Ukraine's weightlifting training centre at a stadium in the northern city of Chernihiv was destroyed by Russian shelling on Wednesday (March 9).

 The National Federations of the United States and Britain also asked the IWF for a clarification

Mikaël Kingsbury will be seeking to put a shock defeat at the Winter Olympics behind him when the first moguls World Cup event for almost two months takes place tomorrow.

standings.France's Perrine Laffont is seeded second, and Beijing 2022 runner-up Jaelin Kauf from the United

States is another likely podium contender, along with compatriot Kai Owens.Dual moguls world champion

Rita Ferreira and Ana Teixeira, who made history last year by capturing Portugal’s first gold at the Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships, earned a second title in the women’s pair category in Baku on a day when Belgium won two titles.

, one for each style of exercise - balance, dynamic, and combined.A team title is also at stake.The United

States pairing of Katherine Borcherding and Cierra McKown narrowly missed out on a women’s pairs combined

medal with a score of 26.370.But the United States had medal glory in the men’s pair combined, where

Lise de Meyst, Kim Bergmans and Bo Hollebosch scored 29.820 to finish in front of Portugal and the United

States, who reached 28.780 and 28.140 respectively.Further Belgium success occurred in the mixed pairs

Full crowds are set to return to the Thialf Arena in Heerenveen for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, as the International Skating Union (ISU) Speed Skating World Cup Final concludes the season.

of The Netherlands starts as favourite to win on home soil in the men’s 1,000m.Joey Mantia from the United

States has dominated the men’s 1500m so far and will be hoping to continue this trend in Heerenveen

The Government of Sapporo in Japan has published a draft Games plan for 2030, as part of its bid for the city to host that year’s Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

Board.Sapporo is one of a host of locations to have launched bids for 2030, along with Salt Lake City in the United

States, Barcelona in Spain, Vancouver in Canada and Ukraine.

Rachel Leighanne Tozier of the United States and James Willet of Australia have topped the trap qualification

The United States and Canada are set for another gold-medal ice hockey showdown after scoring 22 goals

Olympic silver medallist Robbie Brightwell, one half of British athletics' "golden couple", has died at the age of 82, it has been announced.

a British team composed of Tim Graham, Adrian Metcalfe and John Cooper, finished second behind the United

States, who set a world record.But Brightwell played a vital part in another performance at those Olympics

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in the Para ice hockey after a 4-3 victory against Czech Republic ©Getty ImagesBrenna Huckaby of the United

States won her country's third medal of the day in the women's snowboard banked slalom SB-LL2 ©Getty

her gold in the Alpine skiing women's giant slalom sitting event ©Getty ImagesOksana Masters of the United

States won her fifth Beijing 2022 gold medal in the women's individual sitting biathlon event ©Getty

Wu Zhongwei and Sun Qi continued China's Para snowboard success at their home Winter Paralympics, triumphing in the men's banked slalom SB-LL1 and SB-LL2 respectively.

effort on his second run propelled him from sixth into the bronze medal position at the expense of the United

States' world and Paralympic champion Noah Elliott.Sun clinched gold by 0.25 over Finland's snowboard

run, but climbed onto the podium with a 1:10.14 on his second, edging out compatriot Wang Pengyao.The United

States' Brenna Huckaby delivered a stunning second run to move into the women's banked slalom SB-LL2

England’s Tommy Fleetwood and Tom Hoge of the United States co-lead after a weather-impacted opening

The World Athletics Championships due to be held later this year in Eugene, Oregon will be the first to feature team trophies, Oregon22 have announced.

overall excellence, not just on the medal table, but across the top eight finishers in every event.United States

in 2022," said Noah Lyles, the Olympic 200 metres bronze medallist and 2019 world champion from the United

States."

Britain’s Charlotte Bankes produced the fastest time in qualification at the International Ski Federation Snowboard Cross World Cup event in Reiteralm in Austria as she looks to close in on the women’s crystal globe.

Jana Fischer sealed third place with 1:10.84, while Audrey McManiman of Canada and Faye Gulini of the United

States also made it into the top five with 1:11.02 and 1:11.14 respectively.Trespeuch, who has finished

United States’ Brandon McNulty earned a solo victory on stage five at Paris-Nice as Primož Roglič assumed

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ImagesBritain finished their wheelchair curling tournament on a high after beating Latvia 8-4 ©Getty ImagesThe United

States failed to progress to the semi-finals of the wheelchair curling ©Getty ImagesChina's Liang Zilu