Kathy Carter has been appointed chief executive of the Organising Committee for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles.

previous winner of the Women in Sports and Events' Woman of the Year award and stood unsuccessfully for United

States Soccer President three years ago."

After the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) accused the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) of misinforming the organisation over how many officials it could bring to the Olympics, the NOC has vehemently denied it hampered the team's progress.

Despite beating the United States in a warm-up match and bringing eight National Basketball Association

Simone Biles and several other American gymnasts are set to testify in a United States Senate hearing

The United States squeezed past Mexico on the opening day of the Women's Volleyball Pan American Cup

France are women's inline hockey world champions for the first time after a dominant tournament in Roccaraso.

Italy.The aggregate score from France's four group games was 42-0, and that included a 5-0 triumph over the United

States, the defending champions.A 3-1 quarter-final win over Argentina saw France concede for the first

The penultimate meeting of the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold is set for the Sports Park Mladost in Croatian capital Zagreb, with the throw events likely to be particularly hotly contested.

of events are being held tomorrow evening.Back-to-back Olympic shot put champion Ryan Crouser of the United

States set a meeting record in Zagreb with 22.74 metres last year, and won at the Diamond League Final

The International Testing Agency (ITA) has claimed it successfully implemented its anti-doping programme at the re-arranged Olympic Games in Tokyo as 6,200 samples were collected, despite challenges presented by COVID-19.

greatest number of tests were implemented on athletes from the Russian Olympic Committee, China, the United

States, Britain and Australia.Athletics, aquatics, cycling, rowing and weightlifting were among the

Hailey Swirbul, the United States’ breakthrough star in cross-country skiing, has said she hopes the

Then I will probably go back to the States to have some rest, recharge myself a little and then be able

Denmark and Hungary have secured places at the 2022 Women’s Under-19 World Floorball Championship after securing top-two finishes at a qualifier in Saku in Estonia.

nations will participate in the Group C and D event, alongside Russia, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, United

States and debutants Singapore.Defending champions Finland, Sweden, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Poland

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Executive Committee is set to hold its latest meeting tomorrow in Istanbul, with updates expected on the organisation’s governance reforms and the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the global anti-doping system.

considered ongoing and six were still to be addressed.WADA governance has been a source of debate.The United

States Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) has said WADA has "shown a willingness" to reform

Sergio Garcia, Shane Lowry and Ian Poulter have been chosen by captain Pádraig Harrington to complete Europe’s team for this month’s Ryder Cup in Whistling Straits, with Justin Rose missing out on selection.

on the team.Garcia and Poulter have been key players for Europe in the biennial contest against the United

States, with the pair boasting a combined 15 previous appearances and contributing 40-and-a-half points.Their

in his career.Whistling Straits in Wisconsin will stage the Ryder Cup from September 24 to 26.Hosts United

States announced their full team last week.Collin Morikawa, Patrick Cantlay, Justin Thomas, Brooks Koepka

, Dustin Johnson and Bryson DeChambeau were automatic qualifiers, while United States captain Steve Stricker

Hosts Colombia finished as the best performers with five golds after the final day of competition at the International Cycling Union (UCI) Track Cycling Nations Cup, with Martha Bayona Pineda adding to her multiple medal haul.

Lina Marcela Hernández Gómez and Lina Mabel Rojas Zapata of Colombia were third on 21 points, with the United

States’ Kendall Ryan and Lily Williams missing out on the podium with 18.Nicholas Paul of Trinidad and

Peter Frano and Charlotte Morgan tackled a gruelling 45-kilometre race at Canfranc in the World Mountain Running Association (WMRA) World Cup to run out as the eventual men's and women's winners, respectively, while there was a new course record posted in the 16km contest.

having holding second place for so long.In the 16km race, 2019 world champion Grayson Murphy of the United

States smashed the existing women's course record by 10min 35sec as she finished in 1:57:43.In the men's

A few months before he died, aged 46, George Orwell wrote in his diary: "At 50, everyone has the face he deserves."

Iron Kids Triathlon at the age of 13.Six years later he was ranked the number one triathlete in the United

States under-19 section.

WEDŪ describes itself as "a community of endurance athletes united around the belief that the true path

Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Boris Johnson led tributes to Emma Raducanu, after the British teenager became the first qualifier to win a Grand Slam tennis tournament by defeating Leylah Fernandez of Canada to win the US Open.

statement Queen Elizabeth II said: "I send my congratulations to you on your success in winning the United

States Open Tennis Championships."

The match was due to be shown only on subscription streaming service Amazon Prime in the United