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World champion Brose among winners at Pan American Karate Championships

  • Karate

Three-time and reigning world champion Douglas Brose was among the winners on the final day of individual competition at the Pan American Karate Championships in Curaçao.

final after a 0-0 tie.Chile's Camilo Velozo and Mexico's Bernardo Solorzano ranked joint third.The United

States' Thomas Scott, a bronze medallist at the 2021 World Championships, saw off Brazil's Alisson Sobrinho


Top seeds impress in third round of men’s singles at French Open tennis

  • Tennis

The big names in the men’s singles draw at the French Open tennis enjoyed comfortable victories in their third round matches at Roland Garros today.

Alexander Zverev of Germany also won in straight sets but was pushed hard by Brandon Nakashima of the United

States, with the Tokyo 2020 Olympics singles gold medallist triumphing 7-6, 6-3, 7-6.Spain's Carlos


Azarenka and Bencic beaten in women’s singles third round at French Open

  • Tennis

Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic and Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, playing as a neutral, were the highest seeds knocked out as the third round of the women’s singles competition got underway at the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris.

neutral.Other third round women’s singles results included victory for 27th seed Amanda Anisimova of the United

States, whose opponent Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic retired with an ankle injury with Anisimova



Two more golds for Norway at ISSF Grand Prix in Granada

  • Shooting

Norway’s Jeanette Hegg Duestad earned gold in the 50 metres rifle three positions women’s event at the International Shooting Sport Federation Grand Prix in Granada.

gold medal match.In the morning’s final stage elimination third place went to Sagen Maddalena of the United

States and fourth place to the top qualifier, Jenny Stene of Norway.Jon-Hermann Hegg helped Norway win

positions team event, as their trio of Ole Halvorsen, Henrik Larsen and Jon-Hermann Hegg defeated the United

States team of Patrick Sunderman, Ivan Roe and Timothy Sherry 16-6.Italy won the 50m rifle three positions



Finland and Latvia confirmed as 2023 IIHF World Championship hosts at Congress

  • Ice Hockey

Finland and Latvia have been confirmed as hosts for the 2023 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Ice Hockey World Championship in place of Saint Petersburg at the Annual Congress, where President Luc Tardif reiterated that measures taken against Russia and Belarus were for "safety" reasons.

Herning in Denmark.The 2023 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship was allocated to Canada, with the United

States hosting the tournament the following year.Herning and Frederikshavn in Denmark are due to host


Olympic bronze medallist Torres defends Pan American Karate Championships title

  • Karate

Olympic bronze medallist Ariel Torres successfully defended his men's kata title at the Pan American Karate Championships in Curaçao.

Peruvian Jhon Trebejo and Panama's Héctor Cención respectively.In the women's kata, Sakura Kokumai of the United

States claimed gold at the continental event for the eighth time, notching 25.15 with Ohan Dai in the

Dimitrova of the Dominican Republic posted 24.14 with Chatanyara Kushanku.There was further success for the United

States in the kumite competitions.Sakura Kokumai of the United States won her eighth gold medal at the


Prefontaine Classic promises world record attempts and rich competition despite late losses

  • Athletics

It is a measure of Eugene’s Prefontaine Classic meeting - which tomorrow forms the third stop on the Wanda Diamond League tour - that it can lose four Olympic gold medallists at late notice and still remain packed with compelling competition and world record attempts.

vault, featuring Olympic gold and silver medallists Mondo Duplantis of Sweden and Chris Nilsen of the United

States, the women's discus, featuring the US Olympic champion Valarie Allman, and the women's high jump

States' Olympic women’s 800 metres champion Athing Mu will not now race against Britain’s Tokyo 2020

States since middle distance runner Jim Ryun in 1964 and missed a 200m medal by one place, will seek

States and New Zealand’s Tom Walsh.


Medvedev and Tsitsipas head into third round of French Open men's singles

  • Tennis

World number two Daniil Medvedev and Greek fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas have progressed from their second-round matches at the French Open, ensuring the main contenders suffered no upsets today at Roland Garros.

ImagesFrench wildcard Gilles Simon is into round three with a 7-5, 6-1, 7-6 victory over Steve Johnson of the United

States, meaning he faces Croatian 20th seed Marin Čilić, who came from a set down to beat Marton Fucsovics


Plíšková and Halep biggest names to crash out in French Open women’s singles round two

  • Tennis

Czech Republic eighth seed Karolína Plíšková and 2018 French Open champion Simona Halep have fallen in the second round of the women's singles at Roland Garros to unseeded opponents, being the biggest casualties exiting today.

her second-round contest against Alison Riske ©Getty ImagesToday she thrashed Alison Riske from the United

States 6-0, 6-2, meaning she takes on Danka Kovinić from Montenegro, who defeated Anna Karolína Schmiedlová


Home racer Debrunner breaks T53 800m world record twice in Nottwil

  • Athletics News

Switzerland’s new Paralympic star Catherine Debrunner began her season in startling fashion on her home track in Nottwil as she set two world records at the third World Para Athletics Grand Prix of the year.

won the women’s 800m T34 race in 1:50.28.The women’s 800m T54 title went to Susannah Scaroni of the United

States in 1:45.41.


Skate Canada endorses Lavoie in ISU vice-president bid

  • Skating

Benoît Lavoie has officially been backed by Skate Canada for the position of figure skating vice-president at the International Skating Union (ISU) prior to the Congress next month.

administrator Jan Dijkema, who is set to stand down after six years at the helm.Patricia St Peter of the United

States, South Korea's Kim Jae-youl, Finland's Susanna Rahkamo and Serbia's Slobodan Delić are in the


Canada’s defence of IIHF world title continues with dramatic 4-3 overtime win over Sweden

  • Ice Hockey

Despite their fitful start to the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championship in Finland, Canada are now two wins away from making a successful defence of their title after beating Sweden 4-3 in a dramatic overtime quarter-final.

seven, also found their progress coming to a halt today as they lost their quarter-final 3-0 to the United

States, who now meet hosts Finland at the Helsinki Ice Hall.Finland were 2-1 down after the first period


Turin 2025 World University Games dates confirmed

  • Turin 2025

The dates for the Turin 2025 International University Sports Federation (FISU) Winter World University Games have been confirmed, with competition set to take place in mid-January.

while Torre Pellice and Pinerolo are to be used for ice hockey.In September 2022, a delegation from the United

States are due to come to the host city to pick up the "Flame of Knowledge" to light its own Torch prior