Ukraine were formidable on the penultimate day of the World Para Swimming Championships in Madeira as they picked up five gold medals to bring their overall tally to 12.

the top three 12.36 seconds later.Italy occupy top spot in the medals table with 22 golds while the United

States and Brazil have 18 and 17, respectively.

Updated regulations from the United States' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are set

Japan dominated the International University Sports Federation (FISU) World University Climbing Championships winning 11 out of 18 medals in total, including four of six gold medals available in Innsbruck.

respectively.Nonoha Kume ensured a lead double for Japan as she narrowly won the women's event with 31+, pipping the United

States' Melina Costanza on 30 points.Another Japanese athlete in Ryu Nakagawa made up the top three

The Austrian town of Hall in Tyrol is set to stage the International Luge Federation’s (FIL) Congress where Einars Fogelis is due to be re-elected as head of the worldwide governing body.

Slide 2026 strategic plan, adopted at the Congress in 2020.FIL secretary general Dwight Bell of the United

States is also the only candidate running for re-election for his position.Bell secured the role following

The International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Championships are set to return to the Hungarian capital Budapest tomorrow, with competition scheduled in five disciplines over the course of more than two weeks.

World Championships held in the central European city, which also staged the 2017 edition, where the United

States claimed a record 46 medals - 21 golds, 12 silvers and 13 bronzes.American swimmer Caeleb Dressel

to have held the World Championships twice.Seven-time Olympic gold medallist Caeleb Dressel of the United

States is among the stars set to feature in the swimming competitions in Budapest ©Getty ImagesAl-Musallam

Australia's men's four Olympic champions showed their appetite for more success by crushing their heat on day two of the World Rowing Cup.

Lucy Stephen and Annabelle McIntyre, made it through heat two with Poland while New Zealand and the United

States progressed in heat three.

second behind Georgia Nesbitt of Australia, with both going through to the final.Mary Jones of the United

States took the other heat, with Marie-Louise Draeger of Germany in second.In the lightweight men's

Canada's Tyler Mislawchuk will be seeking to secure a third successive gold medal at the Triathlon World Cup in Huatulco tomorrow.

contenders include home favourite Claudia Rivas, Spain’s Sara Perez Sala and Erika Ackerlund of the United

States.

The Netherlands will hope to seal the Men's Hockey Pro League title this weekend as they face two home games against India.

Rotterdam, while England will again face the Belgians twice at Lee Valley.China will also play the United

States twice in Rotterdam.

With less than a month to go until the World Athletics Championships in Oregon, tomorrow's Diamond League Meeting de Paris at the Stade Charlety offers many of the top contenders for gold - including the evergreen 35-year-old Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce - the chance of getting down to serious business.

this time the European one of 44.33 set by East Germany's Thomas Schoenlebe in 1987.Devon Allen of the United

States, whose 12.84 clocking in last weekend's New York Grand Prix - the third-fastest ever run - earned

has suggested he is comfortable with Russian tennis players participating at the US Open, after the United

States Tennis Association (USTA) announced they could compete at the tournament as neutrals.

from August 29 to September 11 at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows.The United

A superb run of birdies helped Canada's Adam Hadwin take a slender lead on the opening day of the US Open in Boston.

Irishman is joined on three-under by England's Callum Tarren, Sweden's David Lingmerth, Joel Dahmen of the United

States and MJ Daffue of South Africa.Despite holding the narrowest of leads, Hadwin - whose best career

FIFA has announced the host cities for the 2026 World Cup, set to be held across the United States, Mexico

to be announced and are Vancouver in Canada, Seattle, the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles in the United

States and Guadalajara in Mexico.The central region cities were next to be announced and are Kansas

City, Dallas, Atlanta, Houston in the United States and Mexico City and Monterrey in Mexico.

States.

 "Today is a historic day - for everyone in those cities and states, for FIFA, for Canada, the USA

The men's 50 metres S4 freestyle world record was broken twice in one day at the World Para Swimming Championships in Madeira.

S10 with a championship record of 54.67.The country is currently in the lead with 19 golds while the United

States and Brazil follow behind on 16 and 15, respectively.

 Jakob Ingebrigtsen, the Olympic 1500 metres champion, added another feather to his cap at the Bislett Games in Oslo tonight as he earned his first victory in the senior Dream Mile in a Norwegian and Diamond League record of 3min 46.46sec.

Prescod, with South Africa’s Commonwealth champion Akani Simbine third in 10.09.Devon Allen of the United

States, whose 12.84 clocking in the New York Grand Prix - the third fastest ever run - earned him a

States won a hugely competitive women’s shot with her final effort, a personal best of 20.13m, the second

the Rio 2016 title, Thiago Braz, after both cleared 5.60m.Double world champion Sam Kendricks of the United

States, who was due to make his top class debut for the season, did not start the competition.Ethiopia

Bora-Hansgrohe’s Aleksandr Vlasov has taken the overall lead following his stage five victory at the Tour de Suisse, edging a four-man sprint to the finish line.

193 kilometre stage from Ambri to Novazzano in 4hrs 30mins 38secs.Vlasov edged Neilson Powless of the United

States and Jakob Fuglsang of Denmark in second and third.The trio were fighting towards the final stretch