Super-fast performances from Jamaica’s five-time women’s world 100 metres champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Olympic men’s 1500m champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen were highlights of the concluding day’s action at the Wanda Diamond League final.

compatriot Fiordaliza Cofil, who clocked 49.93.Noah Lyles, the double world 200m champion from the United

States, rounded off the evening in dynamic fashion with victory in 19.52sec.Kenya’s double Olympic and

States, with Australia’s double world champion Kelsey-Lee Barber second on 63.72m."

States, the Olympic women’s discus champion, had the final word over her predecessor, Sandra Perkovic

champion Grant Holloway of the United States secured his first Diamond Trophy in 13.02.Ethiopia’s Werkuha

Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto and Japanese Olympic Committee President Yasuhiro Yamashita have made a joint commitment to ensure that the city's bid to stage the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics is free from corruption.

Vancouver in Canada has been given City Council backing, while Catalonia in Spain and Salt Lake City in the United

States have both expressed an interest in bidding for the 2030 Games.

Costa Rican city Alajuela is set to welcome some of the strongest sambo athletes in the world when the Pan American Sambo Championships are held in the coming days at the Montserrat Sports Complex.

Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, United

States, Uruguay and Venezuela.It is the first time Costa Rica has hosted the competition and Guillermo

New Zealand could win third consecutive men's and women's titles at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town, where competition begins tomorrow.

Australia, Japan, China, Fiji, Brazil, Colombia, Canada, Madagascar, England, Ireland, Poland, Spain, the United

States and the hosts.Twenty-four nations make up the men's event - New Zealand, England, South Africa

The Russian Football Union (RFU) has announced their men's national team are set to play against Kyrgyzstan and Iran in friendly matches.

with Kyrgyzstan and has developing diplomatic relations with Iran.FIFA faced calls from campaign group United

unable to enter the Imam Reza Stadium for a qualifier versus Lebanon.Iran are due to play England, the United

States and Wales in Group B while Kyrgyzstan will not feature at the competition.

The United States are seeking to win back the Under-18 Baseball World Cup title on home soil and add

Three-time champions Italy have returned to the semi-finals of the Men’s Volleyball World Championship for the first time in 12 years after stunning reigning Olympic champions France in Ljubljana.

matches as Brazil face Argentina in an all-South American battle and reigning champions Poland meet the United

States.

Serena Williams' US Open third-round clash against Australia's Ajla Tomljanović, likely the American star's final competitive appearance, was the most watched tennis match in the history of broadcaster ESPN.

opening five days on record.The American broadcaster took over exclusive broadcasting rights in the United

States for the US Open in 2015, from CBS who had shown the Grand Slam since 1968.ESPN also holds

Joe Kovacs became only the fourth man to throw 23 metres in the men’s shot put as he became Wanda Diamond League champion in defeating fellow American Ryan Crouser, the world and Olympic champion.

last year.Next on the list were two previous world records - the 23.12m thrown by Randy Barnes of the United

States in 1990, and the 23.06m achieved by East Germany’s Ulf Timmerman two years before that.Crouser

States had cleared 2.34m, a season’s best for both.Meanwhile on a night of intermittent rain Qatar’s

States on 4.76m.Women’s world shot put champion Chase Ealey of the United States won with a best effort

States third in 13:00.56.

As I opined here recently I am not among those dancing with delight at seeing the back of Boris Johnson. 

the biggest, richest clubs owned by overseas interests including Saudi Arabia, the emirates and the United

sporty type according to our columnist ©Getty ImagesAs Gary Neville, the former England and Manchester United

our game, which is part of the nation’s heritage and history cannot be controlled by oil-rich nation states

new to grip and grapple with.Sport contributes some £17 billion ($19.5 billion/€19.5 billion) to the United

World Curling Federation (WCF) Presidential candidate Hugh Millikin has said he is disappointed by the lack of female representation on the upcoming Board, promising to bring more gender equality to the governing body and improve the fan experience of the sport to improve revenue.

vice-presidents Norway's Bent Ånund Ramsfjell and Graham Prouse from Canada in the running alongside the United

States' Beau Welling, who is a director at the WCF.

The International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) Men's Under-23 World Championship is set to get underway tomorrow in Phuket, with a new winner to be crowned with the absence of defending champions Britain.

to hold the IWBF Men's Under-23 World Championship ©Getty ImagesAs well as Canada, Germany and the United

States should all be considered contenders for the title as former winners.Brazil, Spain, Japan and

The schedule for the 2023 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Men's World Junior Championship has been released, with Switzerland and Finland set to play the opening game in Moncton.

the Scotiabank Centre.Group A features Canada, Sweden, Czech Republic, Germany and Austria; while the United

States, Finland, Switzerland, Slovakia and Latvia are to play their preliminary games at the Avenir

Zhang Hong, the Chinese speed skater who claimed gold at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games, has become one of the 13 members selected to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Athlete Council so far.

Clare Egan is one of those elected in Group 2 ©Getty ImagesTwo-time biathlon Olympian Clare Egan of the United

States, Croatian Para volleyball player Ivan Ćosić, two-time German ice hockey Olympian Jennifer Harß

China Media Group (CMG) has entered an agreement with Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) to provide the international feed for gymnastics, table tennis, badminton and sport climbing at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

and its record in Tibet and Hong Kong sparked a diplomatic boycott from Western nations including the United

States, Australia, Britain and Canada.Paris is due to stage the 2024 Olympic Games from July 26 to August