The 73rd edition of the FIFA Congress, where a Presidential election is due to take place, has been scheduled for Kigali in Rwanda on March 16 next year.

of Paul Rusesabagina will also give rise to criticism over the choice of Kigali as Congress host.The United

Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention states Rusesabagina has been illegally kidnapped, tortured

The wheelchair tennis draw for this year’s US Open is set to be expanded while a junior event is due to be held for the first time in New York.

The United States Tennis Association (USTA) has announced that the wheelchair competition will boast

Chun In-gee has a record-equalling five-stroke lead after one brilliant round of the Women's Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA) Championship at Maryland's Congressional Country Club.

golf - but the last three winners of this event were in that group, all shooting 71.Nelly Korda of the United

States, the defending champion and also the reigning Olympic champion, said "I don't know what golf

World number one Nouran Gohar of Egypt crushed England’s Georgina Kennedy 2-0 at the PSA World Tour Finals to reach the semi-finals.

a 11-4 victory to seal the match in only 19 minutes.In the second women’s game, Amanda Sobhy of the United

States was at her attacking best to triumph against New Zealand’s Joelle King.King, who boasted a 10

Germany’s Michelle Kroppen, Charline Schwarz and Katharina Bauer won the recurve women’s team bronze after beating Turkey 5-1 at the Hyundai Archery World Cup in Paris.

the better of Domagoj Buden of Croatia to book his slot in the final four.Braden Gellenthien of the United

States, Puerto Rican Jean Pizarro and Anders Faugstad of Norway are the other semi-finalists.

Human rights organisations have called for President of the United States Joe Biden to form a deal with

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World Championships with a second-place finish in the women's 100m freestyle final ©Getty ImagesThe United

States' Lilly King claimed women's 200m breaststroke gold, rising from fifth to first in the final 50m

The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) chair Susanne Lyons has considered Salt Lake

Mollie O'Callaghan earned her first individual title at the International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Championships here in the women's 100 metres freestyle, a race in which Sarah Sjöström earned her 17th individual medal on this stage.

challengers finishing in 2:08.38.The other three swimming golds on the sixth day of competition went to the United

States, taking their total at the Championships up to 14.Lilly King of the US triumphed in the women's

Men's top seeds Serbia continued to look convincing in their campaign at the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) 3x3 World Cup in Antwerp, finishing pool A with four wins from four.

ensured they took the third and final qualifying spot.In pool D, Belgium finished top by defeating United

States 20-18 and Austria 21-18.Despite the defeat, the Americans finished second with a 21-11 victory

The financial problems of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) were deepened by the personal ambitions of Ching-Kuo Wu to be President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), it is claimed in the latest report published by Richard McLaren.

exposed the mismanagement of the International Federation.The election of Rakhimov, who appeared on United

States Treasury Department sanctions list as "one of Uzbekistan's leading criminals", as Wu’s successor

I well remember sitting down to interview International Boxing Association (AIBA) President Ching-Kuo Wu in early 2009 and him sketching out on a piece of paper for me his vision for making his organisation the de facto governing body for all boxing, not just the amateur branch of the sport.

But Wu decided to stay on having not been elected to lead the IOC.Rakhimov, who appeared on United States

thanks to a sponsorship deal with Russian state-owned energy company Gazprom, sanctioned by both the United

States and European Union following the invasion of Ukraine.The IOC appears no closer to reinstating

Hosts Mexico and the United States claimed three wins each on the opening day of the International Mixed

American Olympic men's basketball team head coach Steve Kerr is already lobbying for Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry to join him at Paris 2024.

The American men's basketball team won gold at Tokyo 2020 ©Getty ImagesThe United States men's basketball

The French compound men’s team of Jean Philippe Boulch, Quentin Baraer and Nicolas Girard is set to face European champions Turkey for the gold medal at the Hyundai Archery World Cup in Paris.

Meanwhile, the hosts’ women’s team and the United States men’s team sealed bronze medals at Chateau de

France’s men beat the United States 237-234 in the semi-finals.Your top three recurve women’s seeds in