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Sir Mo Farah leads sporting criticism of US immigration restrictions

  • Athletics

Four-time Olympic athletics champion Sir Mo Farah has fiercely criticised United States President Donald Trump’s controversial executive order limiting immigration as the sports world seeks to understand possible consequences.

and will be seeking assurances that it will not adversely affect the IAAF World Championships in the USA


Olympic gold medallist Finch named MLB youth softball ambassador

  • Baseball and Softball

Olympic gold medallist Jennie Finch has been named as a youth softball ambassador for Major League Baseball (MLB).

of efforts by MLB to increase softball participation.The organisation announced a partnership with USA

initiative to encourage widespread participation in all forms of baseball and softball activities.MLB and USA

invitation only.The 2017 BTS is due to be held from June 11 to 15 in Oklahoma City, which is where USA


Xiao elected chairman of USOC Athletes' Advisory Council

  • PASO

Table tennis player Han Xiao has been elected chairman of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) Athletes’ Advisory Council (AAC).

to thank the outgoing leadership group - led by Sarah Konrad - whose cooperative support helped Team USA

I'd like to thank Sarah for her commitment and contributions to Team USA and the AAC over the past four


White ready for Winter X Games return in Aspen

  • Multi-Sport Games

American snowboarding legend Shaun White is set to make his Winter X Games return during this year’s edition of the event, due to get underway in Aspen in Colorado tomorrow.

For me, at this point, I have no hard feelings," he told USA Today."


USA Triathlon Foundation announces new member of Board

  • Triathlon

The USA Triathlon Foundation has announced that Stephen Ban, an experienced triathlete and managing director

 The Foundation works to promote triathlon in the United States ©Getty Images"The USA Triathlon


USA Taekwondo senior trials for 2017 now open for registration

  • Member National Association and Continental Unions News

The 2017 USA Taekwondo senior national team trials, which are due to take place in March in Texas, are

Fort Worth Convention Center.There will be no pre-qualification event and the trials are open to all USA

Taekwondo members.Seeding for the trials will be based on performances at the 2016 USA Taekwondo National

selected from the trials will compete at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships in Muju in South Korea ©USA


Merry to step down as USRowing chief executive

  • Rowing

USRowing have announced that chief executive Glenn Merry will step down on April 15.

the past 12 years, Glenn built USRowing into one of the most respected sports-governing bodies in the USA


Five athletes set to represent Uganda at US Open Taekwondo Championships

  • Member National Association and Continental Unions News

Uganda are reportedly set to be represented by five taekwondo players at the US Open Taekwondo Championships, which begin later this month.

athletes were sent to the competition.Competition is due to take place from January 30 to February 3 ©USA


Lochner claims first IBSF World Cup victory in St Moritz

  • Bobsleigh and Skeleton

Johannes Lochner of Germany has secured his first ever International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup win in the two-man bobsleigh in St Moritz today.

Holcomb is third overall on 865 after the fifth of eight races.Bobsleigh pilot Elana Meyers Taylor of the USA


USA Wrestling extends partnership with digital sports network FloSports

  • Wrestling

USA Wrestling has signed a new agreement with digital sports network FloSports as part of a long-term

on FloWrestling’s website as well as usage of the FloArena meet management software for selected top USA

coverage across all levels of the sport, will have exclusive digital and marketing live rights for 14 USA

incredible innovator for content creation and developing platforms for the promotion of our sport," USA

FloWrestling will have exclusive digital and marketing live rights for 14 USA Wrestling championship-level

This is a groundbreaking partnership with USA Wrestling that will allow us to invest even more into the


USA Baseball pay tribute to former executive director

  • Baseball and Softball

USA Baseball has paid tribute to their former executive director Dan O'Brien Sr, who has died at the

Dan served USA Baseball at a critical time when the international baseball world first permitted professional

players to participate in the World Championships and the Olympic Games," said USA Baseball President

Images"His leadership navigated the transition and integration of Major League Baseball players onto Team USA

USA Baseball will be forever indebted for his contributions.

Olympic gold medal in Sydney after beating Cuba 4-0 in the gold medal game.As well as working with USA


Attila Adamfi: The long journey of women's weightlifting - from being forbidden to full gender equality

  • Inside the Blogs

We all know that weightlifting was already on the programme of the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896. At that time - and for many years more - only men competed in the sport.

proposal by IWF President Gottfried Schödl and the general secretary, in close cooperation with the USA

the 2017 edition being organised in Anaheim under the leadership of Ursula Papandrea, President of USA



WBSC reveals latest appointments to regional softball umpiring committee

  • Baseball and Softball

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has announced the newest members of the regional softball umpiring committee, including appointments from the Czech Republic, United States and Japan.

Softball World Championships and the WBSC-sanctioned World Cup of Softball.She was also named to the USA


Radcliffe part of task force to scrutinise records for European Athletics

  • Athletics

Britain’s marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe is reported to have been named in a task force to identify which, if any, European athletics records should be erased on the basis that the athlete concerned had been doping.

to start this year.The report adds: “We had hoped that in 2016 we could publicly launch a Europe vs USA

“What we can say is that a host city has been secured for 2019, that contract discussions with USA Track