International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) President Luc Tardif is hopeful of the worldwide governing body being involved in the organisation of a World Cup of Hockey in 2024, which is being planned by the National Hockey League (NHL).

World Cup of Hockey was last held in 2016 in Toronto, with tournaments also held in 1996 and 2004.The United

States won the inaugural edition of the World Cup, with Canada claiming victory in the next two.Previous

Last month, during the European Athletics Championships in Munich, my Italian friend and colleague Franco Fava was recalling how he took part in the 1972 Games held in the city's Olympic stadium.

original budget of $463 million (€300 million/€465million).A few months before the Athens Games the United

States Government Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation received statements on the

Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha, who was part of Nigeria's women's 4x100 metres relay team that dramatically won gold on the line at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for testing positive for a banned substance.

disqualified.Ostarine is an anabolic steroid that is not approved for human use or consumption in the United

States, the country where Nwokocha has trained while at university.Ligandrol is used to increase energy

Czech Republic's Petra Kvitová survived two match points to knock out ninth seed Garbiñe Muguruza of Spain in a thrilling women's singles third-round match at tennis' US Open.

memorable run to the quarter-finals last year, and is safely into the fourth round after beating the United

States' Jenson Brooksby 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 on the  Arthur Ashe Stadium show court.However, there was

Co-hosts Slovenia and European champions Italy were the first teams to book their place in the quarter-finals of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Men's Volleyball World Championship.

against The Netherlands or Ukraine.The round-of-16 is set to continue tomorrow in Gliwice, with the United

States facing Turkey, and back-to-back defending champions Poland backed by a home crowd against Tunisia

Japan's Ai Mori ended Slovenia's Janja Garnbret's perfect lead record on this season's International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) World Cup with an impressive victory in Koper.

Japanese climber who prevailed in the final, passing the 30th hold while Garnbret passed the 27th hold.The United

States' Brooke Raboutou took third after passing the 23rd hold.Garnbret continues to hold a healthy

Canada and the United States blew past their opposition to set up yet another final showdown at the International

Two-time Olympic bronze medallist Ruth Gbagbi repeated her earlier triumph in Rome with another in the French capital, as she stopped Nam Min-seo from claiming a memorable women's under-67 kilograms gold at the Paris World Taekwondo Grand Prix here.

triumphant.Tunisia's Firas Katousi finished with a bronze after falling to a 2-1 defeat to Ordemann while the United

States' Carl Nickolas lost 2-0 to Alessio to secure the other bronze, which was the first of his Grand

The long-delayed United Nations (UN) report on China's Xinjiang province makes for grim reading, concluding

disappeared for weeks after accusing a high-ranking Chinese Communist Party official of sexual assault.The United

migrant workers, the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi ordered by the Saudi state, or the United

descendants following independence, Italy's treatment of refugees, the legality and morality of wars the United

States has embarked upon this century or Australia's long history of discrimination against the indigenous

The US Open's all-time single-day attendance record was broken yesterday as tennis fans flocked to the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, with what is expected to be Serena Williams' final competitive match the headline attraction.

singles titles in a glittering career which also included winning four Olympic gold medals for the United

States.

The number of sports looks set to be reduced for the Barranquilla 2027 Pan American Games as Panam Sports considers shaking up the programme.

Moccia, Jimena Saldaña and Keith Joseph for a meeting at the organisation's office in Miami in the United

States to discuss the sports programme for Barranquilla 2027."

Ukrainian high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh and Ireland’s 1500 metres runner Ciara Mageean produced outstanding performances at the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Brussels tonight.

States, still recovering full fitness after rupturing his Achilles tendon last year, had a season’s

States and meeting record of 68.11m.A shock in the pole vault!

States champion Greg Fisher, second in an area record of 12:46.96, with former refugee athlete Dominic

States, earned men's 200m victory in 20.07.Earlier in the evening Joe Kovacs, the 2019 world shot put

champion from the United States, won in a meeting record of 22.61.

Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees (CANOC) President Brian Lewis believes his organisation's member countries are being "sold short" by what he claims to be "undemocratic" voting rules at Panam Sports.

Sports President Neven Ilic said he had invited Lewis to the organisation's offices in Miami in the United

States to help address his concerns."

Marta Kostyuk refused to shake hands with Belarus' Victoria Azarenka after their women's singles second round match at the US Open, with her opponent competing as a neutral due to the ongoing war in Ukraine.

ImagesAzarenka had been due to take part in a Tennis Plays for Peace Exhibition event organised by the United

States Tennis Association prior to the tournament to raise money for Ukraine, but was dropped from the

Women’s top seed Iga Świątek beat 2017 champion Sloane Stephens on the fourth day of the US Open tennis in New York.

against Sorana Cirstea of Romania.Spaniard Cristina Bucșa lost to 19th seed Danielle Collins of the United

States 2-6, 5-7.Double Grand Slam champion and two-time US Open finalist Victoria Azarenka of Belarus