Egypt's number one seed Ali Farag claimed victory in the Houston Open on the Professional Squash Association (PSA) World Tour.

Farag was the favourite entering the competition in the United States and eased to a relatively comfortable

Francesco Friedrich of Germany captured the overall four-man bobsleigh crown with a home victory in Winterberg, where British Olympic long jump champion Greg Rutherford made his International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup debut.

Taylor Lawrence, Nick Gleeson and Greg Cackett of Britain came second in Winterberg with 1:49.50, while United

States pilot Hunter Church celebrated his second podium finish of the four-man season with Joshua Williamson

Defending champion Petra Vlhová made it five wins from six women's slalom events on this season's Alpine Ski World Cup circuit with victory on the on the Podkoren slope in Kranjska Gora.

25th World Cup win of her career.Last season's overall Alpine Ski World Cup champion now leads the United

States' Mikaela Shiffrin by 240 points in the slalom standings with her tally of 580.Shiffrin still

Cities Commission prior to the 2022 World Games, which is set to take place in the Alabama city in the United

States.

Alysa Liu has been named in the United States' figure skating team for next month’s Beijing 2022 Winter

The MacKenzie Outlook development, which is set to house staff at the 2023 International University Sports Federation World University Winter Games in Lake Placid, is on track to be completed in time for the event.

in what is the 31st edition of the event.Provided it goes ahead, it will be the second time that the United

States has staged it after the 1972 Games, which were also in Lake Placid.

Athletes poised to represent Japan at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics could be given booster COVID-19 vaccines before travelling to the Chinese capital.

by Beijing 2022 organisers and did not foresee any increased risk of transmission.Japan has joined a United

States-led diplomatic boycott of Beijing 2022 due to human rights concerns in China.Beijing is scheduled

The Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) Acting President Robin Mitchell has backed the preparations for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics to "ensure a safe and successful" event.

to the Games has been overshadowed by concerns over China's human rights record, which has sparked a United

States-led diplomatic boycott of the Games.Critics have argued the host nation's treatment of Uyghur

Jackson looks set to miss out on a place at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics after finishing third in the United

States trials.

Jamie Anderson was victorious on home snow in the women's slopestyle today at Mammoth Mountain in the United

States, becoming the second International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard World Cup winner of the season

Mikaël Kingsbury went to the top of the moguls standings on home snow, having won his fifth race of the season and his second of the weekend at the International Ski Federation Freestyle Ski World Cup in Mont-Tremblant.

and Kawamura was just in front of compatriot Kisara Sumiyoshi for the bronze.Olivia Giaccio of the United

States and Japan's Junko Hoshino were fifth and sixth.Anthony is now just four points behind Kawamura

after victory at the International Ski Federation Freestyle Ski World Cup at Mammoth Mountain in the United

States.

Sweden's Sara Hector clinched a second women's giant slalom victory of the season after recording the fastest time on both runs at the Alpine Ski World Cup on the Podkoren in Kranjska Gora.

on 2:17.11.Canada's Valérie Grenier missed out on the top three by 0.07sec.Mikaela Shiffrin of the United

States, the overall World Cup leader, placed seventh in 2:17.84.Shiffrin has 866 points on the women's

Overall two-man bobsleigh leader Francesco Friedrich of Germany broke the track record as he continued his return to winning ways at the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup in Winterberg.

2022Three-time Olympic two-woman bobsleigh medallist and former world champion Elana Meyers Taylor of the United

States moved top of the overall Women's Monobob World Series standings.Taylor won the seventh and penultimate

Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing is "not the solution to human rights or geopolitical issues", United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) chairperson Susanne Lyons has claimed.