The London Marathon returns tomorrow to its traditional course from Greenwich to The Mall, with spectators in attendance at what event director Hugh Brasher says will be the most competitive marathon ever seen.

winner David Weir, in a race that will also see the return of the 2019 winner, Daniel Romanchuk of the United

States, as Brent Lakatos of Canada defends his title.Weir, 42, will be making his 22nd consecutive appearance

Evgeniy Kolychev has claimed he was sacked as general manager of the Ukrainian Hockey League (UHL) by the Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine (FHU) after he was blamed for allowing the video of a racist incident to surface online.

accused of being insincere in his statement.Smereck joined the UHL this year and is playing outside the United

States in club ice hockey for the first time after spending five years on an entry-level contract with

Marina Stefanoni claimed the biggest upset of day one of the 2021 US Open squash by overcoming world number 19 Canadian Danielle Letourneau at the Arlen Specter Squash Center in Philadelphia.

, 11-6 victory.She is set to compete in the second round of a Platinum event for the first time.The United

States' number three Olivia Fiechter was the other American to win in round one after she completed

Paul Riley has been sacked as head coach of National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) team North Carolina Courage after he was accused of sexual coercion spanning multiple teams and leagues over a decade, while league commissioner Lisa Baird has resigned.

cancelled this weekend's fixtures.NWSL Commissioner Baird, the former chief marketing officer at the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee, resigned after details of the accusations emerged."

Ireland's Donnacha McCarthy triumphed in the men's visually impaired race at the World Triathlon Para Cup in Alanya in Turkey, seeing off a challenge from Ukraine's Vasyl Zakrevskyi.

a close battle for gold in the men's PTWC event, with Russia's Semen Radaev clocking 1:10:28 to the United

States' Howie Sanborn's 1:11:05.The Netherlands' Brendan Bischoff was third in 1:18:07.There was no

This Sunday’s (October 3) London Marathon, according to event director Hugh Brasher, will be "the most competitive in the world, ever" and "the most memorable in our history."

the women’s 70-74 age group category, as will South Korean-born Jeannie Rice, now representing the United

States, who ran 3:27.50 in Chicago and 3:40.33 in New York during the qualifying period.Meanwhile 86

American Cat Osterman has retired from softball for the second time after winning her third Olympic medal with a silver at this summer's Tokyo 2020 Games.

not feature at London 2012 or Rio 2016, but made a one-off return in the Japanese capital, and the United

States were beaten by the hosts in the gold medal match after topping the group stage.Osterman initially

American Games gold upon her return to the sport in 2019.As they did at Beijing 2008, Japan beat the United

States in the gold medal match to win the softball tournament at Tokyo 2020 ©Getty ImagesHer second

The United World Wrestling (UWW) World Championships returns tomorrow in the Norwegian capital Oslo following

Amouzadkhalili.The 74kg division includes Olympic bronze medallist and two-time 79kg world champion Kyle Dake of the United

States, although the line-up looks a strong one, including the reigning under-23 world champion Razambek

athletes who finished on the podium at Tokyo 2020.Two-time world champion David Morris Taylor III of the United

States triumphed in the 86kg in the Japanese capital, but Iranian Hassan Yazdani will look to defend

The United States Olympic Mixed Doubles Curling Trials has been moved from Irvine in California to Eveleth

pandemic but will now be held from October 26 to 31.Siblings Becca and Matt Hamilton represented the United

States in the mixed doubles curling tournament at PyeongChang 2018 ©Getty Images"While bringing curling

DC Trident and Iron have advanced to the International Swimming League (ISL) playoffs, following top-two finishes in the playin clash.

The team representing the capital of the United States amassed 506.0 points and Iron 497.0 at Naples'

The Centre for Sport and Human Rights (CSHR) today launched "Convergence 2025", its strategic plan for the period from 2021 to 2025.

collective action.Mary Harvey, the CSHR chief executive who won winner’s medals as goalkeeper for the United

States at the inaugural FIFA Women’s World Cup in 1991 and the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, said: "We’re grateful

association, based in Geneva.The Centre is chaired by Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and ex-United

The Netherlands reached two finals today at the Wheelchair Tennis World Team Cup in Sardinia in Italy.

In the women's contest, two straight-sets victories saw the Dutch ease past the United States and into

doubles to secure the win.Vink and Schröder won the Paralympic doubles title together at Tokyo 2020.The United

States beat South Africa 2-1 in the other semi-final, in a real team effort.Bryan Barten got a singles

Defending champions Poland are set to face the United States, Mexico and Bulgaria in the pool stage of

Australia's most decorated Olympian, Emma McKeon, headlines a strong line-up at the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Swimming World Cup season's first leg in Berlin, which is set to run from tomorrow until Sunday (October 3).

compete, over 1500 metres, while Arno Kamminga of The Netherlands, South African Chad Le Clos and the United

States' Blake Pieroni will all be vying for points also.Canada’s Olympic champions Kylie Masse and Margaret

for the postponed FINA World Short Course Swimming Championships, set to be held in Abu Dhabi in the United

Ten Olympic medallists are set to take part in the final Karate-1 Premier League meeting of the year in Moscow, Russia, which is due to get underway tomorrow.

plus bronze medallists Bettina Plank of Austria, Sofya Berultseva of Kazakhstan, Ariel Torres of the United

States, Abdel Rahman Almasatfa of Jordan and Gabor Harspataki of Hungary, are among 400 athletes from