launch a defence of his Olympic curling title at Beijing 2022 after his team emerged victorious at the United

States trials.

Britain’s Duncan Scott secured Most Valuable Player (MVP) honours as he led London Roar to victory in the fourth International Swimming League (ISL) playoff match.

American star Caeleb Dressel in the men’s individual medley, ending in 51.82 to the American’s 51.67.The United

States’ Ryan Murphy was second in the MVP rankings on 56 points, with 50m, 100m and skins backstroke

Tabitha Peterson secured a second successive Winter Olympic appearance after triumphing at the US Olympic curling trials in Omaha.

We’re so grateful for the opportunity to represent the United States."

Dozens of candidates have been barred from standing in the most important elections in the history of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) - but those who have been cleared will have to wait for a chance to be elected.

on the World Athletics disciplinary tribunal; Yves Fortier, QC, who was Canada’s Ambassador to the United

candidates fell foul of Article 13.12 of the new Constitution, which they voted for in August.This states

Olympic champion Alexander Zverev is Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Finals champion for a second time, adding the end-of-season honour to the Olympic gold medal he won earlier this year.

doubles, French duo Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hughes Herbert won the final, defeating Rajeev Ram of the United

States and Briton Joe Salisbury 6-4, 7-6.

Bryony Page became the first British woman to win gold at the Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships, while China's Yan Langyu secured the men’s title in Baku.

the halfway mark, but an impressive second performance saw her rise to the top of the standings.The United

States' Shelby Nobuhara finished narrowly behind on 70.000 to win silver, followed by Spain’s Melania

Para Sport World Cup season begins tomorrow, with back-to-back events scheduled in Lake Placid in the United

States.

Suzanne Schulting of The Netherlands completed a clean sweep of women's events at the International Skating Union's (ISU) World Cup Short Track Speed Skating in Debrecen, winning the 1,000 metres and contributing to a Dutch victory in the 3,000m relay.

Schulting tops the World Cup standings for the 2021-2022 season, with second-placed Kristen Santos of the United

States forced to settle for victory in the B final after finishing fourth in her semi-final.The Dutch

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has held a video call with Peng Shuai, where the tennis player reportedly explained she is "safe and well" but asked for her privacy to be respected.

shared concern over Peng's safety along with leading tennis players, including Serena Williams of the United

States, Naomi Osaka of Japan and Novak Djokovic of Serbia.US President Joe Biden is also "deeply concerned

The Vanuatu Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (VASANOC) chief executive James Malau has admitted the COVID-19 pandemic has posed additional challenges for the country's participation in international competitions as it prepares for next year's Pacific Mini Games and Commonwealth Games.

horizon for Vanuatu next year.Saipan, the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands - a self-governing United

States Commonwealth - is set to host the Pacific Mini Games from June 17 to 25 2022, which were delayed

Six years after the fundamental shake-up of athletics as a world sport, aquatics is putting itself through the same process. The circumstances are very different, but the process, reaching towards greater transparency, independence and integrity, is the same. But how retrospective is it going to be?

none will be observing more keenly than Enith Brigitha of The Netherlands, Shirley Babashoff of the United

States and Britain’s Sharron Davies, Olympic medallists who can claim they were denied gold by opponents

turned a small country of 17 million people into the third strongest sporting nation on earth behind the United

States and the Soviet Union.If one subtracts the performances of retrospectively implicated East Germans

Hunter Holloway led an all-American podium at the Longines International Equestrian Federation Jumping World Cup in Las Vegas, riding Pepita Con Spita to win her first FEI Jumping World Cup.

Natalie Dean riding Chance Ste Hermelle finished second as the United States' riders took the top three

Olympic bronze medallist Stanislav Horuna of Ukraine and former European champion Vasiliki Panetsidou of Greece have been elected to the World Karate Federation (WKF) Athletes' Commission, with Italy's Davide Benetello to remain as chairman.

decision-making process.The WKF has also appointed American three-time world champion Elisa Au of the United

States to serve as a member of the athlete body.Olympic champion Sajad Ganjzadeh of Iran and Irina Zaretska

The Government of the United Kingdom is reportedly mulling a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing 2022 Winter

newspaper The Times, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss supports a move similar to the one expected from the United

States whereby Government Ministers will not attend the Games in the Chinese capital, and an "active

violations being committed against the Uyghurs and other minorities in Xinjiang, most recently at the UN [United

New photographs and videos appearing to show Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai has failed to allay concerns over her safety with Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) chief executive and chairman Steve Simon insisting it "remains unclear if she is free".

shared concern over Peng's safety along with leading tennis players, including Serena Williams of the United

States, Naomi Osaka of Japan and Novak Djokovic of Serbia.US President Joe Biden is also "deeply concerned