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Goggia seeks to resume downhill dominances in Cortina d'Ampezzo

  • Alpine Skiing

Olympic champion Sofia Goggia will be back in downhill action tomorrow in Cortina d'Ampezzo and seeking to return to winning ways.

super-G contest is scheduled on Sunday (January 23).Overall World Cup leader Mikaela Shiffrin of the United

States will not take part in the downhill contest and neither will Petra Vlhová, the Slovakian who is


Poland and Finland to ignore diplomatic boycott of Beijing 2022

  • Beijing 2022

Polish President Andrzej Duda is set to attend the upcoming 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing after the country denounced the planned diplomatic boycott of the event.

diplomatic boycott of Beijing 2022, initiated because of China's human rights record.Nations including the United

States, Britain, Australia and Canada, Belgium and Denmark have confirmed they will not have a diplomatic


Philip Barker: When the city of Beijing last welcomed the Olympics

  • Inside the Blogs

This week, International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice-president Yu Zaiqing unveiled a new bust of President Thomas Bach at the Dongsi Olympic Community Park in the heart of Beijing.

what they want with how those actions are perceived," Jim Scherr, chief executive of what was then the United

States Olympic Committee, said.

Games.The Friendlies were an ever-present sight in Beijing in 2008 ©Getty ImagesWhen the Flame died, United


Argentina ease to opening win at Men's Pan American Cup

  • Hockey

Defending champions Argentina eased to a comfortable victory on the opening day of men's competition at the Pan American Cup in Santiago.

against Mexico.Gordon Johnston scored a hat-trick in Canada's opening-day victory ©Getty ImagesThe United

States edged Trinidad and Tobago in the second Pool B contest of the day, with the match seeing the


US athletes to wear Ralph Lauren uniforms which react to body temperature at Beijing 2022

  • Beijing 2022

The uniforms worn by the American team at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Opening Ceremony will be made of materials which react to the athletes' body temperature to maintain comfort levels without any electronics.

technology behind the garments is known as "Intelligent Insulation" and was developed with a grant from the United

States Department of Energy."


Mihara takes lead in women's competition at Four Continents Figure Skating Championships

  • Figure Skating

Mai Mihara has taken the lead in the International Skating Union (ISU) Four Continents Figure Skating Championships after a stunning routine in the women's short programme in Tallinn.

is set to take place on January 22 and will decide the overall champion in the Estonian capital.The United

States' Audrey Lu and Misha Mitrofanov won the pairs short programme, amassing a score of 68.35.Evelyn



Bochet wins 30th major gold medal at World Para Snow Sports Championships

  • Winter Paralympic Sports

Marie Bochet secured her 30th major gold medal following a gripping race in the women's standing giant slalom at the World Para Snow Sports Championships in Lillehammer.

Farkasova and fellow Austrian Elina Stary, who recorded times of 2:32.69 and 2:38.58, respectively.The United

States' Laurie Stephens won the final Alpine event of the day in the women's sitting giant slalom in


Tibetan groups hit back at claims Beijing 2022 athletes could be punished for discussing human rights

  • Beijing 2022

Tibetan rights groups have hit back at comments from Beijing 2022 official Yang Shu, who suggested that athletes who violate the Olympic spirit or Chinese laws could be "subject to certain punishment".

propaganda is permitted in any Olympic sites, venues or other areas".Rule 50 in the Olympic Charter states

also come under scrutiny, with concerns expressed over the welfare of tennis player Peng Shuai.The United

States is among the Western nations who have said they will engage in a diplomatic boycott of Beijing


More than million tickets requested in first 24 hours of 2022 FIFA World Cup sales opening

  • Football

More than a million tickets have been requested in the first 24 hours of sales opening for this year’s World Cup in Qatar, FIFA have claimed.

Qatar on November 18.The highest demand came from fans from Qatar, followed by Argentina, Mexico, the United

States, the United Arab Emirates, England, India, Saudi Arabia, Brazil and France.During this first



Spain set to host first World Rugby Sevens Series event in Málaga

  • Rugby Sevens

Málaga is set to stage the first World Rugby Sevens Series event held in Spain, with men's and women's competition scheduled from tomorrow until Sunday (January 23).

event's runners-up in Australia against Germany.Hosts Spain start their Pool C campaign against the United

States, beaten by South Africa in the final of the first event in Dubai, followed by Argentina versus


Teqball USA signs historic programming deal with ESPN

  • Teqball

Teqball in the United States has been given a boost after the sport's national governing body agreed

where we saw tremendous growth of the teqball community nationally and at marquee events held across 15 states


Two-time Paralympic champion Bramble among entrants to National Adaptive Sports Hall of Fame

  • Alpine Skiing News

Bramble and wheelchair basketball Paralympian Ann Walters-Thompson are among the latest inductees to the United

States' National Adaptive Sports Hall of Fame.

wheelchair basketball team, and also took up wheelchair racing.Ann Walters-Thompson represented the United

States in wheelchair basketball at the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games, and earned a place on the National

Winter Paralympics since Nagano 1998.The awarding of places on the Hall of Fame is administered by Move United

, which is an affiliate of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee and offers opportunities