Belarus' Ihar Boki claimed his fourth gold in as many swimming at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games here today, with a win in the men's S13 50 metres freestyle final.

with him in silver and bronze respectively.The last race of the day came with a lot of drama - the United

States' Natalie Sims, Morgan Stickney, Jessica Long and Hannah Aspden looked to have won the women's

after thousands fled the country in response to the Taliban seizing power following the withdrawal of United

States troops.

The United Nations has warned that almost half a million Afghan refugees could flee this year as a result

airport in the country - are not known.The US said it evacuated 110,000 people since August 14; the United

Almost half a million Afghan refugees could flee the country by the end of the year, the United Nations

The Dominican Republic beat hosts Mexico and Canada prevailed against Puerto Rico to win the preliminary groups in the Women's North, Central America and Caribbean (NORCECA) Volleyball Confederation Continental Championship.

the other pool A, with a 25-17, 25-22, 24-26, 25-14 victory over Puerto Rico.Each team in pool A - he United

States being the third - finished with a 1-1 record, but Canada topped the group due to a greater set

Switzerland shocked the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) team at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Women's World Championship in Calgary, triumphing 3-2 in overtime of the pair's quarter-final clash.

#WomensWorlds pic.twitter.com/1Twiw4AoNd— IIHF (@IIHFHockey) August 29, 2021The United States enjoyed

Britain finished with the last two gold medals at the Sea Forest Waterway as rowing competition at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games reached its climax.

Paralympics - the PR3 mixed coxed four.Finishing in a time of 7:09.08, they were 11 seconds ahead of the United

States and 17 in front of France, who won bronze.And it’s GOLD for @itslaurenrowles and @LaurenceW_GB

French basketball coach Vincent Collet has had his contracted extended until the Paris 2024 Olympic Games - where the host nation will hope home-court advantage can take them one step further than Tokyo 2020.

The French men were runners-up in he Japanese capital earlier this month - losing 87-82 to the United

States in the final.That silver medal was France's first since Sydney 2000.Collet has led he French

Europe won the first-ever Collins Cup - a three-team triathlon competition billed as the sport's answer to the Ryder Cup.

the golf tournament, the Collins Cup featured Team Internationals as well as outfits representing the United

States and Europe.European athletes won six of the 12 individual races at the event in Šamorín in Slovakia

World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) President Riccardo Fraccari has said baseball and softball "left their mark" on the Olympics after Tokyo 2020.

programme for the first time since Beijing 2008.Hosts Japan won softball and baseball gold, beating the United

States in both finals."

Dates for the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Under-18 Baseball World Cup have been confirmed, with the event scheduled to take place in September next year in Florida.

September 8, 2019Chinese Taipei won the last WBSC Under-18 Baseball World Cup in 2019, defeating the United

States in Gijang in South Korea.Twelve national teams are set to compete in the 2021 Under-18 Baseball

China’s Feng Panfeng captured the sixth Paralympic title of his career after withstanding a stirring fightback from Germany's Thomas Schmidberger to win an epic men’s table tennis singles C3 final at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics here.

long as Feng celebrated a sixth Paralympic gold.The bronze medals went to Jenson van Emburgh of the United

States and China’s Zhai Xiang.China did not have to wait long for another gold as Liu Jing secured the

bagged bronze medals after losing to Lin and Devos in the semi-finals respectively.Ian Seidenfeld of the United

States swept to the men's singles C6 title with a straight games win over Peter Rosenmeier of Denmark.The

Britain's Thomas Young and Sophie Hahn ended the second day of athletics at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games with gold medals in the 100 metres at the Olympic Stadium.

and the bronze went to David Wagner of Denmark, another five centimetres back.Susannah Scaroni of the United

States set a new Paralympic record of 10min 52.57sec to win gold in the women's T54 5,000m final.Swiss

Yevhenii Bohodaiko and Maksym Krypak led a Ukrainian gold-medal charge at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre as the nation saw five of its athletes top the podium today at the Paralympics.

women's SM6 200m individual medley event, claiming gold in a time of 1:32.34.China's Liu Daomin and the United

States' Sophia Herzog completed the medal positions by finishing in 1:33.30 and 1:36.06 respectively.Britain

Hosts Mexico and defending champions Dominican Republic maintained their perfect starts to the Women's Volleyball North, Central American and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation Continental Championship.

In the other game of the day, the United States earned their first victory of the Championship, downing

Spectators at the US Open will now be required to present proof of their COVID-19 vaccination status, in a change announced less than 72 hours before the final tennis Grand Slam of the year, which is set to begin on Monday (August 30).

Visitors to the United States Tennis Association (USTA) Billie Jean King National Tennis Centre in New

Aleksandr Iaremchuk is the men’s T46 1500 metres Paralympic champion after triumphing in a close final at Tokyo 2020.

also appeared at two Nordic Skiing World Championships in Solleftea in Sweden in 2014 and Cable in the United

States a year later.He was born in Shangaly, where he took up Para athletics, and is now based in Saint