Japan's Risako Kawai beat Iryna Kurachkina of Belarus in the final of the women's under-57 kilograms freestyle 5-0 to earn a second Olympic gold medal.

The United States' world champion David Taylor beat Iran's Rio 2016 gold medallist Hassan Yazdanicharati

The International University Sports Federation (FISU) has announced dates for its World University Championships and University World Cups in 2022.

February 22 to 26.The second winter sport discipline is due to be speed skating at Lake Placid in the United

States from March 2 to 5.Cross-country is next on the University Championship calendar and is due to

and wakeboarding at Minsk in Belarus from August 24 to 27 and beach volleyball at Lake Placid in the United

States from August 24 to 28.September is set to be the busiest month for World University Championships

Albert Batyrgaziev of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) edged out Duke Ragan of the United States in

Batyrgaziev clinched the title on split decision over fellow professional Ragan, whose defeat extends the United

States' 17-year wait for an Olympic boxing gold medal.Andre Ward, the last American to win gold in the

Spanish teenage sensation Alberto Ginés López etched his name in sport climbing's history books by becoming its first Olympic champion.

just one shy of Schubert who took to the podium along with Ginés López and Nathaniel Coleman of the United

States, who scored 30 points for silver.Alberto Ginés López showed grit and determination as he bounced

USA Nordic has signed a multi-year deal with Therabody, which will become its official recovery partner in advance of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

Park City in Utah, and last week held its National Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Championships.The United

States has been represented in ski jumping and Nordic combined at every Winter Olympics since the event

Katie Nageotte of the United States earned gold here as the women’s pole vault took a final twist away

Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce and cloud computing company that is one of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s most important commercial partners, has eased back into profit over the three months to end-June 2021.

million/$1.19 billion/€1 billion) loss was reported to be the group’s first since its listing in the United

States six years ago.The hefty CNY18.2 billion (£2 billion/$2.8 billion/€2.4 billion) fine followed

Russian wrestler Zavur Uguev won the gold medal in the men’s freestyle 57 kilograms division at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, overcoming India’s Ravi Kumar in the final at the Makuhari Messe Hall.

leading 4-2 at the interval, and went on to notch an eventual 7-4 victory.The 26-year-old saw off the United

States’ Thomas Patrick Gilman in his first fight, before edging past Uzbek Gulomjon Abdullaev in the

champion in the men's boxing featherweight category after a split-decision victory over Duke Ragan of the United

States at the Kokugikan Arena.

Ryan Crouser of the United States turned the men’s shot put into a virtual demonstration event today

from the potential ignominy of failing to make the cut for the three final rounds.Will Claye of the United

States, silver medallist at the last two Olympics behind his compatriot Christian Taylor, sadly absent

United States world champion Grant Holloway congratulates Jamaica's Hansle Parchment on his surprise

and Jamaica’s Ronald Levy joining his compatriot on the podium in a time of 13.10.Devon Allen of the United

States was fourth in 13.12.Speaking of the pre-race favourite, Parchment commented: "There was no intimidation

Lisa Carrington has become New Zealand’s outright most decorated Olympian in history after winning her third gold medal of Tokyo 2020 - and fifth of her career - with victory in today’s women’s K1 500-metre final here.

of Denmark took bronze in 1:52.773.Kozák finished outside the medals, coming fourth in 1:53.414.The United

States' Nevin Harrison celebrates after winning gold in the women's C1 200m ©Getty ImagesThere was better

of Britain also pushed hard but had to settle for the bronze medal in 35.202.Nevin Harrison of the United

States added an Olympic gold to her world title with a dominant display to win the women's C1 200m final.The

Australia's Keegan Palmer won the men's park title as the final skateboard event of Tokyo 2020 was held at Ariake Urban Sports Park today.

gold medals on offer.Silver went to Pedro Barros of Brazil on 86.14 and bronze to Cory Juneau of the United

States on 84.13.Born in San Diego and raised on the Queensland Gold Coast, Palmer was open-mouthed after

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Second-place Dalilah Muhammad of the United States, left, and Dutchwoman Femke Bol, right, completed

240, including guides for six athletes with visual impairments, has been officially selected by the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.

Egyptian Mohamed ElShorbagy has regained his status as men's world number one, while compatriot Nour El Sherbini remains top the women’s Professional Squash Association (PSA) rankings for August.

time since April 2019, having missed 15 months with a serious knee injury.In the women’s rankings, the United

States' Amanda Sobhy rose two places to fifth after reaching the semi-finals of the PSA World Championships