The top eight ranked national teams have been invited to register athletes for the 2021 International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) World Championships in Abu Dhabi.

Priority registration for the event in the United Arab Emirates capital is due to open on Monday (November

international representation".The top eight ranked countries - currently Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Bahrain, United

States, Ireland, Tajikistan and Bulgaria, will be able to enter an athlete in each weight division before

Reigning women's International Ski Federation Alpine Ski World Cup champion Petra Vlhová of Slovakia will bid to continue her storming start to the season with a third straight victory on the circuit in Killington this weekend.

races in Levi.Vlhová edged out two-time Olympic and six-time world champion Mikaela Shiffrin of the United

States in both events in the Finnish resort and will be out to maintain her winning streak in Killington.Shiffrin

China is set to stage its first Wanda Diamond League meeting since 2019 after being named on the calendar for the 2022 season, it has been announced by World Athletics here.

the host venue for the 2022 World Athletics Championships when the series arrives in Eugene in the United

States on May 28.The greatest of all time ?

It is well over a century since Rudyard Kipling wrote The Islanders. It was a poem which spoke of "flannelled fools at the wicket or the muddied oafs at the goals".

away from the ice hockey rink, branded Olympic organisers "insensitive and irresponsible".Manchester United

As opposition mobilised in the United States, they found support from IOC member Lee Jahncke, a US naval

 He described the protest as "the nasty demonstration against the United States flag".Brundage stood

Sochi is poised to host back-to-back International Luge Federation (FIL) World Cup races, with the events taking place without spectators due to the local COVID-19 situation.

also moved to Sochi, after competitors and officials from Russia and Georgia were unable to secure United

States visas.The FIL has confirmed no spectators will be present in Sochi due to the coronavirus situation

The United States and Canada have unveiled their ice hockey jerseys for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic

Sweden, France and Croatia won their opening group matches on day one of the new-look Davis Cup Finals.

doors due to coronavirus restrictions in the country facing Serbia in Group F, and Italy up against the United

States in Group E.The six group winners and two best runners-up will advance to the quarter-finals,

Sweden and Scotland will meet in the women’s final at the European Curling Championships in Lillehammer after both nations recorded narrow wins in the last four today.

and Germany at the 2022 World Men's Curling Championship, scheduled to take place in Las Vegas in the United

States, in April.Meanwhile, it was confirmed today that two cases of coronavirus were detected among

Cuba produced a divine display in the mixed team diving competition at the Junior Pan American Games here in Cali to claim the first gold medal of the event at the Hernando Botero O'Byrne Swimming Pools.

restriction was then removed and she was able to excel, receiving scores of 7.5 and eight from the judges.The United

States secured the bronze medal at the Hernando Botero O'Byrne Swimming Pools in Cali ©Agencia.XpressMedia

score of 468.35.It was their third dive that denied them as they received an average score of 4.5.The United

States rounded out the top three on 417.1 points in an impressive display bookended by solid synchronised

The United States is "encouraged" by reforms approved by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) but further

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Athlete Committee will be replaced by a new body with a greater number of members after a series of governance reforms were approved by the Foundation Board here today.

vet candidates for key roles including the Presidency.But athlete groups and countries such as the United

States, which has withheld half of its funding in response to what it feels is a lack of meaningful

Six countries will battle it out for two Beijing 2022 places at the World Para Ice Hockey Qualification Tournament, which begins tomorrow in Berlin.

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,

Online abuse during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games overwhelmingly targeted female athletes, research published by World Athletics has found.

study ©World AthleticsRacist posts made up 26 per cent of the abuse, with 89 per cent of these aimed at United

States athletes despite Americans only representing 23 per cent of the entire group.Police have been

Men's Olympic champions Fiji will seek to start the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series with victory as the new campaign begins in Dubai.

compete in Pool A, where they are set to face competition from Australia, Canada and France.Argentina, United

States, Kenya and Spain compete in Pool B, while South Africa, Britain, Ireland and Japan feature in

where they overcame France in the final.France are joined in Pool A by Australia, Brazil, Spain and the United

match.Dubai is hosting back-to-back series events, with the second competition set to be held in the United

States, Hong Kong, Singapore, France and England.

Australia is the latest country considering a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing following the controversy of the whereabouts and safety of Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai.

Games has been ruled out.If Australia decides not to send its Government officials, it will join the United

States, Britain, Canada and Lithuania in protesting against China's alleged human rights abuses against