By Nick ButlerDecember 6 - Canada have prioritised experience in their team selection as they seek a third consecutive Wheelchair Curling Paralympic Games gold medal in Sochi next year.

against Great Britain, with the likes of World Championship runners up Sweden, along with China and the USA

By Emily GoddardDecember 5 - German town Füssen has today been revealed as the host of the inaugural World Curling Federation (WCF) Olympic Qualification event this month.

at European Curling ChampionshipsNovember 2013: Curlers become first athletes nominated to Team USA

By Paul OsborneDecember 5 - This month's Winter Universiade in Trentino will be streamed live online with many competitions also being broadcast on a range of channels across the globe.

events.Television channels, including Eurosport, Eurosport Asia-Pacific, CCTV China, KBS Korea, CBS USA

By Nick ButlerDecember 4 - Four major modern pentathlon competitions will be held in the Florida town of Sarasota-Bradenton over the next three years, it has been announced.

USA Pentathlon Executive Director Rob Stull was also pleased that the country would once again be a major

By Gary AndersonDecember 2 - It was business as usual for North American neighbours the United States and Canada as both sides followed up opening day wins with two more impressive performances at the World Sledge Hockey Challenge in Toronto.

Wednesday (December 4) looks set to be an exciting contest and will represent an opportunity for the USA

By Gary AndersonDecember 1 - Paralympic gold medallists the United States and reigning world champions Canada registered opening day wins over Russia and South Korea respectively at the World Sledge Hockey Challenge in Toronto's MasterCard Centre.

the first period which saw the sides go in scoreless.Alexei Salamone bagged a late strike to hand the USA

signal of intent to their North American rivals.Next up for Canada is a clash with Russia while the USA

success denies hosts gold at Ice Sledge Hockey Qualification Tournament April 2013: Canada defeat USA

By Paul OsborneNovember 30 - Fiji have won the Emirates Dubai Rugby Sevens title beating South Africa in the final to end a 15-year wait to lift the trophy.

South Africa will face Kenya, Canada and Spain in Pool B, whilst New Zealand play Wales, Portugal and USA

By Nick ButlerNovember 29 - Opportunities for disabled skiers from the United States of all levels, from first-timers to Paralympians, will be provided at the 26th Hartford Ski Spectacular event in Colorado.

Hosted by Disabled Sports USA, the week-long event will consist of ski and snowboard training with the

Sochi," he added.Similar sentiments were expressed by Kirk Bauer, executive director of Disabled Sport USA

By Gary AndersonNovember 28 - Reigning Paralympic champions the United States and current world champions Canada will be joined by Russia and South Korea at the World Sledge Hockey Challenge, which starts in Canada this weekend, as preparations for Sochi 2014 begin to crank up.

a closeJuly 2013: US holds Sochi 2014 ice sledge hockey tryoutsApril 2013: Canada defeat USA

By Gary AndersonNovember 27 - With exactly 100 days to go until the start of Sochi 2014, International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Sir Philip Craven has claimed he is confident viewing figures for the Games will be the highest ever as big television contracts are already in place.

The deal we announced this year with NBC in the USA is huge as it opens up the Games to millions of new

By Paul OsborneNovember 26 - The application process for four positions on the USA Fencing's Board of

The roles have become available following USA Fencing bylaws which state that each of these positions

North Billerica and has held positions on the board since 2008.Benson has been an active member of USA

Championships in Hungary ©Getty ImagesAll prospective candidates must be current voting members of USA

Fencing chief steps down after less than a year in chargeAugust 2012: USA Fencing appoints new

chief executiveJune 2012: USA Fencing announce new President

MackayNovember 25 - Two-time Olympic medallist Mitch Ivey has been banned for life from coaching by USA

metres backstroke at Mexico City 1968 and Munich 1972, was given the punishment following a meeting of USA

 Ivey, 64, did not attend the hearing and USA Swimming refused to discuss the matter until the deadline

 "All proceedings before the national board of review are confidential," a USA Swimming spokeswoman

"With every case, there is a 30-day appeal period that must expire before USA Swimming can publicly share

 "Mitch Ivey was protected for nearly 30 years by a culture within USA Swimming that continues to

By Nick ButlerNovember 24 - Brazilian superstar Robert Scheidt crowned a remarkable comeback to the laser class today with a victory at the discipline's World Championships in Oman.

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By Gary AndersonNovember 21 - The USA Knockouts franchise has announced that all of its bouts in this

Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Puerto Rico and Venezuela along with home-grown fighters in the 37-man USA

With franchises in the USA, Cuba, Mexico and Argentina, this region is key for the WSB and we know that

This is why we are extremely proud to welcome Univision as official host broadcaster of the USA Knockouts

I see an exciting and bright future for the franchise, thanks to the full support of USA Boxing, its

Boxing and general manager of the USA Knockouts."

It tells me that our recent visits to the UK, Canada, USA, Australia, Japan and South Korea for Pure