The United States has called on Russia to provide consistent and timely access to double Olympic basketball

Committee (IOC) press conference yesterday.IOC President Thomas Bach said the case was in the hands of the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee, as well as the Women’s National Basketball Association.Bach

The United States’ Will Zalatoris earned a one-shot lead at the halfway mark of the Professional Golfers

fifth after a round of 71, with the Northern Ireland star level with Mexico’s Abraham Ancer and the United

States’ Davis Riley.Tiger Woods, the 15-time major champion, battled to make the cut as the American

Organisers of the Pacific Mini Games on the Northern Marianas Islands (CNMI) have issued a final call for volunteers.

causing destruction on Saipan.Saipan is the largest island in the CNMI, which is a commonwealth of the United

States.

Vasiliki Alexandri has led Austria to a gold medal on the opening day of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Artistic Swimming World Series Super Final in Athens in Greece.

The Austrian scored 86.9450 in the women’s solo technical to better the United States' Anita Alvarez’

Del Rio Soto of Spain stood on top of the podium once again.He tallied 77.9618 to jump ahead of the United

States Kenneth Gaudet and Kazakhstan’s Eduard Kim in the standings.The United States team won gold in

Kim recorded 74.8478.The US won the final gold of the day in the women’s team technical.The Americans united

Scotland closed the round robin phase of the men’s World Junior Curling Championships as the top seed for tomorrow's semi-finals in Jönköping in Sweden.

third thanks to a 6-3 win over Sweden.Other results included South Korea beating Italy 9-3 and the United

States dominating New Zealand 10-1.New Zealand were the only team to lose every match.The standings

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silver medal, gesturing that she believes she was the rightful winner ©IBARashida Ellis captured the United

States' only medal of the Women's World Championships, winning gold in the under-60kg ©IBACanada's Charlie

On this day in 2003, Annika Sörenstam became the first woman in 58 years to play the PGA Tour - an honour previously accorded to sporting polymath Babe Zaharias, winner of two golds and a silver in athletics at the 1932 Olympics.

COVID-19 pandemic, including the world number three and reigning Open champion Collin Morikawa of the United

States, Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama of Japan and… Rory McIlroy.Gold went to Xander Schauffele

of the United States, silver to Slovakia's Rory Sabbatini and bronze to Chinese Taipei’s Pan Cheng-tsung

The 12-team circuit is projected to feature five events in the United States later this year with purses

South Korea’s Kim Woo-jin earned a place in the men’s recurve semi-finals as the Archery World Cup continued in Gwangju.

competition, after losing in the first round.Olympic silver medallist Mauro Nespoli of Italy and the United

States’ Brady Ellison were beaten in the third round.Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion An San missed out on

Birmingham’s re-built Alexander Stadium stands ready to usher in a new era of big-time athletics tomorrow when it hosts the second Diamond League meeting of the season, before hosting track and field at the Commonwealth Games later this year.

Shericka Jackson, the Tokyo 2020 bronze medallist, Olympic 200m bronze medallist Gabby Thomas of the United

States, European indoor champion Ajla Del Ponte of Switzerland and Britain’s world 200m champion Dina

A total of 248 athletes from 37 nations are registered to compete at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Grand Prix in Granada.

pistol and skeet competitions.Competitions will take place until May 29.Alison Weisz is part of the United

States team in Granada ©Getty ImagesNorway’s Jeanette Hegg Duestad is among the athletes registered

season by winning gold in the women’s 50m rifle three positions events in Cairo and Rio de Janeiro.The United

States’ Sagen Maddalena and Alison Weisz have also reached a World Cup podiums this season in air rifle

The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) has confirmed the World Cup calendar for the upcoming season, with events returning in North America but China absent from the schedule.

an event at Whistler in Canada from November 22 to 27.The series will continue at Park City in the United

States from November 29 to 4, before a stop in Lake Placid from December 13 to 18.The Push World Championships

International University Sport Federation (FISU) student ambassadors have taken part in a remote running contest to foster a sense of community and promote university sport.

Morocco, Nigeria, Peru, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, the United

States, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.The role of FISU student ambassadors is to serve as a link between university

Rory McIlroy holds the 18-hole lead after a brilliant opening round of five under par at the Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA) Championship in Oklahoma.

are at three under and tied for fourth.Olympic champion Xander Schauffele, another player from the United

States, and in-from Australian Cameron Smith are among those three shots behind McIlroy.Reigning champion

Canada have risen to the top of Group A after playing out a thrilling tie against bottom-placed Kazakhstan at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championship in Tampere.

spur a late rally.Czech Republic are fourth while Latvia are seventh.The other Group B match saw the United

States stroll to a comfortable 3-0 win against Britain.A second period goal from Ben Meyers and two

Germany and Scotland have qualified for the semi-finals of the men’s World Junior Curling Championships after securing emphatic wins on the fifth day of the event in Jönköping in Sweden.

defeating South Korea 7-4 and Norway 9-3.Switzerland also fended South Korea through a 9-3 victory.The United

States doubled their win tally after they edged Sweden 9-8 and shrugged off Italy 11-6.The Italians