Japan made an emphatic start to the defence of their World Cup of Softball title with two wins on the opening day of play in Oklahoma City.

two victories today.The United States boast a 100 per cent record following the first day of play ©USA

Steven Holcomb has been posthumously inducted into USA Bobsled and Skeleton Hall of Fame.

USA Softball has reached an agreement with ESPN to broadcast the World Cup until 2020 - the year

on Wednesday (July 5), ESPN will hold the production and distribution rights for games featuring the USA

bring top-level international softball to fans through the ESPN networks for the next four years,” said USA

“ESPN is extremely pleased to reach an agreement with USA Softball to showcase the World Cup of Softball

British rider Hannah Barnes earned her first International Cycling Union WorldTour victory as she sprinted clear in the third stage of the women’s Giro d’Italia in San Venemiano.

Canyon-SRAM rider since here eight month absence following a bad ankle break sustained in August 2015 at the USA

The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) has announced that the 2017 Team USA Awards will take place

will play host to the awards that "recognise the most outstanding US sporting performances".The Team USA

“We’re extremely excited that the City of Angels will welcome Team USA to the stunning campus of UCLA

for the Team USA Awards,” said USOC chief marketing officer Lisa Baird.

awards show is a highlight of our year as we get to honour the truly amazing accomplishments of Team USA

Owens Olympic Spirit Award, the Building Dreams Award and Coaches of the Year prizes.The 2017 Team USA

USA Weightlifting has signed a partnership agreement with the National Federation of State High School

As a part of the three-year deal, USA Weightlifting will serve as a partner of the NFHS' Coach Education

make the United States the most active nation among our youth," said Phil Andrews, chief executive of USA

USA Weightlifting is hoping to see growth of the sport in a number of states following the signing of

championship for boys and girls.Several other states have schools with weightlifting programmes and USA

We are excited about this new partnership with USA Weightlifting," said Bob Gardner, NFHS executive director

Ryan Lochte announced on social media today that he is ready to get back to work now that the 10-month ban he received for his part in an incident at a petrol station during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games has been served.

return to international competition after seeing out the ban imposed by the US Olympic Committee and USA

zUfkAvXFS9— Ryan Lochte (@RyanLochte) July 1, 2017Lochte’s full punishment also included the loss of USA

As of this month, Ryan Lochte is officially back in the swim.

month ban enforced on the 32-year-old six-times Olympic champion by the US Olympic Committee (USOC) and USA

his US contemporary and friend Michael Phelps.He also forfeited his monthly funding from the USOC and USA

It unfairly maligned our hosts and diverted attention away from the historic achievements of Team USA

of what inevitably came to be known as "Lochtegate", he was dropped by key sponsors such as Speedo USA

USA Swimming suspended him from all competitions for six months, and stated he would not be chosen to

A pair of weightlifters from the United States have been handed anti-doping bans after failing tests towards the end of last year.

Bayer will not be allowed to compete for two-and-a-half years.Both sanctions have been confirmed by USA

was found to have two banned substances, GW1516 sulfoxide and GW1516 sulfone, on December 10 at the USA

The Meeting de Paris, held since 1999 at the Stade de France, switches back this year to the historic venue of the Charléty Stadium, which will host the 2020 European Athletics Championships.

equipped to challenge.Paris will witness the triple jump competition that never happened at last weekend’s USA

Birmingham have released new computer generated images of how Alexander Stadium might look if the city is awarded the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

 “With the Indoor World Championships returning to Birmingham next year and USA and Jamaica again

Paolo Barelli's campaign to become the new President of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) has suffered an embarrassing setback after he lost a case against the world governing body at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). 

third term as FINA President.United States Aquatic Sports (USAS), the umbrella organisation for USA

Swimming, USA Diving, USA Synchro, USA Water Polo, and US Masters Swimming, are among those to have

Japanese mattress company Airweave has pulled out of its sponsorship deal with the United States Olympic Committee (USOC).

Airweave was very supportive of Team USA athletes during their time as a partner," said USOC's senior

USA Weightlifting have implemented a series of bylaws, which the organisation claim will strengthen its

The changes, which following yearlong project to review the governing document of USA Weightlifting,

fall to below 30 per cent of any one gender.Currently the board consists of 30 per cent women, but USA

 The inclusion of the relationship with the USA Weightlifting Foundation was also assessed, granting

the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF)  and the United States Olympic Committee (USOC).USA

Group and our membership who engaged in this very important process.”The taskforce was formed from USA

It’s not as if it was the first time Usain Bolt has been upstaged.

confident 21-year-old has already run 9.82 and last weekend, at the cut-throat, first-three-past-the-post USA