succession has been tweaked following meetings with World Rugby chief executive Alan Gilpin, with the United

States now targeting the 2031 men's and 2033 women's editions.

and the USA is at the very heart of that objective.World Rugby chief executive Alan Gilpin said the United

States is "primed to host exceptional Rugby World Cups" ©Getty Images"If we want to be globally relevant

for the US to set development goals and deliver on our promise of a catalyst for rugby growth in the United

States," Brown said.USA Rugby has committed to working with World Rugby on an 11-year growth strategy

States has been viewed as a potential growth market for rugby union ©Getty ImagesThis also vows that

Switzerland’s Mujinga Kambundji won a shock gold from lane eight in the women’s 60 metres final, clocking 6.96sec to move to equal third on the all-time list, as a dramatic opening day of the World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade 22 came to a close in the Stark Arena.

even make the medals as Kambundji’s inspired run at the edge of the field was followed home by two United

States runners clocking personal bests, with Mikiah Brisco taking silver in 6.99 and Marybeth Sant-Price

States moved up to silver medal position with her second attempt of 19.11m.The third round saw Fanny

States moved into silver medal position with a third-round effort of 8.27m, but was displaced in turn

States, who clocked 8:42.04, and Ethiopian Ejgayehu Taye, who finished in 8:42.04, just in front of

Ukraine’s Daniela Batrona enjoyed a day of good form to qualify for the finals of two more disciplines on the second day of the International Gymnastics Federation Artistic Gymnastics World Cup in Cairo.

scoring 14.100 - while Italy’s Carlo Macchini chalked 100 points less in second and Paul Juda of the United

States secured 13.933 points.

Britain’s Alfie Hewett has overtaken Shingo Kunieda’s position as the world number one men’s singles wheelchair tennis player following the release of the International Tennis Federation’s (ITF) latest rankings.

gold.Hewett usurped his rival after adding the Cajun Classic Super Series title in Baton Rouge in the United

States to the Melbourne Wheelchair Open Super Series and the ABN AMRO World Wheelchair Tennis Tournament

A Saudi-backed breakaway golf league has unveiled an eight-tournament schedule with a total prize fund of $250 million (£190 million/€226 million).

scheduled to stage the first three-round, 54-hole event from June 9 to 11 before the series moves to the United

States for four legs.New Jersey’s Trump National Golf Club is set to play host from July 29 to 31, followed

Kokomo Murase of Japan and Luke Winkelmann of the United States have won the women's and men's slopestyle

The International Canoe Federation has relocated a Canoe Sprint Super Cup and Stand Up Paddling World Cup from Moscow to Oklahoma City following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The events - now in the United States - are set to take place in August, with exact dates to be announced

Uyghur cross-country skier Dinigeer Yilamujiang has reportedly hit back at criticism surrounding her controversial selection as a Cauldron-lighter at last month’s Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Beijing.

the Chinese Government, accused of committing a genocide against Uyghurs.Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the United

States' Ambassador to the United Nations, was among those to condemn the move, claiming it was an effort

Russian sport has become almost completely ostracised from world sport with a rapidity not seen even when South Africa was exiled for more than 20 years because of apartheid.

had changed.Russian President Vladimir Putin designated it as a "special military operation", but the United

Apparatus World Cup", an FIG statement said.Tensions have been further heightened by the arrest of the United

States' double Olympic basketball gold medallist Brittney Griner at an airport in Moscow - albeit that

reaction to allow athletes from Bosnia and Herzegovina to compete under their own flag even though United

Swimmer Lia Thomas made history in the United States by becoming the first transgender athlete to win

open letter published last month supported Lia Thomas' participation in women's swimming events in the United

States ©Getty ImagesSchuyler Bailar, the first openly transgender NCAA Division I swimmer, added: "The

inclusion and safety for all who compete.The policy is said to align with the approach taken by the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee and International Olympic Committee.

Paralympic gold medallists John Boie of the United States and Germany's Annegret Brießmann highlight

Two-time Olympic basketball gold medallist Brittney Griner of the United States has been detained on

administration to work on Griner’s case.Brittney Griner shows off her gold medal after helping the United

States' women's basketball team claim the title at last year's Olympics in Tokyo ©Getty Images"There's

Spanish teenage sensation Carlos Alcaraz knocked out defending men's singles champion Cameron Norrie of Britain to secure a semi-final clash with his "idol" Rafael Nadal at the Indian Wells Masters.

a comprehensive 6-4, 6-3 victory over Norrie at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in California in the United

States to advance to the last four for the first time.The 18-year-old becomes the second-youngest men's

The International Biathlon Union's (IBU) Executive Board has provisionally agreed to suspend the National Federations of Russia and Belarus at least until this year's Ordinary Congress in September.

, where not a word is written that athletes and coaches are responsible for the activities of their states

these National Federations that can support this project, we know that the whole biathlon family is united

Twenty Olympic champions have converged in Serbia for the three-day World Athletics Indoor Championships that start in Belgrade tomorrow - four years after the normally biennial event was last held in Birmingham.

title he won last season.That will set him against the world 100m champion, Christian Coleman of the United

States, back after the 18-month suspension for anti-doping whereabouts failures that prevented him running