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Chile and Canada reach semi-finals at Women's Pan American Cup

  • Hockey

Chile and Canada progressed to the semi-finals of the Women's Pan American Cup after winning their cross-over matches in Santiago.

and Tobago 11-0, while Canada overcame Uruguay in a shootout at the Prince of Wales Country Club.The United

States await for Chile in the last four and Canada are due to play Olympic silver medallists Argentina.Chile


Olympic gold medallist Staal among Hockey Canada squad for Beijing 2022

  • Ice Hockey

Olympic gold medallist Eric Staal headlines Canada’s 25-man ice hockey team for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, following the withdrawal of National Hockey League (NHL) players from the Games.

The delegation will then travel to Beijing, where they will play a pre-tournament match against the United

States on February 7 at the National Indoor Stadium in the Chinese capital.Canada, the nine-time Olympic


Nadal and Berrettini battle through five-set classics in Australian Open

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Berrettini in his seventh Australian Open semi-final ©Getty ImagesAustralian Ashleigh Barty powered past the United

States' Jessica Pegula 6-2, 6-0 in front of an adoring home crowd ©Getty ImagesUnseeded American Madison

Zealander Michael Venus 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 ©Getty ImagesJapan's Shuko Aoyama, right, and Ena Shibahara beat the United

States' Shelby Rogers and Croatian Petra Martić 6-1, 6-4 to reach their first Australian Open women's


Tongan shirtless flagbearer Taufatofua reveals father safe after tsunami disappearance

  • Taekwondo

Pita Taufatofua’s father has returned home after he disappeared following a tsunami which affected Tonga on Saturday (January 15).

the volcano.Nasa labelled the volcanic eruption dramatically more powerful than the atomic bomb the United

States used on Hiroshima during World War Two.Humanitarian aid has been ongoing from foreign countries


United States names 222-strong squad for Winter Olympics in Beijing

  • Beijing 2022

Three-time Olympic snowboard gold medallist Shaun White will headline the United States’ 222-strong squad

for the fifth time.The vastly-experienced quintet are among 99 returning Olympians selected by the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC).Kaillie Humphries will make her fourth outing at the



British double Paralympic gold medallist and pioneer of Para table tennis dies aged 77

  • Table Tennis News

Britain's double Paralympic table tennis gold medallist Paul Lyall has died at the age of 77.

singles and men's team class four with Neil McDonald.Following his singles defeat to Mike Dempsey of the United

States, Lyall retired from national and international table tennis.Lyall died on December 24 in Middlesex.The


IOC and Airbnb to support athletes with Beijing 2022 travel grants

  • Beijing 2022

Worldwide Olympic Partner Airbnb has partnered with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) to offer travel grants to athletes for the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing.

website.Airbnb has come under pressure from the Congressional Executive Commission on China in the United

States along with other United States-based sponsors through The Olympic Partner programme to change


United States Esports Academy sign deal with Challenger Sports to develop esports

  • Non-Olympic Sports

The United States Esports Academy (USEA) and Challenger Sports have signed a strategic partnership agreement

The United States Esports Academy will align with challenger’s nationwide sales and marketing to ensure

The United States Esports Academy will provide coaching programmes to people in schools, universities


Olympic tennis stadiums among venues for Davis Cup qualifiers

  • Tennis

Three Olympic stadiums are among the 12 venues set to host qualifiers in the Davis Cup in March.

Brazil's match against Germany.Qualifiers are also scheduled to take place in France, Spain, Finland, the United

States, The Netherlands, Slovakia, Norway, Sweden and Argentina.They are due to be held on March 4 and


Bach becomes first foreign dignitary to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping for two years after Beijing arrival

  • Beijing 2022

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has become the first foreign dignitary to hold face-to-face talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping for nearly two years after completing his three-day self-imposed isolation here in Beijing.

of a new era for global winter sports".Concerns over China’s human rights record has resulted in an United

States-led diplomatic boycott of the event in Beijing, while the COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause


First FIBA Micronesian Cup in Guam to act as Pacific Games qualifying tournament

  • Basketball

Guam has been selected to host the inaugural FIBA Micronesian Cup later this year, which will be the official qualifying event for the 2023 Pacific Games, it has been announced.

 Guam is a territory of the United States."

honour," said GBC President EJ Calvo.Guam is set to welcome the men’s and women’s teams from Federated States



Second seed Sabalenka suffers shock defeat at Australian Open

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Romania's Sorana Cîrstea ©Getty ImagesIn another three-set women's singles clash, Danielle Collins of the United

States saw off Belgium's Elise Mertens ©Getty ImagesUS Open champion Daniil Medvedev of Russia, left

Fritz in a thrilling five-set tie ©Getty ImagesThe match between Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas and the United

States' Taylor Fritz on Rod Laver Arena took three hours and 23 minutes to complete ©Getty ImagesHome