There was news from the International Association of Athletics Federations this week which, while it may not have stirred the world’s media organisations into frantic response, will nevertheless have brought satisfaction to a significant proportion of the sport’s hard-core following – that is, athletics geeks.

During the 1920s, Charley Paddock of the USA made occasional and successful use of a full jump at the

Australia’s Bill Chaffey bagged his fifth men’s PT1 global crown at the International Triathlon Union (ITU) Para-triathlon World Championships in Chicago, where compatriots Sally Pilbeam and Katie Kelly also topped their respective event's podiums. 

States earn clean sweep of women's events at World Para-triathlon Event in EdmontonAugust 2015: USA

Another major world sporting event kicked off on Friday with the Rugby World Cup.

great spectacle, SKINS has "skin in the game" through our sponsorship of the Wallabies (Australia), the USA

Katie Ledecky is among those named on the Team USA Awards’ Best of August honours list, announced by

place at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.With an average margin of victory of 55 points per game, Team USA

In addition to Dow, the presenting sponsor, the Team USA Awards are supported by DICK’S Sporting Goods

for 50 per cent of the final tally, with the other half determined by online fan voting via the Team USA

An 18-strong United States team has been named for the International Triathlon Union (ITU) Para-triathlon World Championships, due to take place on Friday (September 18)  in Chicago’s Grant Park.

United States earn clean sweep of women's events at World Para-triathlon Event in EdmontonAugust 2015: USA

Fairplex, the town which hosts the annual Los Angeles County Fair, has signed a four-year deal to host the United States leg of the Modern Pentathlon World Cup Series Tour each year from 2017 to 2020.

International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) awarding a leg to the US, with the choice of Fairplex made by the USA

and without question will give this global competition the world-class spotlight it deserves,” said USA

As someone who likes to be on the front foot in terms of putting it to sporting bodies about their governance practices and the other big issues facing world sport, I didn’t expect to receive an invitation to speak at a conference put on by the International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS).

And he told us recently that not only is football an “ethnic sport for girls” in the USA – which even

"THE REAL LAS VEGAS FIGHT WEEK HAS STARTED #vegasworlds2015", tweeted Jesse Campos, a former San Francisco State University wrestler, on Monday (September 7) as he sat among the crowd watching the opening day’s action here at the Wrestling World Championships.

fan-base to watch women’s freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling, as Rich Bender, the executive director of USA

Wrestling World Championship organisers played the wrong anthem as Russia’s Roman Vlasov, winner of the 75 kilogram category, stood atop the podium here yesterday, it has been revealed. 

Championships from Las VegasAugust 2015: UFC to be official sponsor of 2015 World Wrestling Championships, USA

Frank Staebler claimed Germany's first Greco-Roman world title in 21 years after beating South Korea's Hansu Ryu to 66 kilograms gold at the Wrestling World Championships here. 

Championships from Las VegasAugust 2015: UFC to be official sponsor of 2015 World Wrestling Championships, USA

Wrestling Championships as favourites to retain titles after topping world rankingsMarch 2015: USA

Russian Wrestling Federation President Mikhail Mamiashvili has been denied a United States visa to attend the World Championships here.

from Las VegasAugust 2015: UFC to be official sponsor of 2015 World Wrestling Championships, USA

Wrestling Championships as favourites to retain titles after topping world rankingsMarch 2015: USA

Liam Moggan, vice-president of Paralympics Ireland, has been confirmed by International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics as the latest keynote speaker for their first-ever coaching conference in Colorado Springs.

of The Netherlands’ Para-athletics team Guido Bonsen, Lawrence Judge, the national chairman of the USA

United States enjoyed a successful day at the International Triathlon Union (ITU) World Para-triathlon Event in Edmonton, Canada, with their women’s team claiming gold in all the categories contested.

while Mohamed Lahna earned gold in the PT2 class in a time of 1:15:08.Related storiesAugust 2015: USA

An array of Olympic gold medallists will converge on here this coming week as they bid for top honours at the Wrestling World Championships and a spot at Rio 2016.

Championships from Las VegasAugust 2015: UFC to be official sponsor of 2015 World Wrestling Championships, USA

Wrestling Championships as favourites to retain titles after topping world rankingsMarch 2015: USA

European-only races at elite one-day meetings, to help the development of middle and long distance runners, are now being actively promoted internationally by the new European Athletics President, Svein Arne Hansen, who has used Mo Farah as an example of how to improve by racing at the right level.

“One thing they will do is help us understand how the USA was able to regain its strength in the endurance