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Oswald denies connection between Valieva case and IOC handling of Russia doping scandal

  • Beijing 2022

Denis Oswald has claimed no connection has been established between the Kamila Valieva case and Russian state doping, with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board member defending the organisation’s handling of the long-running crisis.

Russian had not been incentivised to reform, accusing sporting officials of "rebranding over banning".The United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee claimed the decision by CAS not to reinstate Valieva's provisional


Gasser retains snowboard big air title with new trick in last run at Beijing 2022

  • Snowboard

Austria's Anna Gasser successfully defended her women's snowboard big air title at Big Air Shougang here with a new trick in the final round to dramatically beat Zoi Sadowski Synnott in the showdown for Olympic gold at Beijing 2022.

Gerard, who both occupied third before Roisland and the Canadian's final efforts.Chris Corning of the United

States and Takeru Otsuka of Japan both had high scores over 90 points that put them in contention for


Gremaud wins women's ski slopestyle gold after difficult qualifying at Beijing 2022

  • Freestyle

Mathilde Gremaud bounced back from a tricky qualification, which almost saw her eliminated, to win the women's ski slopestyle Olympic gold medal at Beijing 2022. 

injured 2018 bronze medallist Izzy Atkin, finishing eighth and ninth respectively.Marin Hamill of the United

States did not start the final after injuring her right leg on her second qualification run on a trick


Humphries claims first ever women's monobob Olympic title on day ten of Beijing 2022

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women's curlers won two round-robin matches at the National Aquatics Centre today ©Getty ImagesThe United

States beat Finland 4-1 in the playoff semi-finals of the women's ice hockey competition ©Getty ImagesMikaela

Shiffrin of the United States in training for the women's downhill competition ©Getty ImagesTeam Germany


Star-filled SoFi Stadium makes impression with hosting of Super Bowl LVI

  • Los Angeles 2028

Marquee Los Angeles 2028 venue SoFi Stadium has received rave reviews after staging Super Bowl LVI - the first of what is expected to be many sporting mega-events at the most expensive stadium ever built.

Stadium and dubbed the halftime show "iconic".LeBron James, a double Olympic basketball champion with the United

States, Alpine skiing great Lindsey Vonn - thrice an Olympic medallist for the US - and eight-time Olympic


Esports company Misfits enters commercial partnership with Sportfive

  • Non-Olympic Sports

South Florida-based Misfits Gaming Group has entered a commercial partnership with sports marketing agency Sportfive aimed at boosting revenue and business development.

Misfits' exclusive global commercial sales agency, working with the company's esports teams across the United

States and Europe.It is hoped that this will enable the commercial development of its teams in the League


Leighton to take over as chief executive of Women’s Sports Foundation

  • Latest

Danette Leighton has been appointed as the chief executive of the Women’s Sports Foundation (WSF).

Sports Day (NGWSD), to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Title IX - a federal civil rights law in the United

States that prohibits sex-based discrimination in any educational programme that is funded by the Government.She


Xu Mengtao wins China's first women's aerials Olympic gold medal

  • Freestyle

Xu Mengtao became the first Chinese freeskier to win the women’s aerials Olympic gold medal after a dramatic finale to the competition with a score of 108.61 points at Beijing 2022. 

at the Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou.A score of 93.76 points was enough to give Megan Nick of the United

States the bronze.Xu was the penultimate competitor in "Final 2" which decided the medals."


French duo Papadakis and Cizeron crowned ice dance champions at Beijing 2022

  • Figure Skating

France's Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron upgraded on their silver in ice dance four years ago to win the gold medal this year at the Capital Indoor Stadium at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

result, but the silver medal in the ice dance will be theirs.Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue of the United

States took the bronze medal with a total score of 218.02, dancing to Drowning by Anne Sila.Americans


IOC rule no medal ceremonies to take place involving Valieva at Beijing 2022

  • Beijing 2022

No medal ceremony will be held in the figure skating team event or women's individual competition - should Kamila Valieva earn a podium finish - with a decision still to be reached on whether the 15-year-old figure skater will be sanctioned for a positive drug test.

Aleksandr Galliamov in the pairs, and Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov in the ice dance.The United

States finished as the silver medallists in the event and could be in line for gold should Valieva be

sanctioned in the future.Japan ended as the bronze medallists, while Canada finished in fourth place.The United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) said it will ensure its team's performances are celebrated

“We are immensely proud of the United States Figure Skating Team and their historic performance in the



Serbia, China, Canada and United States claim top spots in FIBA Women's World Cup qualifiers

  • Basketball

Russia and Puerto Rico are set to battle it out for the final spot at the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Women's World Cup with the other 11 places wrapped up in the Serbia and Japan qualifying tournaments.

tournament as Belarus withdrew due to several positive COVID-19 tests in their team.In Group D, the United

States had already qualified as they won gold at Tokyo 2020, but nevertheless hosted the qualifying



Valieva cleared to compete at Beijing 2022 as CAS decide against reimposing suspension

  • Beijing 2022

Kamila Valieva has been cleared to compete in tomorrow’s women’s singles figure skating event at the 2022 Winter Olympics here, after a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) panel rejected an appeal to reimpose her provisional suspension following a positive drug test.

The three-person CAS Panel, which also included the United States' Jeffrey Benz and Slovenia's Vesna