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McLaughlin first woman under 51 seconds as she wins 400m hurdles world title in Eugene

  • Athletics

Home athlete Sydney McLaughlin broke the 400 metres hurdles world record for the fourth time as she won her first world title amid frenzy at Hayward Field, becoming the first woman to break 51 seconds with an unearthly clocking of 50.68sec.

Olympic champion’s latest flourish followed a long-awaited major victory for another prodigious young United

States performer, Michael Norman, who, at 24, now has the men's world 400m title his talent merits.And



United States and Japan finish top of lead semi-finals at IFSC World Cup in Briançon

  • Sport Climbing

Natsuki Tanii of Japan and Jesse Grupper from United States have finished top of women's and men's semi-finals

to Laura Rogora of Italy and American Natalia Grossman on 39+.Reaching 38+, Brooke Raboutou of the United

States and Slovenian Vita Lukan were well clear of Ryu Nakagawa of Japan, compatriot Lucka Rakovec and


Italy and France claim second set of team titles of Fencing World Championships

  • Fencing

Italy and France took team titles today in the women's foil and men's épée categories at the Fencing World Championships in Cairo, concluding the penultimate day of competition.

Poland's Martyna Dlugosz, Martyna Jelinska, Hanna Lyczbinska and Julia Walczyk 45-26, while third seeded United

States' Jacqueline Dubrovich, Lee Kiefer, Zander Rhodes and Maia Mei Weintraub won 45-27 over Spain's


Key WADA officials aim to establish "united goal" during trip to US

  • Olympics

Leading officials from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) visited the White House during a trip to the United

States where they looked to establish a "united goal."

ONDCP) at the White House.Discussions were also held with the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee and the United States Anti-Doping Agency.WADA confirmed in January

States and other nations, particularly in the Americas region" in a bid to ensure that the anti-doping

From the very start, the United States has been a crucial partner for WADA and one of the leading countries

It is only by working collaboratively towards a united goal that we can make real inroads towards WADA


Consistent Henderson takes lead of Evian Championship at halfway stage

  • Golf

Canada's Brooke Henderson posted back-to-back rounds of 64 to lead the Evian Championship at the halfway mark in France today, sitting top of the standings by three shots.

her second Major, scoring eight birdies and one bogey to move onto 14-under par.Nelly Korda of the United

States, the Olympic champion, lost touch with Henderson - who she was tied with yesterday at the Evian


Olympic ice hockey champion Cameranesi announces retirement

  • Ice Hockey

American ice hockey player Dani Cameranesi, who won gold with the women's national team at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics and silver at Beijing 2022, has announced her retirement from the sport at the age of 27.

Women's World Championship in 2015 and 2019, as well as silver in 2021.She played 87 games for the United

States, scoring 24 goals, and claiming 34 assists for 58 points.


Greek NOC launches new logo and social media brand for Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

The Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC) has unveiled a new emblem which will be used by Greek teams and athletes when they take part in qualification events for the Paris 2024 Olympics.

to revive the Olympics for the modern era.It joins the NOCs including Britain, Germany, Canada and United

States who use the prefix "Team" for marketing and promotional purposes.


Another top US competitor ruled out of World Athletics Championships after doping suspension

  • Athletics

America’s Garrett Scantling, the world’s top ranked decathlete this year, has been provisionally suspended for an anti-doping violation, it has been revealed.

failure over missing drug tests or not filing complete information to be found for drug testing, the United

States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced.Scantling, who previously tried out for the National Football

States Olympic & Paralympic Committee, pending the resolution of his case," USADA said."

of Eugene due to missing drugs tests.Randolph Ross, who won Olympic gold last summer as part of the United

States 4x400 metres relay team, was prevented from taking part after the Athletics Integrity Unit were


Conservative media angered by ESPY Award going to Chinese skier Gu

  • Freestyle

Right-wing media outlets and personnel have expressed outrage at an Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly (ESPY) Award being given to Chinese-American skier and three-time Olympic freestyle medallist Eileen Gu, after her achievements at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

Olympic titles at Beijing 2022, while Leal won silver at Tokyo 2020.Gu, who was born and raised in the United

States before choosing to compete for the home nation of her mother, China, was the home star at Beijing


Kremlin calls for United States to respect Russian law over Griner case

  • Basketball

The Russian Foreign Ministry has said the United States is disrespecting Russian law for calling the

during the Women's National Basketball Association off-season, where she plays for Phoenix Mercury.The United

States called it a wrongful detention in May, meaning the case is now in the hands of the US Government's

You understand, if drugs are legalised in the United States, in a number of states, and this is done


Britain to host ISU Figure Skating Grand Prix for first time

  • Figure Skating

Britain is set to host an International Skating Union (ISU) Figure Skating Grand Prix for the first time after Sheffield was awarded the hosting rights.

The Sheffield Grand Prix will sit fourth in the calendar, following legs in Massachusetts in the United

States, Mississauga in Canada and Angers in France.The Japanese city of Sapporo and Espoo in Finland



Russian oligarch who funded Sochi 2014 Alpine ski venue added to EU sanctions list

  • Sochi 2014

Alpine skiing during the 2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Sochi, has been sanctioned by the United

stepped down as President of the International Fencing Federation after he was sanctioned by the EU, United

States and UK.Dmitry Chernyshenko, the President and chief executive of Sochi 2014, who is now Russia


Furue leads Evian Championship after opening day

  • Golf

Japan's Ayaka Furue has the early lead of the Evian Championship, having finished on eight-under par for a round of 63 at the Evian Resort Golf Club in France, in the final Major of the Ladies Professional Golfers' Association (LPGA) Tour season.

ninth.Brooke Henderson sits tied for second at the Evian Championship ©Getty ImagesCheyenne Knight of the United

States is the only golfer in the opening round on six-under, having been hampered by two bogeys.Ko Jin-young