A new Youth Continental Cup series has been created for luge athletes and will offer a qualification path for the 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games.

will be on offer at Youth Continental Cup contests.Events are planned to be held in Park City in the United

States and Sigulda in Latvia from November 28 to December 3.A second round of the competition is set

Olympic 400m hurdles champion Sydney McLaughlin, who opened her season in Nashville last week with a time of 51.61sec - the third fastest in history - will be one of the main draws of tomorrow’s USA Track and Field (USATF) New York Grand Prix.

hurdles.Only McLaughlin herself, who ran 51.46 in winning Tokyo 2020 gold, and silver medallist and United

States compatriot Dalilah Muhammad, who clocked 51.58, have bettered the mark set at the Music City

from 2018 and she will face three of the team-mates with whom she won Tokyo 2020 4x400m gold for the United

States in Lynna Irby, Kendall Ellis and Kaylin Whitney.The 100m hurdles field includes Alaysha Johnson

Boulder World Cup event from June 11 to 12 following back-to-back World Cup legs in Salt Lake City in the United

States.

Ireland, Italy and Spain have been awarded hosting rights to the next Softball World Cup.

 The women's softball tournament at this year's World Games in Birmingham in the United States is

Sabina Allen has been sentenced to a four-year period of ineligibility by the United States Anti-Doping

European Olympic Committees (EOC) President Spyros Capralos is set to mark one year as head of the organisation tomorrow, and has said it will be "a special honour" to address the General Assembly here.

European Games was signed, and reports related to each of these events, as well as the Games of the Small States

According to the United Nations, at least 4,266 civilians have been killed since the launch of what Moscow

The European Olympic Committees (EOC) is set to stage its 51st General Assembly here over the next two days, with several key reports and prominent speakers featuring on the agenda.

leading figures in coordinating the Olympic Movement's response to the war in Ukraine.According to the United

next year's Summer and Winter EYOFs are set to follow, as well as a report on the Games of the Small States

Shericka Jackson of Jamaica and Kenya’s Nicholas Kimeli earned shock victories at tonight’s Golden Gala Pietro Mennea meeting in Rome, leaving Olympic champions in their wake in the women’s 200 metres and men’s 5,000m respectively.

on countback ahead of, in order, home vaulter Roberta Bruni, Olympic champion Katie Nageotte of the United

States and Slovenia’s Tina Sutej.At 22, Kristjan Ceh of Slovenia is starting to do to men’s discus fields

States won on countback from Poland’s Norbert Kobielski after both had been successful at 2.27m.Germany

pic.twitter.com/tP853eREld— Wanda Diamond League (@Diamond_League) June 9, 2022Fred Kerley of the United

States made his status tell with victory on 21.85m as Croatia’s Filip Mihaljevic and Konrad Bukowiecki

Aquatics coach Jack Bauerle has retired after 46 years at the University of Georgia, leaving behind a legacy where he won seven National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) titles during his tenure.

reign ever in the SEC.He coached 62 men and 175 women to individual NCAA titles and was involved in the United

States' Olympic set-up too, being named women's head coach for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.Bauerle

The Olympic qualification system for figure skating could be changed after the International Skating Union (ISU) agreed to set up a working group to evaluate "possible modifications and amendments".

The ISU Congress is due to conclude tomorrow with the Presidential elections.Patricia St Peter of the United

States, Kim Jae-youl of South Korea, Slobodan Delić of Serbia and Susanna Rahkamo of Finland are vying

Nigeria and Rwanda have become the latest members of World Lacrosse, while the Africa Association of Lacrosse (AAL) has received full approval to join the worldwide governing body as its fourth Continental Federation.

Championship debut this year, with the event due to take place between June 29 and July 9 in Towson in the United

States."

Yoshirō Mori has defended his sexist comments that sparked a global outcry and led to his resignation as President of the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee, insisting "I got scolded for telling the truth".

Japan's House of Representatives wore white, in homage to the 20th century suffragette movement in the United

States, to protest.Mori’s departure came just five months before Tokyo staged the delayed Olympics and

Paul Fitzgerald has been appointed as the new head of the World Para Athletics.

master's degree in sports management from the University of Southern Mississippi, Fitzgerald joined the United

States Fencing Association where he served as international programmes and national team manager.Paul

Chinese Taipei are set to begin their World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Under-12 Baseball World Cup title defence against Italy at the Asia-Pacific International Baseball Stadium in Tainan in Taiwan on July 29.

Group A.Japan, the number one ranked side in the world, are anticipated to face three-time champions United

States, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic and Guam in Group B as they look to claim their first title.The

Gymnasts including four-time Olympic champion Simone Biles are suing the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for its mishandling of an investigation into disgraced doctor and convicted sex offender Larry Nassar.

be held accountable," said Maggie Nichols, a world bronze medallist and world team champion with the United

States from 2015.The claimants include Biles, Aly Raisman and McKayla Maroney, all American Olympic

million) from MSU and a $380 million (£296 million/€352 million) agreement with USA Gymnastics and the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee.Nassar is believed to have abused at least 330 women, including