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USA Weightlifting appoints Sicchio as chief executive

  • Weightlifting

Matt Sicchio is set to takeover as the chief executive of USA Weightlifting, it has been confirmed.

Sicchio, who has been the chief operating officer of United States Anti-Doping Agency since March 2020


Japan top medals table at World Junior Wrestling Championships in Sofia

  • Wrestling

After a week of competition, Japan finished top of the medals table at the World Junior Wrestling Championships in Sofia, excelling in women's categories particularly.

10 of their female wrestlers claiming spots on the podium too.Umi Ito defeated Audrey Jimenez of the United

States in the women's under-50 kilogram category for gold while her team-mate Moe Kiyooka won the under


Basketball star Rodman to visit Russia in bid for release of Griner

  • Basketball

Basketball great Dennis Rodman is to travel to Russia to assist the release efforts for imprisoned two-time Olympic champion Brittney Griner, who was sentenced to nine years in prison on drug smuggling charges.

A known friend of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un and unofficial United States peace ambassador to


USA Baseball names DeRosa as manager for 2023 World Baseball Classic

  • Baseball and Softball

Former Major League Baseball (MLB) player Mark DeRosa has been appointed as the manager of the United

States for the 2023 World Baseball Classic (WBC).

The United States won the previous WBC, beating Puerto Rico 8-0 in the final in 2017 and will begin their


McMaster gives British Virgin Islands golden delight at 2022 NACAC Championships

  • Athletics

Kyron McMaster has followed up his second Commonwealth title from earlier this month with a gold medal on the final day of the North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC) Championships in Freeport in the Bahamas.

the Grand Bahama Sports Complex.Meanwhile, Olympic silver medallist Evan Jager was on form to lead a United

States one-two in the men's 1,500m steeplechase.Jager paced himself to notch 8min 22.55sec, which was

men's pole vault while Andrew Hudson handed Jamaica another title, this time in the men's 200m.The United

States won the remaining medals on offer, including William Williams securing the men's long jump title

States finished the competition top of the medals table on 29 golds, 22 silvers and 13 bronzes.Jamaica



Eliott Brennan: esports looks to the future after its moment in the sun

  • Inside the Blogs

On the first day of the Commonwealth Esports Championships, Haikal stood surrounded by media figures all searching for a brief conversation with the brimming Malaysian.

for making the sport a growing force.YPulse, a dedicated gen Z and millennials authority based in the United

States, found last year that their trend data showed one in five of consumers aged between 13 and 39


PGA Tour hires Gore to player advisor role amid ongoing golf infighting

  • Golf

The PGA Tour has hired Jason Gore as its senior vice-president and player advisor to the Commissioner Jay Monahan, amid an ongoing infighting in men's golf with the controversial Saudi-backed LIV Golf.

Gore joins from the United States Golf Association (USGA), where he has received praise for his work


Canada overcome Finland in overtime to win IIHF World Junior Championship

  • Ice Hockey

Hosts Canada beat Finland in overtime to win the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Junior Championship for a record 19th time.

Republic nonetheless had a tournament to remember, including knocking out the defending champions from the United

States in the quarter-finals.Mason McTavish had two assists in the final and was named tournament MVP



Olympic champion Miller-Uibo stars for Bahamian hosts at NACAC Championships

  • Athletics

Back-to-back Olympic 400 metres champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo handed the Bahamas a first gold medal of the home North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC) Championships in Freeport.

the World Championships last month - sealed the women's title in 10.83, but drama followed when the United

States' Celera Barnes and Natasha Morrison from Jamaica crossed in a photo finish.Barnes was proven


Duplantis and Bol deliver as Hodgkinson finally gets her gold on penultimate day of athletics at Munich 2022

  • Munich 2022

Sweden’s Mondo Duplantis and Luiza Gega of Albania produced European Athletics Championship records here in the men’s pole vault and women’s 3,000 metres steeplechase, on a night when Femke Bol of the Netherlands earned a third title and Britain’s 800m runner Keely Hodgkinson finally won a big gold after three big silvers.

night with a performance that called to mind the epic Tokyo 1991 World Championships victory over the United

States, where the favourites were confounded by the sight of individual silver medallist Roger Black



UAE and Saudi Arabia make history but controversy hangs over 2022 IMMAF Youth World Championships

  • Mixed Martial Arts

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia won historic gold medals for their nations at the 2022

National Championship. pic.twitter.com/1Fms34KBvH— IMMAF (@IMMAFed) August 18, 2022Joy Sheppard of the United

States was one of five new world champions between the ages of 14 and 15.Lariah Gill bagged a world

between 16 and 17-years-old were Ukrainian duo Mariia Klein and Ioanna Skuba, Abigail Alvarez of the United

States and Kazakhstan’s Chingiz Zhussupov.Klein’s and Alvarez’s triumphs were their second successive


China seeking sixth Asian Women's Volleyball Cup title

  • Volleyball

China will be seeking a sixth title when the Asian Women’s Volleyball Cup begins in the Philippines tomorrow.

tomorrow in Hermosillo, Mexico.Group A features defending champions Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, United

States and Peru, with Group B consisting of Canada, Cuba, Mexico and Nicaragua.Opening day matches see

Dominican Republic take on Costa Rica and United States face Peru in Group A, with Canada up against