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Ukraine facing "mammoth challenge" to reach Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics after Russian invasion, IPC President says

  • Beijing 2022 Paralympics

International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Andrew Parsons has said Ukraine's athletes face a "mammoth challenge" to get to Beijing 2022 after their country was invaded by Russia.

during the Olympic Games of antiquity.In December, the Olympic Truce for Beijing 2022 was adopted by the United

 "World leaders must observe their commitment to the Olympic Truce, in particular those member states


IOC unveils tender for European media rights to future Games

  • Los Angeles 2028

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced the opening of a tender process for the sale of European media rights to the 2026 and 2028 Games.

ImagesThat agreement covered 53 countries in total, but excluded Russia, as well as France and the United

deal sought contrasts with the mammoth $7.65 billion (£5.7 billion/€6.8 billion), three-cycle deal for United

States broadcasting rights signed with NBCUniversal in 2014, in one of Thomas Bach's first major initiatives


Crans-Montana welcomes Olympic champions for first World Cup post Beijing 2022

  • Alpine Skiing

Crans-Montana in Switzerland is gearing up to host two International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Ski World Cup downhill events, scheduled for February 26 and 27, as the best female skiers in the world are coming together to compete on the demanding Mont-Lachaux piste.

Beijing respectively, will look to get the better of their Swiss rivals.However, Mikaela Shiffrin of the United

States, who was ranked 18th in Beijing, currently occupies first place in the overall standings with


Zverev thrown out of Mexican Open after breaking racquet against umpire's chair

  • Tennis

Germany's Alexander Zverev has been kicked out of the Mexican Open by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) after smashing his racquet against the umpire's chair following defeat in Acapulco.

Earlier on the same day, Zverev was in action in a singles match against the United States' Jenson Brooksby


Sobhy and Harrity victorious in front of home crowd at squash's Windy City Open

  • Non-Olympic Sports

American duo Sabrina Sobhy and Todd Harrity claimed wins on home soil as the Windy City Open got underway in Chicago.

defending champion Nour El Sherbini of Egypt in the second round as she received a bye.In the men's event, United

States' number two Harrity progressed after his opponent, India's Ramit Tandon, was forced to retire


Sabalenka progresses to her first quarter-final of the year at Qatar Open

  • Tennis

Top seed Aryana Sabalenka needed just over an hour to progress to her first quarter-final of the year at the Qatar Open as the Belarusian dominated Switzerland’s Jil Teichmann 6-2, 6-1 in the last 16.

Daria Kasatkina 6-3, 6-0 in straight sets.Other results include Greece’s Maria Sakkari defeating the United

States’ Jessica Pegula 6-4, 7-5 and Latvia’s Jeļena Ostapenko cruising past Barbora Krejčíková 6-3,


Stutzman into compound men's final after comeback at World Para Archery Championships

  • Summer Paralympic Sports

The United States' Matt Stutzman has qualified for the men's compound final at the World Para Archery

Dziadyk 143-134, taking a 142-139 win over India’s Shyam Sundar Swami and getting the better of the United

States' two-time world champion Ben Thompson 140-138.He repeated the score line against compatriot and


Hamar set to hold IFSS On-Snow World Championships

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Competition is set to begin tomorrow at the International Federation of Sleddog Sports On-Snow World Championships in Hamar.

Finland, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, The Netherlands, the Russian Sleddog Sport Federation, Spain and the United

States are also due to take part in the individual races.The World Championships are being held alongside


US pairs skaters Knierim and Frazier sued for use of music at Beijing 2022

  • Beijing 2022

American pairs skating silver medallists Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier are being sued after using the "Heavy Young Heathens" version of "The House of the Rising Sun" for their short programme last week.

 The action also cites United States Figure Skating and broadcaster NBC.The Marderosians were angry


Discovery reports record Beijing 2022 viewership, NBC slump to record low

  • Beijing 2022

Discovery has reported a record viewership for the Winter Olympic Games, greatly outperforming NBCUniversal - the International Olympic Committee's top broadcaster.

streaming era.In total, streaming made up around 4.5 per cent of the Olympic primetime audience.United States

September 2018.In 2014, NBCUniversal paid a record $7.65 billion (£5.65 billion/€6.68 billion) for the United

States broadcast rights of the Games' between 2021 and 2032.Viewership of the Winter Olympics rose strongly


USA Taekwondo signs deal to make most out of Los Angeles 2028

  • Member National Association and Continental Unions News

USA Taekwondo and the California Unified Taekwondo Association (CUTA) have launched a project designed to make the most out of the Los Angeles 2028 Summer Olympic Games.

ensure "no detail is missed or opportunity squandered" in the run-up to the first Summer Olympics in the United

States since Atlanta 1996.The project looks set to include bids for major taekwondo tournaments, with

LA 2028 will be the first ever home Olympic Games for taekwondo in the United States, and that means

 Taekwondo will feature at an Olympic Games in the United States for the first time in Los Angeles


World Skate votes to recognise singular National Federations

  • Skateboarding

The World Skate Executive Board has voted through amendments to the organisation's statutes, with one significant change being the establishment of one National Federation per country.

Skate Mediterranean Area, World Skate South American Area, World Skate Commonwealth of Independent States

Jorge Roldan chairs inline speed skating.Carmelo Paniagua was confirmed as the head of rink hockey, the United

States’ Fernando Regueiro leads roller derby, compatriot Gary Ream takes the role for skateboarding


Dolgopyat set for first competition since Tokyo 2020 gold at FIG Apparatus World Cup in Cottbus

  • Gymnastics

Israel’s Artem Dolgopyat, who won Olympic gold for Israel in Tokyo, is set to return to competition for the first time since his triumph in Japan at the International Gymnastics Federation Individual Apparatus World Cup in Cottbus, Germany.

all-around category, Andrey Medvedev of Israel, whose medal came on the vault, and Brody Malone of the United

States, who medalled on the horizontal bar, are all set to compete.Cottbus is the first of four scheduled


Russia pulls out of Rhythmic Gymnastics Grand Prix in Kyiv

  • Gymnastics

Russia's rhythmic gymnastics team has pulled out of next month's International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) Grand Prix in Kyiv amid the growing crisis in Ukraine.

individual competition.Russia has recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as independent states

urged its estimated three million citizens living in Russia to leave the country.European Union member states

as well as countries including the United States and the United Kingdom have begun imposing sanctions