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Double Olympic 110m hurdler Allen signs up for NFL side Philadelphia Eagles

  • Athletics

Devon Allen, who missed an Olympic 110 metres hurdles medal by one place in Tokyo last summer, has been offered a contract by National Football League side Philadelphia Eagles.

I don't want to turn 30, 31, and then try and get into the NFL.Double Olympian Devon Allen of the United

States, pictured, right, at last year's ISTAF meeting in Berlin, has signed for NFL side Philadelphia

long tradition of track and field athletes who have moved across to NFL.Willie Gault, a member of the United

States team that set a world 4x100m record of 37.86sec at the inaugural World Athletics Championships


Reigning champions Argentina crash out of Women's Junior Hockey World Cup

  • Hockey

India, The Netherlands, England, and Germany all advanced to the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Women's Junior World Cup semi-finals following four fantastic fixtures in Potchefstroom in South Africa.

In the afternoon, the United States got off to a perfect start as Ashley Sessa gave her side the lead


Olympic champion Garnbret tops women's qualification at opening IFSC World Cup

  • Sport Climbing

Olympic champion Janja Garnbret has topped qualification in the women's opening boulder competition of the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) World Cup season.

completing her climb with five tops and five zones after attempting 10 of each.She was followed by the United

States' Natalia Grossman, who did not miss on any of her attempts, by securing four tops and five zones.Germany



USATF warns athletes they must be vaccinated against COVID-19 by June 27 to compete at Oregon22

  • Athletics

United States athletes hoping to take part in this summer’s World Championships in Oregon have been told

officials likely to be participating in the first outdoor World Athletics Championships to be held on United

States soil - with the recently re-constructed Hayward Field arena playing host.The Mandatory Vaccine

It adds that current requirement for all international travellers to United States are to be fully vaccinated

test taken no more than one calendar day before the flight’s departure from a foreign country to the United


New Zealand and Samoa to return to World Rugby Sevens Series after two-year hiatus

  • Rugby Sevens

New Zealand and Samoa are set to return to the World Rugby Sevens Series in Singapore this weekend after spending 25 months on the sidelines.

as co-captains.They are due to meet Australia, England, and Spain in Pool B while South Africa, the United

States, Kenya, and Canada make up Pool A.The Singapore Sevens was last played in 2019 when South Africa


Cyprus and Poland replace Russia as hosts of 2022 European Shooting Championships

  • Shooting

The European Shooting Confederation (ESC) has announced the Cyprian city of Larnaca and the Polish city of Wrocław as replacement hosts of the shotgun and 25 metre/50m European Shooting Championships which are due to be staged later this year.

positions.Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Italy, Britain, Norway, Slovenia, Sweden and the United

States are among the countries to sign letters addressed to the ISSF calling on Lisin and Ratner, who


Alpine Canada makes Harjo first woman head coach on World Cup circuit

  • Alpine Skiing

Alpine Canada has appointed Karin Harjo as the head coach for the Canadian women's Alpine skiing team.

excellence that will empower everyone to reach their fullest potential," Harjo, who joins from the United

States set-up, said.Norwegian-born and US-raised, Harjo will join the team immediately.Preparations


Campaign group calls for FIFA to suspend Iran over treatment of female fans

  • World Cup

Campaign group United for Navid has called for FIFA to suspend Iran and prevent the nation's participation

as the Football Federation of Iran continues to violate the Olympic Charter and FIFA regulations," United

United for Navid wrote to FIFA in November of last year claiming Iran should not be allowed to participate

We, Iranian athletes, ask you [FIFA] not to be deceived by the Iranian authorities," United for Navid

States and the last European qualifier - one of Ukraine, Scotland or Wales - for the tournament in Qatar.Relations

between Iran and the US are strained, and so too Iran and the United Kingdom.Iran is meanwhile one of



Sweden and Canada qualify for World Men's Curling Championship playoffs

  • Curling

Defending champions Sweden and Canada have qualified for the World Men's Curling Championship playoffs after they both secured an eighth win of the competition in Las Vegas.

The crucial victories came in the evening session where the Swedes recorded a 5-3 win against the United

States and Canada defeated South Korea 10-2 in Orleans Arena.In the morning session, the Swedes swept


World champions Holloway and Lyles start outdoor season in USATF Bermuda Games

  • Athletics

Grant Holloway and Noah Lyles, who will defend their respective world 110 metres hurdles and 200m titles on the home ground of Oregon this summer, start their outdoor season tomorrow as the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold series gets underway in Bermuda.

champion.Lyles, who took Olympic 200m bronze last year, drops down to 100m along with his 18-year-old United

States compatriot Erriyon Knighton, who missed a 200m medal by one place in Tokyo.They will take on


Plaatjes, 1993 world marathon champion, opens first of two MOWA Oregon22 exhibitions in Portland

  • Collecting and Heritage

Mark Plaatjes, who won the world marathon title for the United States in 1993, helped cut the opening

open on June 23 and will also close on July 24.The Portland exhibition features a strong emphasis on United

States athletes and includes more than 30 artefacts from legendary performers such as Jim Hines, Bill

apartheid due to his mixed race, fled his homeland with his family.They gained political asylum in the United

States, although he was not granted citizenship until 1993, just weeks before the World Championships


USAW bids for weightlifting World Championships and Electoral Congress

  • Weightlifting

USA Weightlifting (USAW) is bidding to host the International Weightlifting (IWF) Electoral Congress in June and the IWF World Championships in November.

Getty ImagesThe Convention Center is connected via a free train service to Atlanta International, the United

States' busiest airport, and is within walking distance of host hotels.USAW also submitted a bid to

The United States successfully hosted the senior IWF World Championships in 2015 and 2017, in Houston