begun the World Men’s Curling Championship with a solid win over The Netherlands in Las Vegas in the United

States.

The men’s world number one spot and the Allam British Open squash title will both be on the line in this year’s final, after Paul Coll and Ali Farag set up a repeat of the showpiece match from 12 months ago in Hull.

one Gohar reached her ninth major final in a row, as the Egyptian powered past Amanda Sobhy of the United

States 11-2, 11-3, 11-5 in just half an hour.In contrast, the second women’s semi-final went the distance

Colin Heathcock and Magda Skarbonkiewicz won gold medals in the sabre discipline on the opening day of the Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships in Dubai.

with Skarbonkiewicz victorious after overcoming compatriot Honor Johnson in a match-up between two United

States fencers 15-9.Earlier in the semi-finals Skarbonkiewicz beat Uzbekistan’s Zaynab Dayibekova 15

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has updated the competition schedule for this month’s men’s Under-18 World Championship in Germany.

tournament had initially been scheduled to feature 10 teams.Canada, Finland, Latvia, Switzerland and the United

States had been due to feature in Group A, while Belarus, the Czech Republic, Germany, Sweden and Russia

England became the first team to secure a quarter-final place at the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Women's Junior World Cup in Potchefstroom.

victory over Canada, while Luna Fokke scored her second successive hat-trick at the tournament.The United

States bounced back from their 9-0 loss to the Netherlands on the opening day, with their second match

Spain won two of the four solo events on the second day of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Artistic Swimming World Series leg in Paris.

third was Israel’s Polina Prikazchikova with a score of 80.4161.In the women's team highlight category United

States claimed victory with a score of 87.8333.Second place went to Canada with 85.5333 with Chile in

Senegal and The Netherlands are set to play the first match of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar with the hosts opting to play in the evening to maximise viewership on November 21.

fixtures are set to be played with England taking on Iran at 4pm in the Khalifa International Stadium.The United

States are then due to finish the day's proceedings at 10pm with a match against the European playoff

Stadium.Defending champions France are set to begin their campaign on November 22 against either Australia, the United

Brazil and the United States dominated the elite men’s finals with both countries winning four golds

Wanderson de Oliveira won the light welterweight division.Nascimento overcame Jahmal Harvey of the United

States 4-1 as Oliveira defeated Miguel Angel Martinez Ramirez 5-0.Keno Machado, another Olympian

Tokyo 2020, was victorious in the cruiserweight category after he beat the US’ Arjan Iseni 4-1.The United

States levelled with Brazil for gold medals won on the day with Roscoe Hill taking the flyweight title

against Cuba’s Erislan Romero Reyes thanks to a 5-0 win.Obed Emmanuel Bartee-El II of the United States

On a junior school playground in Buckinghamshire, long, long ago, overly-excited groups of children opposed each other, chanting, respectively and in the main ignorantly: "Cam-bridge! Cam-bridge!" and "Ox-ford!" "Ox-ford!"

questioned the coaching methods of former Olympic rower Hugh "Jumbo" Edwards, suggesting he went over to the United

States to observe how Yale rowers had been prepared for the 1956 Olympics, where they had provided seven

Japan’s Hinako Shibuno has taken a one-shot lead following the second round of the Chevron Championship in Rancho Mirage in California.

with a six-under-par 66 to place her with an overall total of nine-under 135.Hot on her heels are the United

States' duo Jennifer Kupcho and Annie Park, as well as Thailand’s title holder Patty Tavatanakit, after

Baldwin is set to join fellow Americans Cindy Ball-Malone and Tim Walton as assistant coaches for the United

States' softball team at the 2022 World Games in Birmingham.

Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz is set to meet Norway’s Casper Ruud in the men’s singles final at the Miami Open following a semi-final upset against Poland’s defending champion, Hubert Hurkacz.

doubles semi-finals, Russia’s neutral athlete Veronika Kudermetova and Belgium’s Elise Mertens overcame United

States pairing Coco Gauff and Caty McNally 6-4, 3-6, 10-2 to advance to the final.They will meet Germany

Men’s and women’s top seeds Ali Farag and Nouran Gohar reached the semi-finals of the Professional Squash Association (PSA) World Tour’s Allam British Open after four-game wins at the University of Hull.

games, with the Egyptian beating Tinne Gilis of Belgium 11-4, 11-3, 11-5.Third seed Amanda Sobhy of the United

States was also a straight games winner, beating compatriot Olivia Fiechter 11-6, 11-7, 11-8.The remaining

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ImagesEngland manager Gareth Southgate looked quietly confident after his side were drawn into Group B with the United

States, Iran and one of Wales, Scotland, or Ukraine ©Getty ImagesThe FIFA World Cup trophy and the official

France and the United States won the women’s duet events on the first day of the International Swimming

pic.twitter.com/0cS4zEPxho— FINA (@fina1908) April 1, 2022In the women’s duet free victory went to the United

States line-up of Megumi Field, Natalia Vega and Daniella Ramirez with a score of 85.7667 points.Silver