The women's ice hockey competition will open six days before the men's at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, with hosts China kicking off events the day before the Opening Ceremony.

China and three qualifiers will form Group B alongside Japan, while the top-five ranked teams - the United

States, Canada, Finland, the Russian Olympic Committee and Switzerland - form Group A.For the quarter-finals

As expected entering competition, Italy dominated the qualifying stages of the Lonato 2021 World Shooting Para Sport Para Trap World Championships, topping the scores in the mixed trap standing PT3 and the team mixed trap standing PT3.

 The United States qualified third on 134 points, though none of their shooters topped 50 points

United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) chief executive Sarah Hirshland claims athletes

chances of keeping people in play go way, way up.Around 300 athletes are expected to represent the United

States at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics ©Getty Images"I don’t think there is any way to prevent the

Men's and Women's World Rugby Sevens Series leaders South Africa and Britain will be looking to extend their leads at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton as the season reaches its climax this weekend.

teams Hong Kong and Mexico meet.Last weekend's finalists in Vancouver, Kenya, headline Pool B as the United

States, Spain and Chile join the Africans.Pool C features Britain and Ireland, who contested the bronze-medal

The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics are "demanding and challenging" as they allow China, a country strongly criticised for its human rights record, to "bask in the glory of great sporting achievements", says Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports (NIF) President Berit Kjøll.

There have been growing calls for a boycott of Beijing 2022, with United States President Joe Biden considering

says the camps are training centres and not labour camps, while the European Union, Canada and the United

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is due to start the second consultation phase of its governance review as it continues to gauge the views of stakeholders over reforms.

Foundation Board in November 2018 and considering further changes in a bid to improve its governance.A United

States Office of National Drug Control Policy report on WADA governance, highlighting 10 challenges

"real progress and a path for more substantial future reforms" before making a funding decision.The United

States is due to pay $2.9 million (£2.2 million/€2.5 million) to WADA in 2021 - more than any other

US Speedskating has announced a 10-strong squad for the Short Track World Cup season, which will take place in four different countries.

Letai, Maame Biney and Kamryn Lute have made it on to the women's team.The veteran Santos has been the United

States' top short track speed skater for the past two seasons.She won her first individual World Cup

The 2021 Super League Triathlon (SLT) Championship Series draws to a close in Malibu tomorrow, with Britons Jonny Brownlee and Jess Learmonth topping the men's and women's leaderboards going into the final race.

This will be the first SLT event held in the United States, and will take place under the eliminator

Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) President Stanislav Pozdnyakov has said the organisation will recommend that its travelling contingent for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games are vaccinated against COVID-19 - but it will not be mandatory.

inoculated or receiving booster jabs.But unlike some other National Olympic Committees, notably the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee, Pozdnyakov indicated the ROC will stop short of making inoculation

Championships quarter-final line-ups for the compound and recurve competitions were decided in Yankton in the United

States.

The United States enjoyed a fine day at the Nebelhorn Trophy - the final figure skating qualifier for

Finnish Ice Hockey Association (FIHA) President Harry Nummela believes the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Council needs to be governed by countries that have "strong positions" within the sport.

state news agency TASS, Nummela claims representatives from Finland, Sweden, the Czech Republic, the United

States and Canada should make up the IIHF Council.The IIHF’s executive body consists of the organisation

A survey of almost 800 sports industry executives worldwide has forecast annual market growth of just under five per cent for the next three to five years.

less than five months' time.The growth of the sports industry is partly put down to the opening of the United

States sports betting market ©Getty ImagesBetting-related rights are seen as the most buoyant revenue

ticketing and hospitality.Betting’s positive outlook is in part a consequence of the opening of the United

States sports betting market following the lifting of a federal ban.David Dellea, head of PwC’s Sports

The Kazan 2022 Special Olympics World Winter Games have been postponed to 2023 due to the coronavirus pandemic, it has been confirmed.

athlete leaders, members of the Board of Directors, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United

States and the World Health Organization before agreeing to postpone the event."

Captain Steve Stricker is hoping his local knowledge can be the difference as the United States seek