By Gary AndersonAugust 11 - The fourth and final day of action at the 2013 International Judo Federation (IJF) World Cadet Championships in Miami saw top honours go to France, Cuba and Russia, while Japan finished off as it started by bagging another gold medal to lead the table with five.

I have to extend my gratitude to Jose Humberto Rodriguez, USA Judo chief executive officer, for a really

We've seen once again that USA Judo has a great organising team and I thank everyone on behalf of the

By Emily GoddardAugust 11 - American Victoria Arlen, who took a gold and three silver medals at London 2012, has been banned from competing at all International Paralympic Committee (IPC) swimming events, including this year's World Championships which start in Montreal tomorrow, after the body ruled her ineligible.

IPC Swimming can confirm that Victoria Arlen of the USA will not participate at the 2013 IPC Swimming

By Nick ButlerAugust 7 - More than 500 of the world's most promising teenage judoka from 80 different countries have descended on Miami for the 2013 Cadet World Championships for what will undoubtedly be the most important competition of their budding careers so far.

sunny Miami," before adding that he "wishes all teams and competitors a nice competition" and is "sure USA

By Gary AndersonAugust 6 - USA Gymnastics has announced that Bermuda, Denmark, Panama and South Africa

the American Athletic Institute (AAI) and the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG), and will see USA

Danish gymnasts are set to benefit from USA Gymnastics Globl Ambassador programme AAI, a long-time partner

of USA Gymnastics, will assist with equipment requests for approved Global Ambassador programme partners

USA Gymnastics received a number of quality requests, and we are going to work to build this programme

over time," said Steve Penny, President of USA Gymnastics."

By Gary AndersonAugust 6 - US Figure Skating has announced that it has agreed a new two-year extension to its partnership with Hilton HHonors, which now runs through until June 2015.

Supporting the US Figure Skating team not only allows us to support the dreams of Team USA, but also

partner of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), also extended its official hotel partner deal with USA

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Gymnastics Hilton HHonors teamJune 2013: USA Gymnastics extends deal with Hilton HHonors to 2016February

By Duncan MackayAugust 5 - Pat McQuaid's claim the International Cycling Union (UCI) is taking the battle against drugs seriously faces being badly undermined after claims by United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) chief executive Travis Tygart they are refusing to allow them to test at one of the country's biggest events.

Testing at the USA Pro Cycling Challenge, a seven-stage race in Colorado due to start on August 19, will

 "We are going to have the USA Pro Cycling Challenge happen here in a couple of weeks," Tygart,

By Gary AndersonAugust 2 - Softball officials claim that the success of the sport at the World Games in Cali has given its campaign to become part of the 2020 Olympic programme a massive boost. 

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

By Gary AndersonAugust 2 - American Ryan Lochte added another two FINA World Championship medals to his collection - which now stands at 23 - with golds in the 200 metre backstroke and the 4x200m freestyle relay, at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona.

My coaches and the USA team staff also made sure I had the proper warm down between each race so I could

Olympic bronze in the all-round gymnastics category at London 2012, is one of 11 competitors named on the USA

guest-loyalty programme for Hilton Worldwide's 10 distinct hotel brands, became an official partner of USA

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By Gary AndersonAugust 1 - The countdown to the start of the International Rugby Board (IRB) 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup continues as today marks exactly one year to go until competition is due to get underway in Paris.

England, Canada, France and the USA I think will all prove tough to beat."

By Duncan MackayJuly 31 - USA Basketball today announced plans to relocate to Tempe in Arizona,

USA Place has been selected to develop a new national headquarters and training centre for USA Basketball

located next to Arizona State University's (ASU) Tempe campus on land owned by ASU.In addition to the USA

Basketball headquarters and training centre, USA Place will also include a 4,500-seat event centre,

," said USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo."

USA Place will offer USA Basketball an excellent site for the development of its office headquarters,

By Duncan MackayJuly 31 - Pat McQuaid has insisted that he has not broken any rules by seeking a nomination from three different countries to stand for a third term as President of the International Cycling Union (UCI) after Cycling Ireland declined to back him, even though criticism of his move continues to mount.

Steve Johnson, President and chief executive of USA Cycling, however, has claimed that he is uncomfortable

By James CrookJuly 31- Quadruple Olympic champion Missy Franklin has racked up her third gold medal of the FINA World Championships at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona with a win in the 200 metres freestyle, but decided to abandon her quest for eight gold medals by pulling out of the 50m backstroke semi-final.

To compete with the USA and Australia is very hard for Chinese swimmers and I am very proud of myself

By James CrookJuly 28 - The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) have successfully held what they claim to be the "largest youth championships in world sport" as more than  10,000 fans packed into the Tianmu Stadium for the final of the unisex under-12 Baseball World Cup in Chinese Taipei.

whilst encouraging increases in youth participation.The eventual winners of the tournament were the USA

10,000 baseball fans crammed into the Tianmu Stadium for the under-12 World Cup final between the USA

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By James CrookJuly 26 - Antonio Castro, the son of Cuba's former leader Fidel, has hailed the baseball friendship series between Cuba and the United States for encouraging unity through sport in the same spirit as the Olympics, claiming its success has made officials even more determined to get the sport back on the Games programme.

the Cuban national baseball team compete on Anerican soil for the first time in 17 years against the USA

citizens across all the borders and boundaries that divide us, as we have seen with this historic Cuba-USA

baseball friendly series," he said.The friendship series between the USA and Cuba was the first time