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Bol’s 400m hurdles opener and Ethiopian women’s 10,000m trials prompt FBK Games sell-out

  • Athletics

Olympic bronze medallist Femke Bol of The Netherlands will make her 2022 debut over 400 metres hurdles at the traditional home of Dutch athletics in Hengelo tomorrow, just six days after shattering the 300m hurdles world best in Ostrava.

three other reigning world champions - Anderson Peters of Grenada in the men’s javelin, Nia Ali of the United

States in the 100m hurdles and Uganda’s Hamila Nakaayi in the women’s 800m.The women’s 10,000m will



Climbers set to shine as cycling’s Critérium du Dauphiné begins

  • Cycling

Climbers are set to shine at cycling’s Critérium du Dauphiné which begins tomorrow, a key warm-up event for the Tour de France.

the general classification.Other specialised climbers fancied to do well are Brandon McNulty of the United

States, riding for UAE Team Emirates, Spain’s Enric Mas, riding for Movistar, France’s David Gaudu,


Olympic champions Quiquampoix and Hancock triumph at ISSF World Cup in Baku

  • Shooting

Olympic champions Jean Quiquampoix and Vincent Hancock was among the day's winners at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup in Baku.

Anastassiou.She scored 36 in the medal match to take gold, with reigning world champion Caitlin Connor of the United

States placing second with 31.Another American in Austen Jewell Smith rounded off the podium with 24

.The United States' Vincent Hancock, a three-time Olympic champion, was victorious in the men's skeet


Wales to donate 100 free tickets to Ukrainian refugees for crucial World Cup qualifier

  • Football

A total of 100 free tickets are to be donated to Ukrainian refugees for tomorrow's crucial men's FIFA World Cup qualifying playoff final against Wales.

According to the United Nations, at least 4,183 civilians have been killed in Ukraine since the launch

the Wales against Ukraine tie is set to complete the Group B line-up alongside England, Iran and the United

States at the World Cup, which is scheduled from November 21 to December 18 - much later in the year

Cup are set to be decided on June 13 and 14 via the intercontinental playoffs, with Australia or the United



Warholm starts season in Rabat as Diamond League returns there for first time since 2019

  • Athletics

Norway’s 400 metres hurdles Olympic champion and world record holder Karsten Warholm will start his season here tomorrow (June 5) as Morocco hosts its first Diamond League meeting since the pre-pandemic year of 2019.

dos Santos gain traction this season with his defeat of Tokyo silver medallist Rai Benjamin of the United

States at the opening Wanda Diamond League meeting of the season in Doha, following it up with victory

of naturally-occurring testosterone, will be favourite to win the women’s 3,000m.Sandi Morris of the United

States, who put her injury-undermined Tokyo 2020 experience behind her to successfully defend her world


Olympic champions exit Jūrmala Beach Volleyball Pro Tour due to injury

  • Volleyball

Tokyo 2020 gold medallists Anders Mol and Christian Sørum have exited the World Volleyball Beach Pro Tour in Jūrmala in Latvia after forfeiting their last two games due to injury.

Volleyball World (@BeachVBWorld) June 3, 2022The pair cruised past Sara Hughes and Kelley Kolinske of the United

States in Pool D with a 21-13, 21-14 triumph in which Talita was dominant all over the court.She recorded


Poland’s Olympic hammer throw champions Wlodarczyk and Nowicki triumph in Bydgoszcz

  • Athletics

The Irena Szewińska Memorial in Bydgoszcz produced the expected thunderous hammer-throwing action tonight as three-times Olympic women’s champion Anita Wlodarczyk maintained her unbeaten run and Olympic men’s champion Wojciech Nowicki narrowly beat compatriot and four-times world champion Pawel Fajdek.

States earned victory in 12.79sec, ahead of African record-holder Tobi Amusan of Nigeria, who clocked

12.80.Elijah Hall-Thompson of the United States won the men’s 100m in 10.02sec from Britain’s Jeremiah

pic.twitter.com/zOkMmcaJZ4— Continental Tour Gold (@ContiTourGold) June 3, 2022Jamal Britt of the United

States, sixth fastest after the heats of the men’s 110m hurdles, stepped up to earn a surprise victory

States, returning to the arena where he set a meeting record of 5.92m last year, did not need to reach


Paralympic champions Schröder and Vink claim quad doubles title at French Open

  • Wheelchair Tennis

Paralympic champions Sam Schröder and Niels Vink won the first wheelchair tennis final of the French Open, triumphing in straight sets in the quad doubles.

Australia's Heath Davidson 6-3, 6-1, while Australian Open champion Schröder beat David Wagner of the United

States 6-3, 6-4.The doubles top seeds won last year's US Open playing together, and were runners-up


Florence and Ferreira biggest round of 16 casualties at G-Land World Surf League

  • Surfing

Hawaii's John John Florence and Brazilian Olympic champion Ítalo Ferreira suffered early exits today in the round of 16 stage of the G-Land World Surf League (WSL) event in Banyuwangi in Indonesia.

has looked sharp on his comeback with the best score of the round.He defeated Kolohe Andino of the United

States with a combined 14.67 to 10.67.Australian Jack Robinson, the winner last time out at the Margaret


Brazil and Czech Republic claim top spots at 2022 World Rafting Championships

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Brazil and Czech Republic finished top of the pile after a week in Banja Luka in the men's and women's categories at the World Rafting Championships, with wins in three of the four categories.

matched this in the women's equivalent, claiming gold by 36 seconds in a time of 57:33.11.Japan and the United

States were within a minute of the winners to take silver and bronze.Both teams claimed victories in


Philip Barker: When IOC Sessions and politics mix

  • Inside the Blogs

Russia’s two International Olympic Committee (IOC) members Yelena Isinbayeva and Shamil Tarpischev did not attend the recent session in Lausanne, but sixty years ago this week, the IOC held their annual gathering in Moscow at the height of "Cold War" tension which some feared would escalate into something far more serious.

Communist leaders on the walls.As the Cold War intensified later in the decade, the Soviets and the United

States began to produce rival medal tables at each Olympics which each told a different tale."


Harigae leads US Women's Open after day one at Pine Needles

  • Golf

American golfer Mina Harigae put in the lowest round of her major career on the opening day of the US Women's Open today at Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club, putting the veteran in the driving seat as she aims for her first victory on the Ladies' Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour after 13 years.

winner has put herself in a strong position to win a fourth tournament, sitting level with Lee and the United

States' Ryann O'Toole.O'Toole's compatriots 2014 Chevron Championship winner Lexi Thompson and Ally