Twenty years ago this week, a global multi-sport event was reaching its conclusion in the 2032 Olympic host city, Brisbane. The 2001 Goodwill Games attracted competitors from over 50 countries and featured many stars who had graced at Sydney 2000. Among them were swimmers Ian Thorpe and Michael Klim, javelin champion Jan Zelezny and 10,000 metres gold medallist Derartu Tulu. 

"Manifestations of goodwill  are needed in relations between people and nations, states and governments

with the USSR in the 1930s and was described by Games executive Bob Walsh as "a living hero of the United

States, the Soviet Union and the world community".The 1964 Olympic 10,000m champion Billy Mills, then

City won from Dallas-Fort Worth, St Louis and South Florida, and the Games were redesigned to help the United

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The United States retained their wheelchair basketball Paralympic title by beating hosts Japan ©Getty

ImagesJapan were left settling for silver after a 64-60 defeat ©Getty ImagesThe United States were victorious

The United States put their coronavirus-hit preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics here behind them

But we showed up totally changed.The United States defeated China in the women's sitting volleyball final

Australia's Madison de Rozario won her second athletics gold at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games by claiming the women's T54 marathon title by one second on the final day of action at the Olympic Stadium.

front of China's Zhang Yong, who set a new personal best for the silver medal.Daniel Romanchuk of the United

States was five minutes behind for the bronze medal, having moved away from Canadian Brent Lakatos and

Europe lead the United States by three points after making a strong start to their defence of golf’s

they halved the remaining five holes to clinch a one up victory.Match two in foursomes went to the United

States with Jennifer Kupcho and Lizette Salas also winning one up against Spain’s Carlota Ciganda and

Places in tomorrow’s finals were secured on another successful day for the hosts at the Karate 1-Premier League in the Egyptian capital Cairo, with two karateka who featured at the Olympic Games also progressing.

competitions, Spain will take on Brazil in the final of the women’s team event.The men’s kata will see the United

States’ Gakuji Tozaki and Japan’s Sakichi Abe compete for gold.

Serbia and Italy will contest the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Water Polo Under-19 World Championship final after their respective victories against Hungary and Montenegro at the semi-final stage in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic.

independent nation when they face Hungary for bronze.In today’s classification matches, Spain beat the United

States 18-7, and will play Croatia for fifth tomorrow after they beat Greece 20-12.The defending champions

Russia reached double figures for gold medals at the International Cycling Union (UCI) Junior Track Cycling World Championships in the Egyptian capital Cairo as their riders triumphed in four more events.

points.Her nearest challenger was Italy’s Valentina Basilico on 54 points, while third place went to the United

States’ Kala Schmid on 48 points - with both riders lapping the field twice.?

Super League Triathlon is set to return for 2021 in London tomorrow, with a four event Championship Series and a new look in the shape of a team franchise format.

, set to be held on four successive weekends in London, Munich in Germany, Jersey and Malibu in the United

Last year’s women’s individual title went to Katie Zaferes of the United States, who begins the Super

Slovenia’s Olympic champion Janja Garnbret earned a victory on home soil at the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) women’s lead Climbing World Cup in Kranj to move top of the standings, while Japan’s Masahiro Higuchi triumphed in the men’s event.

notching 49+ to triumph in the final.She took her total for the season up to 300 points, leapfrogging the United

States’ Natalia Grossman to lead the overall standings for the season.Grossman finished third in Kranj

standings, failed to make the final after scoring 29 in the semi-final in Kranj.Sean Bailey of the United

States in second also fell at the semi-final stage with 26+.Ghisolfi still leads on 319 points, with

France’s Loris Vergier won his second consecutive men’s elite downhill event at the International Cycling Union (UCI) Mountain Bike World Cup, while Myriam Nicole made it a French double in the women’s elite downhill race to give herself breathing space at the top of the overall standings.

way in the individual World Cup standings on 752 points with only one leg to go in Snowshoe in the United

States later this month, while Vergier is second on 566, with Bruni rounding off the podium on 454.British

Iran were crowned men’s sitting volleyball champions for the seventh time after overcoming the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games final.

26, 26-24, 25-14.The gold medal match is scheduled to take place tomorrow with China set to face the United

States.

International Cricket Council (ICC) Olympic Working Group chairman Ian Watmore has claimed a partnership with the Olympics could "spark something special", after the sport announced its intention to be part of Los Angeles 2028.

The Olympics will also help broaden cricket's horizons, especially in the United States, which Watmore

no doubt the Olympics will help us in that ambition as we target less traditional markets like the United

States - our number one growth market for our next cycle."

An all-Italian podium ended the last day of track and field competition in athletics at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, with Ambra Sabatini setting a new world record in the women's T63 100 metres final.

comfortably finished in front of 100m gold medallist Felix Streng of Germany, who took silver, and the United

States' bronze medallist Jarryd Wallace.In what can be regarded as the best women's T38 400m in history

States took the bronze medal.Moroccan Ayoub Sadni won the men's T47 400m final, finishing strongly to

States was nearly half a second down for silver, just having enough to hold off bronze medallist Alicja

States took bronze.Malaysia has a gold medal in athletics thanks to Abdul Latif Romly in the men's T20

Guljonoy Naimova of Uzbekistan and Asghar Aziziaghdam of Iran emerged victorious on the final day of the taekwondo competition at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.

Mexican Alejandro Francisco Pedroza Luna, triumphing 18-4 to win the bronze medal.Evan Medell of the United

States sealed a place on the podium after beating Andres Esteban Molina Gomez of Costa Rica 13-10.Naimova