Spyros Capralos has described his first European Olympic Committees (EOC) multi-sport event as the organisation's President at the Winter European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) here as "a learning experience", and claimed that it has thus far been delivered "in the best possibly way".

2023, each of the EOC's flagship competitions - the Summer and Winter EYOFs, the Games of the Small States

The United Nations' (UN) estimated civilian death toll in Ukraine since Russia launched its invasion

Switzerland’s Marcel Hug broke the men’s T54 5,000 metres wheelchair world record for the second time this month, as the World Para Athletics Grand Prix concluded in Dubai.

The six-time Paralympic champion had shaved seven seconds off the previous record of 9min 42.83sec by United

States’ Daniel Romanchuk last week.Hug’s effort, achieved at an international meet in Sharjah, still

s Merle Marie Menje earn victory in 11:55.71, with Switzerland’s Patricia Eachus second in 11:56.50.United

States’ Brittini Mason added the women’s T46/47 100m title to her 200m success, after completing the

The Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee will officially dissolve in June, when organisers are expected to confirm the final cost of hosting the Games.

bid.Other contenders include 2010 hosts Vancouver in Canada and a Spanish bid by Pyrenees-Barcelona.The United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee has yet to decide over whether to push ahead with a Salt Lake

Steep Dreams, a three-day festival designed to celebrate skiing and ski mountaineering, is set to double up as host of the North American Ski Mountaineering Championships from tomorrow.

gain and loss.The top ranked North American in the men’s ISMF world rankings is Cameron Smith of the United

States in 46th, while in the women’s standings the highest ranked racer from the continent is Rea Kolbl

Paris 2024 and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) have announced that preliminary round matches will no longer take place at the Arena Paris Sud, with the venue having been criticised by players.

then move to the Bercy Arena for the knockout stages of the basketball tournaments at Paris 2024.The United

States are the men's and women's defending champions in basketball.

Dallas in Texas has been chosen to stage this year’s International Federation of Sport Climbing Youth World Championships.

USA Climbing is honoured to be hosting the IFSC Youth World Championships for the first time in the United

States in Dallas, Texas," said Marc Norman, chief executive of USA Climbing."

Silvana Tirinzoni's Switzerland registered their eighth win at the World Women's Curling Championship in Prince George, meaning they can qualify for the knockout stages tomorrow if results go their way.

Alžběta Baudyšová, with the score ending 10-3.It was less straightforward against Cory Christensen's United

States, but a score of two in the seventh end followed by a steal of two in the eighth turned the tide

Bryson DeChambeau of the United States halved his opening group match against England’s Richard Bland

The last weekend in March, when the World Cross Country Championships traditionally took place, used to be my favourite time of the year.

glacial origin in France, the Lac du Bourget, where, under warm blue skies, Morocco’s Khalid Skah and the United

States Lynn Jennings raced to victories at the Hippodrome de Marlioz.It was a different story two years

runs that originated from Shrewsbury School in England.David Katz, a World Athletics official from the United

States, talked of the course being "an equaliser", giving athletes from outside East Africa the chance

Olympic bronze medallist Kaori Sakamoto leads the women’s singles event after the short programme at the International Skating Union (ISU) World Figure Skating Championships in Montpellier.

Hendrickx, who has been suffering from a groin injury, placed second in the short programme on 75.00.United

States’ Mariah Bell and South Korea’s You Young scored 72.55 and 72.08 respectively to occupy third

A vote could be held in October on Vancouver's proposed bid for the 2030 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, with the City Council set to debate the issue next week.

published a draft Games plan this month and has been viewed as the current favourite for the 2030 Games.The United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee has yet to decide over whether to push ahead with a Salt Lake

International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) President Vladimir Lisin, one of Russia's richest men, has been warned that he would not be welcome if he attended the European Shooting Championships - 10m in Norway following his country's invasion of Ukraine. 

ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin but has so far not been placed on any sanctions list in the United

States, European Union or United Kingdom.

United States’ Brittni Mason earned victory in the women’s T46/47 200 metres as the World Para Athletics

gold at the Games, as well as T47 100m and 200m silver medals.She triumphed in the 200m event in the United

Russian teenage figure skater Kamila Valieva is set to return to competition for the first time since her controversial participation at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, with her doping case still ongoing.

positive test to investigate it and reach a decision, which could see a decision delayed until August.The United

States would be upgraded to gold should Valieva be found guilty of an offence, with Japan and Canada

The year of 2021 saw the International Federation Sports Climbing (IFSC) experience an online boom as coverage increased in the wake of their Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020, according to the federation’s annual report.

agreed with global broadcaster Extreme Sports, which can be viewed in Russia, Africa, Europe and the United

States.For The Fans Sports was also enabled to air IFSC competitions in the United States, as well as