The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) is seeking to reform the Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS) to increase the jurisdiction power of the Ad Hoc Division here as freestyle skiers Andrei Makhnev and Artem Shuldiakov bid to win their battle for a place at the Winter Olympics.

unable to compete at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Freestyle World Cup stages in Canada and the United

States earlier this month after they were deemed not to be inoculated with a COVID-19 vaccine that was

USA Swimming does not plan to send a team to compete at the re-arranged Summer World University Games in Chengdu later this year, it has been revealed.

June 26 and July 7, last week.The decision will be a big blow to the quality of the competition as the United

States are the most successful country in swimming at the University Games.Since making their debut

2019, the US won a total of 40 medals in swimming, including 19 gold, to once again finish top.United States

Games, including at Naples in 2019 when they won 19 gold medals ©Getty ImagesA representative of the United

States International University Sports Federation (USIUSF) told SwimSwam that previously when National

Chile to clinch their sixth straight Women's Pan American Cup title in Santiago as Canada edged out the United

States to qualify for this year's World Cup.

North Korea has conducted its biggest missile launch since 2017 according to Japanese and South Korean officials, adding to regional tension in the build-up to the Winter Olympics here.

2,000 kilometres and flew for 30 minutes before landing in the Sea of Japan.Japan, South Korea and the United

States have all criticised the launch, which defies a United Nations ban on ballistic and nuclear weapons

have been North Korea's biggest since 2017, which saw escalating tensions between the nation and the United

international tensions, which have largely centred on a Russian troop build up on the Ukrainian border.The United

Princess Anne will miss this year’s Winter Olympics here due to travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been announced.

 Her decision not to go to Beijing 2022 comes after the British Government opted to join the United

States-led boycott of the Games in the Chinese capital.British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced

Australia women delivered an impressive thrashing of Russia in the quarter-finals of the latest World Rugby Sevens Series tournament in Seville, while South Africa's men edged past Scotland.

Du Toit and Charlotte Caslick all crossed the whitewash in an eventual 41-0 win.Malaga winners the United

States will be their semi-final opponents, after Jaz Gray scored two more tries in a 15-0 victory over

Ryan Crouser appeared to have raised his own indoor shot put world record to a massive 23.38 metres at the Millrose Games in New York City - only to hear that there had been a measurement error and his best effort was inside his past mark of 22.82m.

mismeasurement ©YouTube/World AthleticsSpectators who had braved the snowstorms assailing the east coast of the United

States to reach the Armory Arena in Manhattan were nevertheless rewarded with a rich session of athletics.The

Anna Bashta overcame top seed Manon Apithy-Brunet to clinch a women's sabre International Fencing Federation (FIE) World Cup victory in the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv.

the main tableau of eight.This followed victories by six and four points, respectively, against the United

States' Anne-Elizabeth Stone and Germany's Julika Funke.In the other half of the draw, Apithy-Brunet

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win the women's singles title at her home Grand Slam since 1978 ©Getty ImagesDanielle Collins of the United

States battled hard against Barty, forcing a second set tie-break, before being defeated in straight

German capital Berlin and Indianapolis in the United States have taken the number of confirmed host cities

American skeleton racer Megan Henry, who agonisingly missed out on a place at the Winter Olympics, has lodged an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) Ad Hoc Division in a last-ditch effort to be allowed to compete.

the final IBSF World Cup race of the season in St Moritz in Switzerland in a three-way tussle for the United

States' two spots in the women’s skeleton team.There was little separating the athletes but Henry came

The United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights could visit the Xinjiang region of China -

human rights violations which led to a diplomatic boycott of Beijing 2022 by countries including the United

States and sparked widespread international concern.The South China Morning Post, citing an unnamed

Beijing 2022 organisers are expecting COVID-19 cases to continue to rise over the coming days here after 36 people linked to the Winter Olympics tested positive.

The COVID-19 pandemic is continuing to wreak havoc on teams’ preparations for the Games with the United

States, Switzerland, the Russian Olympic Committee, Norway and Slovenia among those to report positive

Pillow fighting and drone racing are among the sports to have been raised as possible alternatives to riding as the fifth discipline in modern pentathlon at the Olympic Games after Paris 2024.

its pay-per-view debut with an event organised by Pillow Fight Championship (PFC) in Florida in the United

States today.The PFC event will largely feature amateur boxers and mixed martial artists and sees athletes

Argentina and Chile have secured a place at next year's Hockey World Cup after progressing to the final of the Men's Pan American Cup in Santiago.

Defending champions Argentina beat Canada 5-2 in their semi-final, while Chile edged out the United States