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World ParaVolley President backs World Championships to have lasting impact on Sarajevo

  • Volleyball News

World ParaVolley President Barry Couzner is expecting this year's Sitting Volleyball World Championships to make an impact in host city Sarajevo and "generate a lot of interest".

Croatia, Egypt, Germany, Japan, Kazakhstan, The Netherlands, Poland, Rwanda, Serbia, Ukraine and the United

States in the men's event.Bosnia and Herzegovina have won three men's sitting volleyball world titles


Before the fall: How the Olympic ambitions of Oscar Pistorius came with a price

  • The Big Read

To say that things had gone smoothly for Oscar Pistorius before he competed in the London 2012 Paralympics would be a nonsense. 

fighting, while his manager, Peet van Zyl, said they would appeal be based on advice from experts in the United

States who had said that the report "did not take enough variables into consideration".On May 16, 2008


Japan star Ohtani gets green light to hit and pitch in World Baseball Classic

  • Baseball and Softball

Baseball trailblazer Shohei Ohtani has been given his franchise's blessing to play for Japan in next year's World Baseball Classic.

conjunction with MLB.It serves as the WBSC's World Championship for men's national baseball teams and the United

States are the defending champions.Ohtani was selected to represent Japan in the 2017 tournament but


BISFed issues warning over counterfeit boccia balls

  • Boccia News

The Boccia International Sports Federation (BISFed) has issued a warning that a batch of counterfeit balls is being offered for sale.

Apowatec, South Korean duo Ree Sports and Victory Sports, plus Gravity Boccia, based in Illinois in the United

States, have also been given BISFed licenses.


Conlogue and Pupo victorious at WSL event on Olympic wave in Tahiti

  • Surfing

Courtney Conlogue and Miguel Pupo claimed victories at the final regular-season leg of the World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour in Tahiti, while Olympic silver medallist Kanoa Igarashi did just enough to qualify for the finals.

competes under a Hawaiian flag at WSL events but won the first Olympic women's surfing gold medal for the United

States last year.Local wildcard Vahine Fierro knocked Moore out in the quarter-finals at Teahupo'o.A



British Columbia Government requests more information before deciding whether to support bid for 2030 Olympics

  • 2030 Olympics

The Government of British Columbia has requested more information before deciding whether to support an indigenous-led bid for the 2030 Olympic Games.

recommend the bid be put forward to a vote at an IOC Session.Sapporo in Japan and Salt Lake City in the United

States have also expressed interest in staging the Games in 2030, with the host due to be confirmed



USA Gymnastics unveils new logo in attempt to move on from Nassar scandal

  • Gymnastics

USA Gymnastics has unveiled a new logo as it seeks to move forward from the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal.

several effective life sentences having been convicted of numerous sex crimes.USA Gymnastics and the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee reached a $380 million (£288 million/€336 million) settlement


Hosts Denmark set to open Wheelchair Rugby World Championship against Brazil

  • Wheelchair Rugby News

Hosts Denmark are set to open this year's Wheelchair Rugby World Championship against Brazil on October 10, with Paralympic champions Britain in action against Switzerland on the first day of competition in Vejle.

2020 bronze medallists Japan start against Colombia in Pool B, while Paralympic silver medallists the United

States begin against Germany in Pool A on October 11.The other team in Pool B are Canada, who are due


Stanford University swimmer Gormley given one-year ban for three whereabouts failures

  • Universiade

Gormley has been given a one-year ban for committing three whereabouts failures in a 12-month period, the United

States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has announced.

whereabouts failures within 12 months constitutes an anti-doping rule violation.Gormley competed in the United

States Olympic swimming trials last year prior to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics ©Getty ImagesAfter USADA ruled

 She also competed in the United States Olympic trials last year, held in June, before the delayed


Shimer's return as bobsleigh head coach among changes at USA Bobsled/Skeleton

  • Bobsleigh and Skeleton

USA Bobsled/Skeleton (USABS) has undergone a reshuffle to its coaching and administrative staff, with the changes including Brian Shimer taking over as interim bobsleigh head coach from Mike Kohn.

Kohn, a four-man bobsleigh bronze medallist at the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics for the United

States, has stepped down from his role as head coach after four years in the role to spend more time


Two-time Olympic champion Lomachenko agrees to return to fight Ortiz

  • Boxing

Ukraine’s two-time Olympic champion Vasiliy Lomachenko has agreed to a lightweight fight against American Jamaine Ortiz at a venue yet to be finalised.

draw.Lomachenko was forced to surrender his three lightweight titles to Teófimo López, a representative of the United

States, in 2020 and had undergone surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff.


Groups revealed for IIHF World Junior Championship in Canada

  • Ice Hockey

Hockey Canada and the International Ice Hockey Federation have revealed the groups for the 2023 World Junior Championship, which is set to start on December 26.

Centre in Halifax.Group B, which is due to be played at the Avenir Centre in Moncton, consists of the United

States facing Finland, Switzerland, Slovakia and Latvia.Due to there being no relegation at the 2022


Olympic champion Shcherbakova set for surgery on knee injury

  • Figure Skating

Beijing 2022 figure skating champion Anna Shcherbakova is set to undergo surgery in Germany for a knee injury.

Grand Prix of Figure Skating hosting rights, with the forthcoming season due to begin in Norwood in the United

States from October 21 to 23.Shcherbakova, who turned 18 in March, is the reigning women's singles Olympic