Botswana’s stellar sprinting talent Letsile Tebogo, who reduced the world under-20 100 metres record to 9.91sec earlier this week, lowered the World Athletics Under-20 Championships 200m record to 19.96 in Cali - and it wasn’t enough to win.

consecutive personal best of 51.50sec.In the women’s 400m hurdles final 17-year-old Akala Garrett of the United

States earned gold with a well-judged race, winning in 56.16sec, with silver going to Sweden’s Hanna

World and Olympic medallist Bajrang Punia will hope to spearhead India’s wrestling team to more Commonwealth Games success here.

medals and clinched bronze at Tokyo 2020 despite an injury-hit build-up.Punja has been training in the United

States in preparation for Birmingham 2022, where he will bid for glory.India topped the wrestling medal

South Korea claimed all three gold medals on offer on day three of the World Taekwondo Junior Championships in Sofia as Palestine achieved their first medal at a senior or junior event.

women’s under-52kg titles.Hong Euijun grabbed the first of the day after edging his tie against the United

States William Cunningham 2-0 in the men’s under-55kg category final.Niger’s Nouridine Issaka Garba

United States basketball star and Olympic champion Brittney Griner has been sentenced to nine years in

Russian court in the first place has to know, that it was not used for recreational purposes in the United

States."

Pressure group Pentathlon United (PU) has offered an extended vision for the implementation of its multi-point

Pentathlon United, which is campaigning to preserve the sport's equestrian element, has issued its Riding

is on the modern pentathlon programme.Protecting horse welfare is top of the agenda for Pentathlon United

Games.End thread#savepentathlon #keepridingandchangetherules pic.twitter.com/iAAzm9Ilai— Pentathlon United

(@PentUnited) August 4, 2022The plan also states the need for one additional physical centre from which

Jamaica’s Tina Clayton claimed her second straight world under-20 100 metres title in a Championship record and national under-20 record of 10.95sec, with her teammate Serena Cole - who is also her schoolmate - taking silver in 11.14.

Bronze went to 17-year-old Shawnti Jackson of the United States, daughter of the 2005 world 400m hurdles

Thirty-six years after her mother, Liz, won the Commonwealth Games women's 10,000m title in Edinburgh, Eilish McColgan has done likewise in Birmingham - and in a Games record of 30min 48.60sec.

heptathlon title with the help of a personal best in the javelin ©Getty ImagesShankar, based in the United

States, had to appeal to the Delhi High Court to be included in India's team for Birmingham 2022 after

USA Skateboarding (USAS) has confirmed the appointment of Don Bostick as its new chair following the departure of Gary Ream, revealed exclusively by insidethegames.

Ream has been forced to step down following the publication of a damning audit conducted by the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC).The audit, completed last month, ruled that USAS was

SoFi Stadium, which is due to host the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, has appointed a new senior vice-president and chief technology officer.

been chosen as one of the host venues for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which is being held jointly in the United

States, Canada and Mexico.Sampson will lead the technology and broadcast departments, focusing on bringing

The United States Treasury Department has sanctioned Olympic gold medallist Alina Kabaeva, who is rumoured

latest wave of punishments on Russian individuals and companies relating to the invasion of Ukraine.The United

radio, and print organizations (sic)".Kabaeva previously sat as a deputy in the State Duma for Putin’s United

death and destruction in the country.Since the full-scale invasion was launched on February 24, the United

Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay have formally launched an unprecedented four-nation bid to stage the 2030 FIFA World Cup.

proposed in 2018.Qatar is scheduled to stage the 2022 World Cup between November 21 and December 18.The United

States, Canada are Mexico are to host the 2026 edition, which is due to be the first to have expanded

Secretary general of the Commonwealth Patricia Scotland welcomed Sports Ministers from across the association at the 10th Commonwealth Sports Ministers Meeting here in Birmingham and praised programmes focused on using sport for social development.

in Commonwealth ©Getty ImagesDuring the meeting, Sports Ministers agreed on a list of steps member states

in and through Sport.It calls for the adoption of sport policies and interventions to accelerate the United

Dartmouth in Canada is set to stage the International Canoe Federation Canoe Sprint World Championships, with five-time Olympic champion Dame Lisa Carrington among the field.

2020 gold medallists Bálint Kopasz of Hungary, Isaquias Queiroz of Brazil and Nevin Harrison of the United

States in the line-up.Kopasz is expected to face competition from reigning world champion Fernando Pimenta

Who doesn't love a rematch?

Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Britain, Italy, Norway, Slovenia, Sweden and the United

States - sent a letter to the ISSF calling on the Russian to stand down.We may be heading for another

Gary Ream has resigned as the chair of USA Skateboarding (USAS) following concerns being raised over governance and financial misconduct at the national governing body.

Games in Tokyo, has been forced to step down following publication of a damning audit conducted by the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC).The revelations of the crisis that USAS finds itself

completing background checks on officials and coaches to help protect athletes, many of them minors.The United

States won two bronze medals when skateboarding made its Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020 ©USA SkateboardingReam