Hosts Brazil have successfully defended their continental titles at the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Goalball Americas Championships in São Paulo.

Paralympic champions.They sit second in the IBSA world rankings, although their opponents in the final the United

States occupy fourth place.Leomon and Parazinho scored five goals each, with Emerson and André Dantas

Compound men's world number one Marcel Pavlik has progressed to the third round of the World Archery Para Championships after defeating Iraq's world number 41 Sulaiman Sulaiman.

WorldParaChampionships pic.twitter.com/VEZowWTcKc— World Archery (@worldarchery) February 22, 2022Also through is the United

States' two-time world champion Ben Thompson, who overcame Canada's Kevin Evans 143-126.Evans, a three-time

The look of shock on the face of home sprinter Ewa Swoboda said everything about the magnitude of her achievement in Toruń tonight as she beat Jamaica’s Olympic 100 and 200 metres champion Elaine Thompson-Herah over 60m in the concluding event of the Copernicus Cup.

5.81 metres to win the men’s pole vault.The men’s 60 metres was won by Elijah Hall-Thompson of the United

States in 6.53sec.Filip Mihaljevic won the men’s shot put with the best effort achieved so far this

International Biathlon Union Youth and Junior World Championships are set to begin in Soldier Hollow in the United

States tomorrow, with medals available in 16 events.

A six-year legal dispute between the United States women's football team and US Soccer over equal pay

to work together to grow women’s soccer and advance opportunities for young girls and women in the United

States and across the globe."

Several International Federations are monitoring the situation involving Ukraine and Russia, although there are no plans at this stage to move major sporting events.

prompted sanctions from Britain against three individuals and five banks, with the European Union and the United

States expected to follow suit.Moscow has claimed that Russian forces are to "perform peacekeeping functions

has escalated after Russian President Vladimir Putin recognised two breakaway regions as independent states

This year’s SportAccord World Sport and Business Summit in Yekaterinburg will go ahead as planned, organisers have insisted, despite the deteriorating situation between Russia and the West over Ukraine.

Donetsk and Luhansk has raised fears of an invasion of Ukraine.A number of countries, including the United

States, United Kingdom and the European Union, have begun imposing restrictions on Russia.Last month

Kontinental Hockey League Board of Directors chairman Gennady Timchenko has been sanctioned by the United

Rotenberg and his brother, along with Timchenko, had previously been black-listed by the United States

states.Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the country recognises Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states

Defence Ministers from 10 countries, described Russia’s recognition of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states

Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Goalball Americas Championships in São Paulo, where they will face the United

States and Canada respectively.

Yanqing National Sliding Centre in Beijing will host International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup events for the next five years after a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the IBSF and the Chinese Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association.

Switzerland - with Pyeongchang 2018's Olympic Sliding Centre not used since March 2017.Lake Placid in the United

States and Whistler in Calgary had been regular stops before the coronavirus pandemic, but regular races

Duvall Hecht, an Olympic gold medal-winning rower, has died in California aged 91.

Hecht represented the United States at both the Helsinki 1952 and Melbourne 1956 Games, winning gold

the Pan Am Male and Female Cup, but the women relinquished their crown after going down 3-0 to the United

States in the final.

Chile's women reached the quarter-finals on their debut at the International Blind Sports Federation Goalball Americas Championships in São Paulo.

their opponents into fourth place.Canada topped Pool D after an impressive 6-3 and 10-1 wins over the United

States and Argentina respectively on the final day of the first phase of the women's competition ©Renan

await them in the next round, after they clinched an impressive 6-3 victory over 2019 runners-up the United

States before thrashing Argentina 10-1.Mexico will play Argentina, while the US will take on Peru in

Britain has pulled out of its 2023 International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Basketball World Cup qualifier in Belarus amid growing concerns of the crisis involving neighbouring Ukraine and Russia.

Border tensions are escalating between Ukraine and Russia.Estimates from the United States Government

Therese Johaug's gold in the women's mass start cross-country race on Sunday set the seal on a remarkable period of Olympic sport for Norway which had begun with Kristian Blummenfelt's triathlon victory in Tokyo on July 27 last year. 

examined the data from nations which won more than 10 gold medals in Tokyo and Beijing.Although both the United

States and China won more medals, it has up a league table.Therese Johaug's cross-country gold was front-page