalist Candace Parker announced her retirement after 16 WNBA seasons. The 38-year-old from Illinois posted her decision on Instagram Sunday, saying she knew it was time. 

Year, and the NCAA Final Four MVP award in both 2007 and 2008.In 2008, the 6-foot-4 represented Team USA

She would take home another gold at the 2012 London Olympics for USA Basketball.


Wind helps 100m World Champion Noah Lyles post 9.96 in Bermuda

  • Athlete's Websites

The American athlete was propelled by a 3.0 m/s wind at the Bermuda Grand Prix on Sunday. His time was exceptional, despite the irregular support. It comes just over two months before the Paris 2024 Olympics. "I like to see 9.96 and not 10.03," Lyles said.

He beat defending champion Matthew Boling of the USA by 0.03 seconds in a 4.9 m/s tailwind.



Mogul John Textor suspended for alleging match-fixing in Brazil

  • Football

Football mogul John Textor has been sentenced by Brazil's top sports court for ignoring orders to provide evidence to back up his claims of rampant fixing in the Brazilian league, even though he had done so before a commission headed by former football star Romario, now a Brazilian senator.

investigative commission of the Brazilian Senate headed by the star of the fourth World Cup won by Brazil in USA