Salt Lake City 2002 President and chief executive Mitt Romney has thrown his weight behind Utah’s bid to stage the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games for a second, and insisted, "They’re coming back to Utah someday".

 The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee had designated the Salt Lake City bid as their

Bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor has been chosen to carry the United States flag the Closing Ceremony of

Ceremony flagbearer, but after not being able to carry the flag, it’s even more humbling to lead the United

States at the Closing Ceremony,” Meyers Taylor said.She was released from isolation in time to compete

Russian figure skating coach Eteri Tutberidze has claimed she is "at a loss" after criticism from International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach following her reaction to Kamila Valieva's failure to win a medal at Beijing 2022.

Games.Valieva had been a key member of the ROC gold medal winning squad in the team event on February 7, with United

States and Japan completing the podium.The sample provided by Valieva was taken on December 25 at the

Nico Porteous added a second Olympic gold medal to New Zealand's tally with a win in the men's ski halfpipe today in a final blighted by poor conditions at Beijing 2022. 

second run, but only marginally.He opened with 84.25 points, followed by 84.75.David Wise from the United

States claimed the Olympic silver medal ©Getty ImagesBirk Irving of the United States was fifth, followed

Ukraine's Sports Minister Vadym Huttsait has admitted that the country is presently lacking some of the facilities required to host an Olympics, but insists it is still preparing a bid for the 2030 Winter Games.

flee to Russia amid growing fears a major conflict could be imminent.German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and United

States vice-president Kamala Harris are among the world leaders attending the ongoing Munich Security

Reigning world champions the United States lead a star-studded line-up for the International Federation

An Indonesian thrown out of the 2012 Olympic Games in London and suspended for match-fixing has been elected as the new chair of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Athletes’ Commission, it has been announced.

Dutch player Robin Tabeling as the deputy chair.The other members of the Athletes' Commission are the United

States' Iris Wang, South Korea's Kim So-yeong, India's PV Sindhu and China's Zheng Siwei.Polii replaces

Brazil’s men’s and women’s teams are two of the first sides to confirm their qualification for the semi-finals of the Badminton Pan Am Male and Female Cup in Acapulco, Mexico.

semi-final spot in the group.In Group B of the women's competition, the Brazilians qualified after the United

States whitewashed Mexico 5-0 and this was followed by Brazil beating the host nation 3-2 to put them

ImagesThey currently top Group A of the Male Cup after recording a comfortable 4-1 victory against the United

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has claimed he was "very disturbed" after watching Kamila Valieva's struggles in the women's figure skating competition here last night, hitting out at the "chilling atmosphere" of her entourage following the event.

away.Valieva had been a key member of the ROC gold medal winning squad in the team event on February 7, with United

States and Japan completing the podium.The sample provided by Valieva was taken on December 25 at the

A leading Human Rights Watch (HRW) officer for China has today branded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) "absurd" after the organisation's spokesman Mark Adams failed to challenge Beijing 2022 official Yan Jiarong when she spoke out about the "One China Policy" and insisted that reports of crimes against the Uyghur and other Turkic communities were "lies".

https://t.co/wbbxn0bjcB pic.twitter.com/6hVihGWkcV— Jan Kooy (@KooyJan) February 16, 2022Double United

States cross-country Olympian Noah Hoffman has expressed concern for athletes who express their opinion

Eileen Gu scored the two highest runs in the women's ski halfpipe final to claim her second Olympic gold medal of Beijing 2022 here today.

she claimed in the slopestyle behind Gremaud and Gu.Li Fanghui of China and Hanna Faulhaber of the United

States completed the top six.American Brita Sigourney, the Pyeongchang 2018 bronze medallist, was 10th

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Alpine combined title ©Getty ImagesMarie-Philip Poulin won a third Olympic gold medal as Canada beat the United

States in the women's ice hockey final, with the 30-year-old scoring twice ©Getty ImagesSandra Näslund

American wildcard entry Hikaru Nakamura won the first International Chess Federation (FIDE) Grand Prix of the year with a 2-0 playoff victory over his compatriot Levon Aronian in Berlin.

Prix was left satisfied at how the tournament in the German capital panned out.Hikaru Nakamura of the United

States, left, earned the maximum 13 FIDE Grand Prix points in Berlin ©World Chess/FIDE"I didn't prepare

Olympic 1500 metres champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen earned his first senior world record in Liévin tonight as he clocked 3min 30.60sec at the fourth of this season's World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meetings.

her face showed understandable frustration.Olympic pole vault silver medallist Chris Nilsen of the United

States was flying high throughout the competition, winning with a sequence of first-time clearances

Brazil will be looking to continue their domination of the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Goalball Americas Championships as they host what is billed as "the largest ever" edition of the event.

the last three editions of Americas Championship.They are also the back-to-back world champions.The United

States beat Brazil in extra time of their semi-final in the women's goalball tournament at the Tokyo

2020 Paralympics ©Getty ImagesThe United States were beaten by Brazil in the 2019 final and may provide