US Sailing executive director Paul Cayard has pledged to reboot the country’s winning "machine" in the sport as part of a seven-year mission to return the top of the podium.

Cayard has issued an open letter to supporters after the United States’ sailing team failed to medal

The only Olympic sailing medal won by a United States sailor in recent Games was a bronze for Caleb Paine

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Luigi Busa celebrates winning a close men's under-75kg kumite final ©Getty ImagesNelly Korda of the United

States leads by three shots heading into the final round of the women's Olympic golf tournament ©Getty

ParalympicsGB has announced that Ola Abidogun, Hetty Bartlett and James Freeman have been added to Britain's athletics squad for the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. 

Bydgoszcz in Poland.At Rio 2016, Britain finished third in the athletics medals table behind China and the United

the shared 1984 edition held in Stoke Mandeville and New York where Team GB finished runner-up to the United

States with 107 gold medals.

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has marked its return to the Olympic Games at Tokyo 2020 by donating several items to the Olympic Museum in Lausanne in Switzerland.

Japan defeated the United States to clinch gold in the softball tournament at Tokyo 2020, a final that

the softball tournament, Japan retained their title from 2008 courtesy of a 2-0 victory against the United

States, with Canada claiming bronze thanks to a 3-2 win against Mexico in Yokohama.The baseball tournament

The International Federation of Teqball (FITEQ) has released the latest monthly teqball world rankings for the singles, doubles and mixed doubles categories.

31 where they beat world number 10 Andres Berriel of Uruguay and his partner Roberto Rubiolo of the United

States in the final.Hungary’s Adam Blazsovics maintained top spot in the doubles, with his long-term

fellow reigning doubles world champion Csaba Banyik, also of Hungary, in second.Carolyn Greco of the United

States remains the highest ranked female player in the doubles ranking, with the world number 11 continuing

Italy brought their gold medal total in athletics to five in the space of five hours today as a stupendous last-leg run by Filippo Tortu brought them victory in the men’s 4x100 metres relay following Antonella Palmisano’s win in the women’s 20 kilometres race walk in Sapporo.

sang long and loudly into the muggy night, now stand joint top in the athletics medal table with the United

States, following earlier victories from Gianmarco Tamberi, who shared high jump gold, 100m runner Marcell

, ahead of China, fourth in 37.79, equalling their national record.Jamaica finished fifth while the United

States did not even make the final.After crying in the wake of his achievement, Tortu said: "I don’t

States had to accept silver, clocking 41.90, with a British team including the world 200m champion Dina

Shaunae Miller-Uibo of The Bahamas and Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon retained their respective women’s 400 and 1500 metres titles here tonight with masterful performances after Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei had shown similar poise to add 5,000m gold to the 10,000m silver he won on the opening day of athletics.

, Marileidy Paulino, in a Dominican Republic record of 49.20, with 35-year-old Allyson Felix of the United

States getting bronze in her fifth Olympics after coming home in a season's best of 49.46 ahead of Jamaica's

Julio La Cruz continued Cuba's strong showing in boxing at Tokyo 2020 as he outclassed world champion Muslim Gadzhimagomedov in the heavyweight final to become the country's latest two-weight Olympic gold medallist.

victory over Australia's Harry Garside.Cruz's opponent will be professional fighter Keyshawn Davis of the United

States, who is seeking to become the first American to win Olympic boxing gold since Andre Ward at Athens

Association (FIBA) U19 Women's Basketball World Cup begins tomorrow (August 7) in Debrecen, Hungary, with the United

States aiming to win its eighth gold in the last nine competitions.

On Sunday, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach will close the Games with time-honoured words, but modified slightly because of the circumstances. He will say: "In accordance with our tradition, I call upon the youth of the world to join us three years from now in Paris, there to celebrate with us the Games of the 33rd Olympiad." 

American swimmer Johnny Weissmuller won 100m and 400m freestyle gold, before helping the United States

They beat Yugoslavia 7-0 in their opening match, won 3-0 against the United States, beat the host nation

Meanwhile, American swimmer Johnny Weissmuller won 100m and 400m freestyle gold, before helping the United

States win another gold in the 4×200m freestyle relay, and tennis -- the sport did not return to the

Hockey Canada has announced the 25 players selected to represent Canada at the 2021 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Women's World Championship later this month.

The United States will look to extend a run of five successive world titles later this month ©Getty ImagesEight

Championship debut.The 10-team tournament features Canada in Group A with Finland, ROC, Switzerland and the United

States, while Group B is comprised of the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Hungary and Japan.Canada

has won 10 gold medals at the Women's World Championships.The United States has won the last five World

Harris English of the United States tops the leaderboard after the first day of action at TPC Southwind

The prize money for the International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Championships 25 metres has been increased to a total of $2.8 million (£2 million/€2.4 million), with the prize money for individual events increased by 50 per cent.

 The United States dominated proceedings, winning 17 gold medals. 

The United States regained the Olympic women’s beach volleyball crown after April Ross and Alix Klineman

first five minutes.April Ross, left, and Alix Klineman claimed women's beach volleyball gold for the United

States ©Getty ImagesApril and Klimeman were dominating in the air, powering down smashes, as they established

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Runner-up Nathaniel Coleman from the United States, left, and Austria's Jakob Schubert, right - the only