The United States won four of the six gold medals available on the first day of the International Skating

medal number three for the United States ??

American Oksana Masters ended the doubleheader in Canmore in Canada with four gold medals in six races on her return to the World Para Nordic Skiing World Cup, following a successful Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.

also a Tokyo 2020 gold medallist - won both the individual and middle biathlon races to ensure the United

States won all six women's sitting World Cup races this week, with Masters finishing runner-up in both.Russian

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has "no plans" to attend the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, although has stopped short of committing to a diplomatic boycott.

, Kishida told a Parliament meeting, as reported by news agency Kyodo.Fellow Group of 7 members the United

States, United Kingdom and Canada have said they will not send officials to Beijing 2022 to protest

confirmed the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics will be his last, assuming he qualifies and is selected for the United

States team.

Milan's Mayor Giuseppe Sala has confirmed that he will travel to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics to take part in the official handover for the next edition of the Games.

over China's record on human rights, but Italy is not among them.Fellow Group of 7 members Canada, the United

Kingdom and the United States have all said that elected politicians will not attend the Games.Japan's

South Korea’s An Se-young advanced to the third round of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Championships as she seeks to maintain her stunning recent form by clinching the world title in Huelva.

Open and BWF World Tour Finals titles.An began her World Championship campaign today by beating the United

States' Iris Wang 21-7, 21-15 in the second round at the Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín.The

Austria will not send any high-ranking politicians to the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing, Chancellor Karl Nehammer has announced, but added it is not because the country has joined the diplomatic boycott and is due to China’s tough COVID-19 regulations.

27 members, is due to discuss tomorrow whether or not to support the diplomatic boycott led by the United

States and which has so far been joined by Australia, Canada and Great Britain.Austria's Vice-Chancellor

International Swimming Federation (FINA) executive director Brent Nowicki underlined the need to try new ideas after the 4x1500 metres mixed relay made its debut here in the open waters of Yas Bay in Abu Dhabi.

49.10sec.Hungary finished 39.90 behind Italy in 1:06:51.7 for silver, while Germany struck bronze with 1:07:29.The United

States, Britain, China, Portugal, Brazil, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Singapore also participated.Husain

Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback Bryce Young has won the Heisman Trophy, becoming the second successive player from the university to win collegiate American football's most prestigious individual honour.

Southeastern Conference title in eight seasons.As a result, Alabama are the top-ranked team in the United

States heading into the College Football Playoff.Young has thrown 43 touchdowns versus just four interceptions

French official Pierre Trochet has been elected unopposed as President of the International Federation of American Football (IFAF), replacing the outgoing Richard MacLean.

2024.During the campaign, Trochet vowed to provide IFAF with leadership and oversee an efficient and united

virtual vote.He has served as chief executive of USA Football since 2005, and is also a member of the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee."

As head of the domestic federation in the United States I am uniquely positioned to support our interaction

Ascending tennis player Olivia Gadecki appears set to miss next month's Australian Open and other tennis events in her home country after opting not to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

February became the first unranked teenager to defeat a top-10 player in 24 years when she beat the United

States' Sofia Kenin at the Phillip Island Trophy.Compulsory vaccinations have proved a major talking

Germany's Claudia Pechstein is set to appear at an eighth Olympic Games, with the 49-year-old making the mass start standard for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at the latest International Skating Union (ISU) Speed Skating World Cup leg in Calgary.

is set to break Anne Abernathy's record for the oldest woman to compete at the Winter Olympics.The United

States Virgin Islands luger was 48 years and 307 days old at Salt Lake City 2002.

The International Volleyball Federation has dropped its bubble system for next year's Volleyball Nations League (VNL), with the men's and women's pools to be staged in host cities across four continents.

begins on May 31, with women's pool matches held in Shreveport-Bossier City metropolitan area in the United

States and Ankara in Turkey until June 5.Men's and women's competitions will run in alternate weeks,

Bill Guerin has been appointed general manager of the United States men's ice hockey team for the Beijing

2002, and he earned a second silver medal at Vancouver 2010.Bill Guerin, left, won silver with the United

States at the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics ©Getty ImagesNHL players Seth Jones, Patrick Kane

Max Ritter Award by United States Aquatic Sports (USAS).

international participation.Leas, who died at 82 in April 2019, was the national chairman of diving of the United

States Olympic Committee, including for the Atlanta 1996 Olympics and 1995 International Swimming Federation