The Netherlands' Paralympic gold medallists Sam Schröder and Niels Vink overcame defending champions Dylan Alcott and Heath Davidson to end their long quad doubles winning streak at the Australian Open and progress to the final in Melbourne.

five-time winner in Melbourne, and eight-time quad doubles Australian Open champion David Wagner of the United

Paralympic champions Diede de Groot and Aniek van Koot reached the women's doubles final as they beat the United

States' Dana Mathewson and South Africa's Kgothatso Montjane 6-0, 6-3.Lucy Shuker of Britain made the

Martina Navratilova has called the decision taken by the organisers of the Australian Open to ban t-shirts protesting the Peng Shuai scandal as "pathetic", accusing Tennis Australia of "capitulating" to China.

Martina) January 23, 2022Later on the Tennis Channel with former player Lindsay Davenport of the United

States, the Czech-born star expanded on the issue."

New Zealand's Nico Porteous successfully defended his men's ski superpipe title on the final day of the Winter X Games at Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen.

slopestyle.Max Moffatt of Canada came through in second, with the 2019 Winter X Games champion Alex Hall of the United

States placing third after climbing from ninth place in the final run of the competition.Hall, a winner

Estonia's Kaia Kanepi earned a quarter-final place in the Australian Open women’s singles for the first time after upsetting second seed Aryna Sabalenka in a three-set match in Melbourne.

Grand Slam quarter-final for the first time on her 63rd attempt, with the 32-year-old set to face the United

States' Danielle Collins.Collins came from a set down to beat Belgium’s Elise Mertens 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas beat the United States' Taylor Fritz in five sets to reach the men's singles

Heidi Biebl, the first German skier to win Olympic gold medal in the downhill, has died at the age of 80, it has been announced.

retired the previous year.The 19-year-old Biebl seized the opportunity on an 1,828 metres course at the United

States resort with a starting elevation of 2,447m with a vertical drop of 553m in a race notable for

1959 of Canadian John Semmelink.She finished exactly one second ahead of the silver medallist, the United

States’ Penny Pitou.Biebl was representing the United Team of Germany, which included athletes from

Discovery's President of Sports Andrew Georgiou has vowed not to "shy away" from human rights issues during its coverage of the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, although insisted that the focus will remain on athletes.

designed to stamp out Islamist extremism and separatism.European nations have been divided over the United

States-led diplomatic boycott of the Games.Georgiou later expanded at a press briefing that Discovery

last year which is to 'unlock the power of sport' and that embraces a key brand principle which is united

Ski-slope building experts have downplayed concerns over the safety of man-made snow prior to the Winter Olympics here.

Chris Grover, head coach of the United States’ cross-country skiing team, claimed artificial snow "can

Bobsledder Edson Bindilatti is set to make his fifth and final appearance at the Winter Olympics after being named as part of Brazil’s 11-strong squad for Beijing 2022.

Sabrina Cass claimed the moguls world junior title in 2019 for the United States but will represent Brazil

 Cass was crowned 2019 moguls world junior champion when representing the United States but switched

United States sealed their place in the semi-finals of the women's Pan American Cup with a dominant victory

The three Olympic Villages - two in Beijing and one in Zhangjiakou - are now welcoming athletes for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, 12 days before the Opening Ceremony.

Trial operations started today, with competitors from the United States, Britain and Australia amongst

South Africa continued their perfect record at this season's men's World Rugby Sevens Series, with Selvyn Davids scoring a dramatic final play try to defeat Argentina in the Cup final in Málaga.

the scores at 17 each and took the match to the final play.Jaz Gray, left, scored two tries for the United

States in their 35-10 victory over Russia in the women's final in Málaga ©Getty ImagesIt was the player

match, England came from 10-0 down to impressively overcome Australia 24-20.Before the men's final, the United

States clinched their first World Rugby Women's Sevens victory of the season, with Jaz Gray scoring

two tries in their 35-10 triumph over Russia.Kris Thomas opened the scoring for the United States just

Japan's Tokyo 2020 Paralympic silver medallist Yui Kamiji is out of the Australian Open after losing to Aniek van Koot in the women's wheelchair singles quarter-finals.

singles and doubles gold medallist, was on Kia Arena where she eased into the semi-finals by beating the United

States' Dana Mathewson 6-2, 6-1.She will face British wildcard Lucy Shuker for a place in the final

The American Samoa National Olympic Committee (ASNOC) has praised "pioneer" Nathan Crumpton, who is set to become the first athlete to represent the territory at the Winter Olympics for 28 years.

achievements can pave the way for future Winter Olympians from the unincorporated territory of the United

States."

Elena Curtoni earned only the second Alpine Ski World Cup win of her career in the Cortina d'Ampezzo super-G contest as Italian team-mate Sofia Goggia suffered a heavy fall.

Czech Olympic champion Ester Ledecká placed eighth.Overall World Cup leader Mikaela Shiffrin of the United

States finished 16th.Another amazing day in Cortina flying the Italian flag ??

Tess Ledeux, Marcus Kleveland and Zoi Sadowski-Synnott all won their second gold medals of the Winter X Games in Aspen.

Canada's Teal Harle third.New Zealand's Sadowski-Synnott won the women's snowboard big air, relegating the United

States' Jamie Anderson to second place for the second day running after triumphing in yesterday's slopestyle.Former