Jessica Long claimed the 16th Paralympic gold medal of her illustrious career on the final day of swimming action at Tokyo 2020.

50m butterfly event, with her winning time of 32.99 improving on effort of 33.51 set in the heats.The United

States’ Mallory Weggemann won silver in 34.30, with Italy’s Giulia Tezi ending 0.02 behind in bronze.The

Team Europe are chasing successive Solheim Cup victories for the first time when they face Team USA in Ohio this weekend.

Europe have not won on foreign soil since their historic triumph in 2013, the team's only victory in the United

Obviously a few Europeans who perhaps are living in the States can make it here, but it certainly won't

Women's singles top seed Ashleigh Barty is safely through to round three of the US Open along with Olympic champion Belinda Bencic.

Czech Republic set up a third-round contest with Ajla Tomljanović of Australia after they defeated the United

States' Amanda Anisimova and Croatia's Petra Martić respectively.

Carson Mattern took gold in a stunning 16 minutes 19 seconds in the men's scratch final at the International Cycling Union (UCI) Junior Track Cycling World Championships, while four other events also reached their finale.

victory over Switzerland.In the final event of the day, the women's elimination race, Kaia Schmid of the United

States managed to not only outpace the drop zone but all the other athletes to claim a brilliant gold

Italy have progressed to the quarter-finals of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Water Polo Under-19 World Championship following a resounding victory over South Africa in Prague.

took the remaining quarters with gradually increasing winning margins.Germany suffered an upset to the United

States, losing 10-8.Many thought the Germans would progress following their impressive performances

head-to-head in a battle of the Balkans.Meanwhile, Hungary face Greece and Montenegro go up against the United

States.

severe flash flooding as the remnants of Storm Ida dumped record levels of rain across the north-east United

States.

The severe conditions have killed at least 22 people in the region, and the states of New York and New

Marcel Hug claimed his third title at this year's Paralympics here in Tokyo as Switzerland enjoyed a golden night on the track at the Olympic Stadium.

women's 400m T54.Schär, a winner of the women’s 800m T54, stormed home in 53.59 as Cheri Madsen of the United

States came second in 53.91 and Zhou Zhaoqian of China finished in a personal best time of 54.10 to

Brazil, Romania and the United States have all hosted teqball Challenger Cup events in the last week

The first senior International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) event since the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games is set to commence with the lead Climbing World Cup in the Slovenian city of Kranj.

triumphed in the last lead World Cup before the Olympic Games in Briançon in France in July, with the United

States’ Sean Bailey the only other climber to break the 200-mark on 255.Ghisolfi and Bailey are also

USA Gymnastics has reached a proposed $425 million (£308.25 million/€358.8 million) settlement with a committee representing survivors of abuse by disgraced former team doctor Larry Nassar.

settlement.Every insurance company involved must also approve the settlement for it to be confirmed.The United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) urged insurers yet to commit to funding the proposals

) 3x3 Women's Series regular season concludes in Montreal this weekend, with Spain, Germany and the United

States expected to challenge for the title.

and rebounds, and is Germany's leading scorer on the season.Hailey Van Lith will be in action for the United

States in the Women's Series for the first time this season ©Getty ImagesThe other event winners competing

Nuno Schurter will be looking to make history at the 2021 International Cycling Union Mountain Bike World Cup in Lenzerheide in Switzerland as he has the chance to equal France's Julien Absalon's record of 33 cross country World Cup victories.

The World Cup series will conclude in Snowshoe in the United States later this month.

The United States' Morgan Stickney pulled off a fantastic last leg in the 4x100 metres women's medley

Mondo Duplantis and Sifan Hassan, of whom world records are nowadays expected almost as a default, will be in the field at Brussels tomorrow night in the last Wanda Diamond League meeting of the season before the Final in Zurich from September 8 to 9 – and either of them could indeed deliver.

at raising his own world record by a centimetre to 6.19m.The 21-year-old Swede, who is based in the United

States, is not far off, and he might yet clear that mark this season.In Brussels, his own 6.00m meeting

:16.71, set in 2015 by Kenya’s two-time Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon.Sha’Carri Richardson of the United

States, who lost the chance of taking up her place at the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for

Former Women's Tennis Association (WTA) world number one Victoria Azarenka of Belarus has called for COVID-19 vaccinations to be made mandatory for players on the WTA Tour.

Slam in Flushing Meadows are required to show proof of their vaccination status before entering the United

States Tennis Association (USTA) Billie Jean King National Tennis Centre, following a late change imposed