Sweden overcame Finland to secure top spot in Group B at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Under-18 Ice Hockey World Championship in Landshut and Kaufbeuren.

U18WorldsGame Story: https://t.co/pj6efWkhKE pic.twitter.com/jn92Usrrze— IIHF (@IIHFHockey) April 26, 2022The United

States stormed to their third successive win in Group A, with the team having scored 24 goals and conceded

with Belarus and Russia having been removed from the event due to the war in Ukraine.Group A winners United

States will face Latvia in the quarter-finals, with the Czech Republic set to face Switzerland.Hosts

South Africa’s Commonwealth Games gold medallist Colleen Piketh suffered her first defeat in the ladies' singles competition at the World Bowls Indoor Championships in Bristol.

Council, is another of the favourites to clinch the title, and recovered from a surprise defeat to the United

States' Anne Nunes in Group 8 yesterday with a 14-0, 10-2 hammering of Turkey's Rahsan Akar.Group 4

Scotland are the only unbeaten team remaining at the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship after recording two further wins in Geneva, as Italy tasted defeat for the first time.

overcame Germany 8-4 in their first-round robin match of the day, before recording a 7-2 win over the United

States to conclude a successful day.Canada are second in the standings with five wins and one defeat.Jocelyn

today, overcoming Hungary 10-1 after six ends before a 10-4 triumph against the Czech Republic.United States

United States’ Vincent Hancock, France’s Nicolas Lejeune and Italy’s Luigi Lodde led men’s skeet qualification

Olympic Committee member Danka Bartekova of Slovakia finished on 73.Italy’s Martina Bartolomei and United

States’ Caitlin Connor rounded off the top five on 72.Germany’s Valentina Umhoefer and Nadine Messerschmidt

The teams entering the International Federation of Cerebral Palsy Football (IFCPF) Men’s World Cup are geared to claim the title following the exclusion of defending champions Russia.

Ireland and Argentina in Group D.For the teams confirmed for the tournament, Brazil, England and the United

States are anticipated to be the strongest.Brazil are currently placed third in the rankings, though

finish in 2019.Matt Crossen’s side are due to play Venezuela, The Netherlands and Canada in Group A.The United

States, who won bronze at the Parapan American Games 2019, came sixth at the previous World Cup and

Valencia has been confirmed as the fourth group stage host city for this year's Davis Cup, and could stage a match involving Spain's Rafael Nadal and Serbia's Novak Djokovic.

and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow is set to host matches involving record 32-time winners the United

States, bidding for their first Davis Cup triumph since 2007, host nation and 2015 winners Britain,

USA Softball has announced a three-year renewal of its contract with its long-term supporter and national teams' programme partner Wilson Sporting Goods.

meeting.The annual slow pitch competition, which first started in 2009, features the national teams of the United

States and Canada Slow Pitch."

The first day of the World Bowls Indoor Championships took place today at the Bristol Indoor Bowling Club in England, with ladies, men's and mixed competition getting underway.

in the men's competition ©Getty ImagesAlison Merrien, representing the IIBC, won her opener against United

States' Anne Nunes in Group 8, setting one of the favourites for the title up well for the next group

Beiwan Zhang and Brian Yang are set to defend their Pan Am Individual Badminton Championships titles when the tournament begins in El Salvador tomorrow.

Second seed Zhang, a 31-year-old who was born in China but represents the United States, unseated Canada

Stefania Constantini and Sebastiano Arman of Italy added two more wins in Group A at the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship at the Curling Club Trois-Chêne in Geneva, as they extended their unbeaten run to five matches.

score of four against Canada's Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant.Becca and Matt Hamilton kept the United

States' unbeaten streak of four intact too, beating the German duo of Pia-Lisa Schöll and Klaudius Harsch

Formula One world champion Max Verstappen and Olympic sprinter Elaine Thompson-Herah have been named as the winners of this year’s Laureus World Sportsman and Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year awards.

subsidise her qualification.National Football League quarterback great Tom Brady, who represents the United

States, was honoured with the Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award.His record seventh Super Bowl was won

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is to send a delegation to Salt Lake City to conduct a technical site visit, with organisers remaining interested in bidding for the 2030 Winter Olympic Games.

Organising Committee for the Games is set to host, which is also due to include representatives from the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee.Octavian Morariu chairs the Future Host Commission for the Olympic

The International Swimming Federation (FINA) has said it plans to "reclaim and reallocate" men's 4x200 metres freestyle medals from the 2016 World Swimming Championships (25m), after Alexander Krasnykh claimed he had not been asked to return the gold which had been stripped from Russia.

freestyle relay medals from the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m)," it told insidethegames.The United

States finished second in the race, with Japan placing third and Australia fourth.Lobuzov did not win

The United States Association of Blind Athletes (USABA) has paid tribute to goalball coach Sharon Gunderman

England scored two late goals before winning a shoot-out against the United States in the women's International