United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee chief executive Sarah Hirshland has expressed concerns

its actions as a "special military operation", but has faced widespread condemnation.According to the United

Former world number one Simona Halep has charged past Coco Gauff to reach the quarter-finals of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Madrid Open.

The Romanian used her efficient serve to propel her to a 6-4, 6-4 victory against the United States’

and seeing Alexandrova win the third set 7-5.Alexandrova is scheduled to face Amanda Anisimova of the United

States in the next round following her 6-1, 6-4 straight sets victory against Belarusian athlete Victória

Top seeds Japan and defending champions The Netherlands have begun the men's event of the Wheelchair Tennis World Team Cup with cruising wins over Brazil and Sri Lanka respectively in Vilamoura.

guide Britain to a flawless 3-0 victory against Chile ©Getty ImagesOther men’s results included the United

States recording a 2-1 win over Israel, South Korea edging past France 2-1 and Malaysia stunning Poland

first set of the doubles fixture.Brazil got the better of Britain with three wins from three as the United

States, last year’s finalists, produced a winning start with a 2-1 scoreline versus Israel.However,

Ukraine has had to send its elite athletes to another country to train, but it has one of the strongest teams at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Junior World Championships that began today in Heraklion, Crete, and has a good chance of finishing top of the medals table.

and Armenia have favourites’ chances to win again.India also won a silver and a bronze on day one.The United

States, Italy, Uzbekistan, Turkey and Moldova have strong teams in Crete, too - but Ukraine has the

senior IWF World Championships last September with a total of 201kg.The host nation Greece and the United

States are the only two nations with a maximum team of 20.The strongest favourite for the US is Olivia

Italy claimed team and individual gold at the International Fencing Federation Men’s Foil World Cup in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

medals.In the men’s team event, Italy beat France 45-28 in the final, while in the bronze medal match the United

States edged past Japan 45-42.Earlier in the semi-finals France beat Japan by the same scoreline 45-

42, while Italy overcame the United States 45-27.

The chair of the International Ski Federation (FIS) Executive Board for cross-country Vegard Ulvang has proposed equalising race distances for men and women as he prepares to step down.

But we have received positive signals from Sweden, Finland, the USA [United States] and a good number

Wildcards Chan Sin Yuk of Hong Kong and the United States' Timothy Brownell both saved multiple match

Canada have become the first team to qualify for the Men’s World Floorball Championship through performances on the court.

The Canadians beat the United States across a two-legged qualifier in Fort Worth to book their place

Sweden stunned the United States in the final of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Under

An International Olympic Committee (IOC) delegation is set to visit Vancouver to examine the feasibility of British Colombia hosting the 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

to host the Winter Olympics.The Canadian bid faces opposition from Salt Lake City in the neighboring United

States, Sapporo in Japan and a Pyrenees-Barcelona campaign from Spain, which could also see sliding

Frenchman Yannick Borel and Choi In-jeong of South Korea secured gold medals at the International Fencing Federation (FIE) Grand Prix in Cairo.

semi-finals.Olympic team champion Borel also defeated Moroccan Houssam Elkord, Gabriel Bonferroni of Switzerland, the United

States' Yeisser Ramirez and Hungarian Tibor Andrasfi en route to the final.France' Tokyo 2020 champion

Russian Luge Federation (FSSR) President Natalia Gart claims to feel "very great human disappointment" at being removed from the FIL Executive Board over the war in Ukraine.

International Federation turned to us for help to host two stages of the World Cup, which Canada and the United

States refused, we very quickly came to the rescue and in an extremely short time, despite the COVID

Russians were unable to enter the country due to Russia's vaccine Sputnik not being recognised by the United

States and the inability to acquire visas.A separate motion to expel the FSSR from the FIL failed to

have been killed in Ukraine and at least 5.2 million refugees have fled the country, according to the United

The minimum age for figure skaters in senior competition will be increased to 17 from the 2024-2025 season, should a proposal on the matter be approved by the International Skating Union (ISU) Congress in June.

election of a new President.A four-way fight for the role is set to take place Patricia St Peter of the United

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

Suddenly the handshake between Thomas Bach and Besim Hasani was not happening any more. The hand of the upwardly mobile International Olympic Committee vice president had halted in mid-air - at the point where Hasani had introduced himself as "President of the Kosovo Olympic Committee (KOC)."

come true.Despite the fact that Kosovo remains only partially recognised as an independent country by United

believe that Kosovo NOC could become a member of the IOC until we were recognised as a state by the United

In 2013 I was with the United Nations, I think it was a Peace and Sport meeting, and in the same year

And even today we are not recognised by the United Nations. So he chose the hardest way."

States, Britain, France, Germany and Turkey.For the KOC, the road to an independent, acknowledged existence

Australia have made a perfect start to the penultimate event of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series in Langford, while New Zealand opened their tournament with a strong win over England. 

nbsp;Meanwhile, in Pool C, New Zealand comfortably beat England 38-5 on their season debut, while the United

States took second place via a 31-24 win over England and nail-biting 20-19 triumph over Olympic bronze