day of the first leg of the Artistic Swimming World Series, a virtual event hosted by Canada and the United

States.

Reigning champions Switzerland showed no mercy against a shorthanded Scotland side impacted by COVID-19 as they cruised to a 12-1 victory on the opening day of the World Women’s Curling Championship in Canadian city Prince George.

of the Russian team over the invasion of Ukraine.But they were on the end of a heavy defeat as the United

States, skipped by Cory Christensen, powered to a 9-2 success."

Three-time champion Rafael Nadal overcame teenager Carlos Alcaraz in an all-Spanish thriller to secure his place in the Indian Wells Masters men’s singles final where he is due to face home favourite Taylor Fritz.

before Nadal secured a 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 victory at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in California in the United

Californian is the first man from the US to make the Indian Wells Masters final since John Isner in 2012.The United

States' Taylor Fritz celebrates after sealing a straight sets win over Russia's Andrey Rublev, competing

Tiarn Collins of New Zealand moved to the top of the Snowboard Slopestyle World Cup standings after triumphing in the season's penultimate round in Špindlerův Mlýn.

victory with a score of 90.25.Sweden’s William Mathisen was second with a score of 86.75, with the United

States Luke Winklemann, who topped qualification yesterday, in third place with a score of 85.50.Taiga

Italy’s Olympic 100 metres champion Marcell Jacobs beat world 100m champion Christian Coleman of the United

States to the men’s 60 metres title by just three thousandths of a second at the World Athletics Indoor

credited with 6.41, with bronze going to Coleman’s compatriot Marvin Bracy in a personal best of 6.44.The United

States had earlier suffered another significant reverse in the men’s shot put, where their double Olympic

States had a far happier time in the women’s pole vault, where Sandi Morris became only the second woman

States was his only serious challenger, taking silver in 45.05.Canada’s Olympic champion Damian Warner

States coming through for bronze in 1:46.51.

Israel’s Olympic champion Artem Dolgopyat claimed gold in the floor at the International Gymnastics Federation Artistic Gymnastics World Cup in Cairo.

displayed his expertise in the discipline yet again with a performance which scored 14.500.Paul Juda of the United

States secured silver after producing a display that was judged to be worth 14.333 points.Ireland’s

Canada’s Mikaël Kingsbury and Australia’s Jakara Anthony have swept to the men’s and women’s overall moguls titles after championing in the International Ski Federation's dual moguls events at the Megève World Cup.

standings that he also ended the season top of.The 29-year-old fended off Finland’s Severi Vierelä and the United

States’ Cole McDonald with scores of 28-7 and 33-2 in the round of 16 and quarter-finals.He later beat

Laffont.The number one seed overcame Germany’s Hanna Weese 25-10 in the round of 16 before taking down the United

States Hannah Soar 20-15 in the quarter-finals.Anthony then defeated another American, Jaelin Kauf,

Paris 2024 Athletes’ Commission President Martin Fourcade has hit back at criticism of the basketball venue for the Olympic Games, insisting it "meets all the criteria" set by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA).

Twitter.The Bercy Arena is due to host the later stages of the basketball tournaments at Paris 2024.The United

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

2022 International Equestrian Federation (FEI) Dressage Nations Cup series taking place in Wellington, United

States.

Lars Ligus and Frederic Wandres finished the competition with a score of 433.337 per cent better than United

States in second with 432.265.Third place went to Canada with a score of 409.091 per cent.Klimke, 52

View this post on InstagramA post shared by Lars Ligus (@larsligus)The United States put all their efforts

The Kosovo flag is not being displayed at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Serbia amid a long-standing dispute over the country’s independence from the host nation, and is also absent from the World Athletics website.

2022Kosovo's Ministry of Foreign Affairs claims it is recognised by 117 countries, which include the United

States, France, the United Kingdom, Japan and Australia.However, it is viewed by Serbia as an autonomous

The Athletes' Advisory Council of USA Bobsled/Skeleton (USABS) has given its backing to calls from north of the border for the President and high-performance director of Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton (BCS) to resign.

Athletes from the neighbouring United States have now backed these calls.The USABS Athletes' Advisory

Advisory Council's message was shared by Kaillie Humphries, who switched allegiance from Canada to the United

States three years ago following complaints of harassment.

France and Austria have been drafted into the upcoming International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championship in Finland following the exclusion of Russia and Belarus over their invasion of Ukraine.

been shortened to eight teams following the banning of Russia and Belarus.Group A will feature Canada, United

States, Czech Republic and Germany, while Sweden, Finland, Switzerland and Latvia will make up Group

approved as eighth team for this year’s Under-18 Women’s World Championship, set to be hosted by the United

States in June.It means that this year’s Division I Group A, scheduled to take place from April 3 to

A dispute between the outgoing American treasurer of the Pan American Weightlifting Federation (PAWF) and its Peruvian President has become personal after strong comments by both men.

explanations for resigning were "absurd".Andrews claimed that plans to relocate the PAWF secretariat to the United

States had been stalled for nearly two years, and that its bank account in Panama had been frozen for

Top seed Tai Tzu-ying triumphed in straight games in the standout women's singles quarter-final against the defending champion Nozomi Okuhara at the All England Open Badminton Championships in Birmingham.

©Getty ImagesTai will face South Korea's An Se-young in the semi-finals after she cruised past the United

States' Iris Wang 21-12, 21-9.Reigning Olympic champion Chen Yufei of China is through after receiving

opening round of the Artistic Swimming World Series, a virtual two-day competition jointly hosted by the United

States and Canada.