Bobsleigh Federation of Russia (BFR) President Anatoly Pegov has vowed to "defend the rights of our athletes" after the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) Congress officially voted to ban the country's athletes from competing at  events.

relocate events".According to Russia's official state news agency TASS, Pegov claimed that Canada and the United

States joined Russia in voting against the Article 22.2 statute changes.USA Bobsleigh/Skeleton has clarified

Around 100 would-be participants from countries including India, Jamaica, Libya, Kenya, South Africa, Iran and Britain were still affected by visa hold-ups for the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 as of yesterday (July 14), World Athletics has confirmed.

In some cases applications have been filed late, but the general backlogs at United States embassies,

The United States' double Olympic champion Brittney Griner, who is currently detained in Russia on drug

yesterday and today what became very clear is the tremendous amount of respect and admiration both in the United

States and here in Russia where Miss Griner has been playing basketball for seven years, not only for

Finland has been named as the new hosts of the sixth leg of the International Skating Union (ISU) Figure Skating Grand Prix after Russia was stripped of the competition following its invasion of Ukraine.

Rostelecom Cup, has been held every year since 1996.The war in Ukraine has devastated the country with the United

due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.The competition was due to be from November 11 to 13.The United

States, Canada, France and Japan are scheduled to hold the other four regular Grand Prix events before

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bronze for Ukraine in the men's K1 kickboxing over-91kg event ©Marvin Gentry/WG2022PhotoGermany beat the United

States 26-8, 26-11 to reach the women's beach handball final ©Ashleigh DeSandro/Dustin Massey Studios

Back-to-back world champions the United States are set to take on Olympic gold medallists Canada in the

Mexico stunned the home crowd with an impressive victory over the United States to take women's flag

Cameron Young earned a two-shot lead over Rory McIlroy at the top of the leaderboard following the opening round of The 150th Open Golf Championship at St Andrews in Scotland.

Young of the United States, who is making his debut at the course, impressed after he shot a bogey-free

The World Athletics Council has announced hosts for two forthcoming editions of the World Athletics Cross Country Championships.

Championships in Tallahassee in 2026 adds to the roster of world-class track and field events being held in the United

States and helps to enhance World Athletics' ambition to become a top five sport in the US by 2028,

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach met athletes and watched some of the sports during a visit to the 2022 World Games in Birmingham, Alabama.

During his time in Birmingham in the United States Bach watched competition in boules, racquetball, ultimate

Britain’s Thomas Pidcock has become the youngest winner of a Tour de France stage on Alpe d’Huez after cycling to victory on stage 12 as Jonas Vingegaard held on to his overall lead.

and two minutes and six seconds quicker than Froome.EF Education-EasyPost’s Neilson Powless of the United

States and Slovenia’s Tadej Pogačar of UAE Team Emirates finished fourth and fifth.?

A Russian basketball club director and team captain have testified in favour of United States’ Brittney

Riccardo Fraccari, who was recently re-elected as President of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), has hailed the legacy of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games as the first anniversary of the event draws closer.

The baseball gold medal match between Japan and the United States drew the largest audience of the Games

with a 37 per cent final rating on Japanese television and peaks of 44 per cent.Japan defeated the United

States in the baseball gold medal match at their home Olympics ©Getty ImagesJapan achieved gold on this

 When the United States occupied Japan at the end of the Second World War, many martial arts were

 In the early 1990s, Rorion Gracie hoped to introduce Brazilian ju-jitsu to the United States.He

The World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) has confirmed that Seoul in South Korea will be hosting the 2022 WDSF World Championship Breaking from October 21 to October 22.

American soldiers at military bases around the country.The country started televising events from the United

States during the period, increasing the reach of breakdancing.Paris hosted the 2021 WDSF World Championship

1980s thanks to American soldiers at military bases around the country ©Getty ImagesB-boy Victor of the United

States and B-girl Ayumi of Japan won the adult breaking 1 vs1 B-boy and B-girl categories respectively