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Removal of riding from modern pentathlon approved at UIPM Congress despite CAS appeal

  • Modern Pentathlon

The International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) has approved a motion to remove riding from modern pentathlon today at the UIPM Congress, despite an ongoing Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) case against the Board's use of force majeure to make the decision.

.— Pentathlon United (@PentUnited) November 27, 2021UIPM vice-president Joël Bouzou claimed the Board

while Bouzou, Viacheslav Aminov and Juan Manzo Orañegui were all re-elected as vice-presidents too.The United

States' John Helmick was re-elected unopposed as treasurer.Poland's Janusz Peciak was re-elected to

Gad are on the Business Affairs Committee.Natalja Ofitserova of Belarus, Atanas Andreev of Bulgaria, United

States' Douglass Stull, Brazil's Marco Michelucci, China's Dapeng Bao and Mohamed Ahmed Abdelmonem of


With the Grand Départ secured, Copenhagen harbours bigger, maybe Olympic, ambitions

  • The Big Read

Bicycles - gloriously, laboriously - are ever-present on the streets of Copenhagen. And so it seems right and fitting that one of the most cycling-friendly of cities should eventually be involved in the greatest of cycling races.

Committee (IOC) Session which voted for the 2016 Games to go to Rio - much to the chagrin of the visiting United

States President and First Lady, Barack and Michelle Obama, who both spoke persuasively but in vain


Top seed Chen battles into World Table Tennis Championships quarter-finals in Houston

  • Table Tennis

Top women’s singles seeds Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha edged into the quarter-finals of the World Table Tennis Championships after winning close contests in the fourth round in Houston.

the eighth seed received a walkover against Slovakia’s Wang Yang.The 40-year-old will now play the United

States’ Kanak Jha, who beat Germany’s Ruwen Filus 11-8, 11-8, 3-11, 11-9, 11-2.Sweden’s Truls Möregårdh


Spain start Davis Cup Finals defence with comprehensive victory

  • Tennis

Spain started the defence of their Davis Cup Finals title with a comprehensive win against Ecuador in Madrid.

and Filip Krajinović completed the victory in the doubles.Meanwhile in Group E, Italy overcame the United

States 2-1 at the Pala Alpitour in Turin, with Lorenzo Sonego winning the opening singles rubber by



Brazil dominate skateboarding events at Junior Pan American Games

  • Pan American Games

Brazil completed a clean sweep in the skateboarding events at the Junior Pan American Games here in Cali as Lucas Rabelo and Pamela Leite pulled off historic victories.

medal after an impressive switch 50-50 grind gave her 3.22 points to leapfrog Ramsey Pinson of the United

States who finished on 6.88 points.Rabelo then emulated his compatriot's success later on with a dazzling


Italy off to winning start in World Para Ice Hockey qualifier for Beijing 2022

  • Para Ice Hockey News

Italy defeated hosts Germany 4-1 as the World Para Ice Hockey Qualification Tournament got underway at Berlin's Eissporthalle am Glockenturm.

later in Nagano.Norway has also won three silver medals and one bronze, meaning it is level with the United

States and Canada for the most medals won by any country.The Swedes have also won two bronze medals.


Blitzboks fast out of blocks as HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series starts in Dubai

  • Rugby Sevens

South Africa’s men lived up to their position as favourites as they made a perfect start on the opening day in Dubai as the new HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series campaign began.

unbeaten to top Pool B and earn a place in a quarter-final line-up that was completed by Australia, the United

States, Britain, Ireland and Kenya.Britain and Australia both won back-to-back matches to get off to



Dutch dominate on day two of ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup in Dordrecht

  • Short Track

The Netherlands set the pace in the women’s team relay on the second day of qualifying at the International Skating Union (ISU) Short Track Speed Skating World Cup leg in their home city of Dordrecht.

took the second qualifying spot in 4:10.653.South Korea won heat three in 4:09.755, well clear of the United

States, with the final two places in the semi-finals going to China and Russia.China's Wu Daijing, left




Valieva breaks short programme world record on opening day of Rostelecom Cup

  • Figure Skating

Kamila Valieva took a commanding lead on the first day of the Rostelecom Cup leg of the International Skating Union (ISU) Grand Prix of Figure Skating, by breaking the world record in the women's short programme in Sochi.

A long way back is the United States' Mariah Bell in third on 69.37, with a decent gap back to Madeline