Russian wrestler Bilyal Makhov, jointly upgraded to the gold medal in the 120 kilograms event at the London 2012 Olympic Games after both finalists tested positive for banned substances in retests of their samples, has been banned for four years for doping.

event after the positive tests were confirmed.Daulet Shabanay of Kazakhstan and Tervel Dlagnev of the United

States are shown to be the bronze medallists on the IOC's website.Taymazov became the second athlete

Rwanda looks set to become the first African nation to stage the International Cycling Union (UCI) Road World Championships in 2025.

entirely in Europe until 1974, when it was staged in Canada.It has been hosted by Venezuela in 1977, the United

States in 1986, Japan in 1990, Colombia in 1995, Canada in 2003, Australia in 2010 and Qatar in 2016

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has insisted there will be "no special deals" for the England cricket team as doubts continue to be raised over the upcoming Ashes series.

in Brisbane on December 8.However, many players are likely to first play in the T20 World Cup in the United

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson asked Morrison to relax the existing restrictions at a dinner in the United

States this week."

The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) will require all athletes, employees and contractors

4 followed by the start of the Paralympics on March 4.Vaccine mandates have divided opinion in the United

States ©Getty ImagesThe USOPC did not require vaccines for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games - postponed

Jill Ellis is set to lead a comprehensive review of the women's football calendar after being named as the head of FIFA's Technical Advisory Group.

Ellis led the United States to consecutive FIFA Women's World Cup victories in 2015 and 2019 as head

Jill Ellis led the United States to consecutive FIFA Women's World Cup victories in 2015 and 2019 as

have two chances to win first-ever world titles at the World Archery Championships in Yankton in the United

States.

The stadium that is set to host the Opening and Closing Ceremonies at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games is being proposed as a venue for the 2026 World Cup.

scheduled for two years prior to the Olympics and Paralympics, is a joint-host venture between the United

States, Mexico and Canada.

There's no better place in the United States to have World Cup matches."

 Eighteen venues in the United States are currently in the running.Seventeen American cities have

Europe captain Padraig Harrington has revealed that a COVID-19 "envelope" will be used to respond to any positive cases at the Ryder Cup.

Harrington confirmed that he and United States captain Steve Stricker had agreed to the contingency plan

three players in an envelope before the 12 singles matches at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin in the United

The International Boxing Association (AIBA) is set to hold elections for its rebranded Board of Directors next year in response to a warning from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) over its lack of progress in implementing crucial reforms.

Kremlev, who is completing the term of Gafur Rakhimov following his resignation due to him being on a United

States Treasury Department sanctions list as "one of Uzbekistan's leading criminals".The AIBA had been

The International Paralympic Committee's (IPC) Governing Board has conditionally reinstated wheelchair basketball to the Paris 2024 Paralympics programme.

The United States won the gold medal in the men's wheelchair basketball at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics

A kangaroo called Karlu has been unveiled as the mascot for the Women’s Basketball World Cup, which is due to start in exactly one year’s time.

Hosts Australia and the United States, as the reigning Olympic champions, have spots in the 12-team field

South Korea has unveiled the Chungcheong Megacity Bid Committee (CMBC), which will run the bid process as the country aims to host the Summer World University Games for the fourth time.

The bid process for the 2027 and 2029 University Games was opened this month, with the United States

women's and men's events, respectively, as the World Archery Championships opened in Yankton in the United

States.

Medals have been decided in the senior competitions at the sixth edition of the European Taekwondo Union (ETU) President’s Cup in Istanbul, while hosts Turkey dominated the poomsae categories.

80kg category went to Kostiantyn Kosteneyvch of Ukraine, with silver won by Carl Alan Nickolas of the United

Gogebakan taking silver.Bronze medals went to Anastasiia Artamonova of Russia and Monique Rodriguez of the United

Ilgin Oztabak and Zeliha Agris.Victory in the women’s under-57kg category went to Faith Dillon of the United

States, with silver to Gulse Polat of Turkey.Bronzes went to Beyza Nur Genez of Turkey and Lea Spehar

Austrian Jakob Schubert and Seo Chae-hyun of South Korea won the gold medals in the men's and women's lead competitions to end the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) Climbing World Championships in Moscow.

Italian for the silver.Austria's Jessica Pilz was fourth one grip behind and Brooke Raboutou of the United

States was fifth.Completing the field from the final was Japan's Natsuki Tanii, Dinara Fakhritdinova