Search

  • Sort results by:

10000 results Showing results 6151 to 6165

France eyes record-equalling title at BNP Paribas World Team Cup

  • Wheelchair Tennis

France will be looking to reclaim the men’s title as they eye a record-equalling ninth crown at the BNP Paribas World Team Cup - the International Tennis Federation’s flagship wheelchair tennis event - in the Italian island of Sardinia.

Stephane Houdet respectively.France will now be aiming to return to the top of the podium and match the United

States’ record of nine men’s titles.Featuring Peifer, Frédéric Cattaneo and Guilhem Laget, France have



Michael Pavitt: UCI head to Africa for World Championships but Rwanda choice raises concerns

  • Inside the Blogs

The International Cycling Union (UCI) announced Rwanda as the host nation for the 2025 Road World Championships on Friday (September 24), which will mark the first time the event takes place on the African continent.

the continent from 1921 to 1973, with Canada breaking the mould in hosting the 1974 event.Venezuela, United

States, Japan, Colombia, Canada, Australia and Qatar are among the handful of nations to have succeeded

’s selection as the host nation could also be viewed as the UCI rewarding investment into cycling.A United


Japanese Prime Minister Suga claims Tokyo 2020 served as a symbol of global unity

  • Tokyo 2020

Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games served as a symbol of global unity during a message at the United

venue of the General Assembly," said Suga, who was in Washington D.C. for a summit meeting with the United

States, Australia and India."

Yoshihide Suga is in the United States in the  final week of his tenure as Japan's Prime Minister


Adola and Gebreslase win at Berlin Marathon as Bekele fails to threaten world record

  • Athletics

Ethiopians Guye Adola and Gotytom Gebreslase won the men's and women's races at the Berlin Marathon, as legendary compatriot Kenenisa Bekele was unable to threaten the world record despite a fast first half.

Schär claimed the victory in the women's wheelchair race in 1:37:31, more than a minute in front of the United

States' Tatyana McFadden, who clocked 1:38:54.Third went to Brazil's Aline Rocha in 1:41:39.Belgium's


Australia given reprieve from COVID-19 cancellations as women's football team to host Brazil

  • Football

Australia's women's football team are to play Brazil in two matches in Sydney next month, marking a rare occasion where an international event in the country has been added to a schedule hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.

CarpenterEllie) September 25, 2021Australia's women's team could also face current world champions the United

States in two matches currently set for November 27 and 30, subject to approval.That would be a rematch

players have indicated will lead them to pull out.Many players are to play in the T20 World Cup in the United



Liu wins Nebelhorn Trophy crown to bag third Beijing 2022 quota for US

  • Figure Skating

Teenager Alysa Liu ensured there will be three American women in the figure skating competition at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics with victory at the Nebelhorn Trophy in German town Oberstdorf.

Liu secured a third quota spot for the United States after coming out on top in the final qualifier for



World Games medallist Remarck joins FITKD Presidential race

  • Member National Association and Continental Unions News

Renowned coach and World Championship medallist Patrice Remarck has joined the race to be the next Ivorian Taekwondo Federation (FITKD) President. 

Bineta Diédhiou, an Olympic flagbearer and world bronze medallist.Remark was also head coach of the United

States national team for a period."


Under-fire USA Gymnastics appoints chief communications officer

  • Gymnastics

USA Gymnastics has appointed a new chief communications and marketing officer at what it is being described as a "pivotal time" for the embattled organisation.

Judiciary Committee hearing.Four-time Olympic champion Simone Biles accused USA Gymnastics and the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) of allowing Nassar’s abuse of gymnasts to continue."


Whistler to stage 2025 Luge World Championships as FIL Congress awards Russia 2023 Natural Track World Championships

  • Luge

Whistler in Canada has won the right to stage the 2025 Luge World Championships, while the International Luge Federation (FIL) Congress has awarded the 2023 Natural Track World Championships to Moscow despite World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) sanctions against Russia dictating the country not be awarded any major events before December 2022.

International Federation of Sport Climbing Climbing World Championships this year in Moscow, while United

the venue of the 2025 Luge World Championships unopposed after applications from Lake Placid in the United

States and Sigulda in Latvia were withdrawn on the day of voting.It will be the fifth time that Canada


Tardif elected International Ice Hockey Federation President

  • Ice Hockey

Luc Tardif is the new President of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) after being elected at the body's Semi-Annual Congress in Saint Petersburg.

his position as regional vice-president for the Americas after the withdrawal of Dave Ogrean of the United

States, while Kyrgyzstan's Aivaz Omorkanov is the new regional vice-president for Asia and Oceania after