Yaroslava Mahuchikh qualified comfortably for the final of the high jump ©Getty ImagesDaniel Roberts, the United

States 110m hurdles champion, was disqualified for the second World Athletics Championships after falling

Ethiopia’s world 10,000 metres world record holder Letesenbet Gidey earned a World Athletics Championships title to go with it in Eugene as she held off a top-class field that included Kenya’s double world 5,000m gold medallist Hellen Obiri and defending champion Sifan Hassan of The Netherlands to win in 30min 09.34sec.

he showed none of that alacrity as he won his heat in a relatively sedate 13.47.Daniel Roberts, the United

States 110m hurdles champion, was disqualified for the second successive time in a World Championship

Former winner Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland and Norwegian Viktor Hovland share the lead going into the final round of The 150th Open Championship at St Andrews after ending the penultimate day level on 16 under par.

pulled off six birdies, including four in a row from the third hole, and no dropped shots.Smith and the United

States' Cameron Young went out in the final pairing of the day but Smith bogeyed the first and could

Boston and Chicago Marathons in 2019, and Randolph Ross, who won Olympic gold last summer as part of the United

States 4x400 metres relay team, are both out of the World Athletics Championships in Eugue due to receiving

potential whereabouts violation.If he is sanctioned it will presumably call into question whether the United

States victory will be allowed to stand.The relevant sample from Cherono, whose personal best for the

Australia's Ethan Ewing recorded a first World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour victory at Jeffreys Bay, while Brazilian Tatiana Weston-Webb won the women's contest to move into the top five in the season standings.

the top five remains unchanged; Brazil's Olympic champion Italo Ferreira and Griffin Colapinto of the United

States complete it, with Brazilian Filipe Toledo leading the way.Kanoa Igarashi from Japan - the Tokyo

After a long campaign, descendants and supporters of  Jim Thorpe are celebrating an International Olympic Committee (IOC) decision to finally recognise him as the sole gold medallist of the 1912 Olympics in pentathlon and decathlon.

Thorpe, who died in 1953, had been reinstated by the Amateur Athletic Union in 1973 and by the United

States Olympic Committee (USOC) in 1975, deeming he should not have been stripped of the gold medals.The

where a city is named in honour of the athlete.An annual prize is also awarded in his memory by the United

States Sports Academy.

The United States, Canada, Britain a Team World have been announced as the four sides to compete in the

The Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has announced the initial 15 stadiums in contention to stage FIFA 2030 World Cup matches as a part of its joint bid with Portugal.

total of 14 venues would be two fewer than the 16 set to hold matches at the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United

States, Mexico and Canada - the first tournament to feature 48 teams.Several of the shortlisted stadiums

Vancouver’s bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics has suffered a setback after a City Council report cast doubt over the feasibility of endorsing the indigenous-led project.

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 express interest in staging the Games in 2030, with the host due to be confirmed at

Erik Jonsson ensured experience prevailed over youth as he downed teenager Leo Pettersson in an all-Swedish men’s barebow final at the Birmingham 2022 World Games.

year-old archer held his nerve to defeat 18-year-old Pettersson 57-52 at Avondale Park.Ryan Davis of the United

States edged Michael Meyer of Germany 52-51 to clinch men’s bronze.Cinzia Noziglia of Italy captured

A Dominican Republic quartet including Tokyo 2020 individual silver medallist Marileidy Paulino earned the first track gold of the World Athletics Championships in Eugene in a mixed 4x400 metres final which saw 36-year-old Allyson Felix earn bronze in her last race.

semi-finals as he earned the third qualifying place in his - final - heat in 10.10sec on a day when United

States sprinter and Olympic silver medallist Fred Kerley ran an ominous 9.79.There had been a huge roar

best of 9.93 earlier this season into a headwind, was a notable non-qualifier after clocking 10.15.The United

States' Allyson Felix bowed out with a 4x400m relay bronze medal in Eugene ©Getty ImagesHome shot putter

Cameron Smith has taken a two-shot lead lead at the half-way stage after producing a record-breaking round at The 150th Open in St Andrews

the 2020 Masters Tournament, means he is two shots in front of first day leader Cameron Young of the United

third at this year's PGA Championship, blended five birdies with two bogeys to make three-under 69.The United

States' Cameron Young is on the heels of Cameron Smith even though the Australian has produced two record-breaking

Kimberly Garcia Leon claimed the first gold of the World Athletics Championships in Eugene and her country’s first ever medal at the event, winning the women’s 20 kilometres race walk title.

individual champion Justyna Swiety-Ersetic to move from fourth to third in the final 50 metres behind the United

States and The Netherlands.The second heat, won by an Dominican Republic anchored by Olympic silver

Denmark's Mads Pedersen stormed to his first Grand Tour stage victory at the Tour de France after leading a breakaway on stage 13 of the competition.

accelerate all the way to the finish in 4 hours 13min 03sec.Switzerland's Stefan Küng finished fourth as the United

States' Matteo Jorgenson came fifth.The flat stage stretched 193 kilometres with riders cycling from

Yerevan in Armenia will host the International Boxing Association (IBA) Extraordinary Congress, where a re-run of the vote to elect a President will be held, insidethegames can reveal.

and four Board of Directors candidates - New Zealand’s Steve Hartley, Sweden’s Per-Axel Sjöholm and United

States' Mike McAtee - had allegedly broken rules on breaches of collaboration between candidates and