By Emily GoddardDecember 21 - The United States retained their Duel in the Pool crown in one of the tightest finishes yet that saw them defeating the European Allstars in a tiebreaker race.

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By Gary AndersonDecember 21 - The United States have ended Cuba's four-year reign to top the World Baseball Rankings as 11 of the top 20 sides come from the Americas region.

biggest-ever Youth World Championships" in front of sell-out crowd in Chinese TaipeiJuly 2013: USA-Cuba

USOC) executive director Harvey Schiller has been elected as the new President and chairman of USA

 USA Team Handball were appointed as the sport's national governing body by the USOC in 2006 following

and 1994 ©AFP/Getty Images"I am pleased to be able to take this role and assist the new leadership of USA

 "This is a landmark day for our organisation," said Matt Van Houten, chief executive of USA Team

By Nick ButlerDecember 20 - Scotland's Michael Jamieson inspired Europe to a surprise lead over the United States on the opening day of the Duel in the Pool in front of partisan support in Glasgow's Tollcross International Swimming Pool.

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By Gary AndersonDecember 20 - The Pan American Weightlifting Federation has awarded hosting rights for the 2014 Junior Pan American Weightlifting Championships to the United States.

USA Weightlifting has also announced that it will hold an Open Championship to run alongside the Junior

We would like to thank the USA Weightlifting Federation for the development of our sport by hosting the

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By Gary Anderson at the Grand Hotel TrentoDecember 18 - Eurosport has claimed viewing figures for the opening six days of the 26th Winter Universiade here have tripled compared to the same period for the previous Games in Ezurum, Turkey, two years ago.

with other television companies worldwide for the Universiade including Eurosport Asia-Pacific, CBS USA

By Duncan MackayDecember 17 - A strong message over opposition to Russia's controversial anti-gay propaganda law is set to be delivered by the United States with the announcement today that its official Government delegation for Sochi 2014 will include former tennis player Billie Jean King and Caitlin Cahow, a two-time Olympic ice hockey medallist, who are both openly lesbians. 

Grand Slam titles, including 12 singles, 16 women's doubles, and 11 mixed doubles titles, had told USA

By Gary AndersonDecember 17 - Arena Group has today been announced as the official supplier of overlay and temporary structures for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.

success of our involvement in the London 2012 Olympics we went on to acquire Karls Event Services in the USA

By Nick ButlerDecember 17 - A strong United States squad has arrived in Scotland ahead of taking on a European All Stars team in the "Ryder Cup" of swimming in Glasgow this weekend.

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By Paul OsborneDecember 12 - The United States today nominated the wheelchair curling team hoping to travel to Sochi 2014 to try for the nation's first Paralympic medal in the sport.

international championships in 2002, guided by the expertise of National Coach Steve Brown," said Rick Patzke, USA

By Emily GoddardDecember 12 - Speedo has today been named as a premier partner of Duel in the Pool as part of a deal that starts with this year's edition, taking place at Glasgow's Tollcross International Swimming Centre next weekend.

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By Paul OsborneDecember 11 - USA Hockey today announced the 17-man squad nominated to travel to Sochi

Carron, Declan Farmer, Jen Lee, Can McCoy, Kevin McKee, Rico Roman, Paul Schaus and Josh Sweeney.The USA

By Gary AndersonDecember 9 - A record number of hours of action from a Winter Universiade will be broadcast when Trentino 2013 officially gets underway on Wednesday (December 11) with the International University Sports Federation (FISU) claiming 170 hours will be transmitted worldwide.

with a range of television companies worldwide, including Eurosport and Eurosport Asia-Pacific, CBS USA

By Paul OsborneDecember 9 - Canada has revealed the 10 athletes who are formally nominated onto the men's and women's teams for Sochi 2014.

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By Paul OsborneDecember 9 - Canon Europe has been announced as the official supplier of imaging solutions at next year's Ryder Cup in Scotland.

Tom Watson (left) and Paul McGinley will lead team USA and Europe respectively when play gets underway