It is quite hard to imagine what life must have been liked for Naomi Osaka over the past couple of months.

highlighted last year when she wore masks bearing the name of a victim of racism and police brutality in the United

States on route to winning the title.Despite living in the United States, her decision to represent

USA Luge has announced Fibre Glast Developments Corporation as a new official supplier until 2022.

Chris Mazdzer won the United Sates' lone luge medal at Pyeongchang 2018 ©Getty ImagesAs a result of the

has featured at every Winter Olympics since 1964 and a team relay was introduced at Sochi 2014.The United

States has won six Olympic medals in the luge events - with three silver and three bronze - and Chris

Lee Kiefer became the first American fencer to win Olympic foil gold by overcoming defending champion Inna Deriglazova here today.

Kiefer set out to secure a maiden podium finish for the United States’ team in this event, with the reigning

Former Paralympic swimmer Roy Perkins has criticised deaf-blind athlete Rebecca Meyers after she pulled out of Tokyo 2020 over not being able to have her choice of carer come to the Games, calling Meyers' claims "nonsense".

Meyers posted an emotional statement on Tuesday (July 20) explaining her withdrawal because the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) had rejected a request to have her mother act as her

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has announced the Under-23 Baseball World Cup 2021 will take place from September 23 to October 2 in the Mexican state of Sonora.

at Tokyo 2020 for the first time since the 2008 Games, with Israel, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, the United

States, and the Dominican Republic all qualifying for the tournament.The sport will not return for the

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has confirmed its extreme heat protocols have been activated at Tokyo 2020, with the possibility of suspending matches should the temperature increase further.

actually for the television broadcasters even better, because the later you play, the better it is for the United

States and the time zones in Europe.”Heat concerns were expressed prior to the Games, with several sports

Qatar survived a fightback from El Salvador to reach the semi-finals of the Gold Cup in the United States

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has warned athletes are not exempt from the strict COVID-19 rules in place at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games here after swimmers were seen taking off their masks and hugging other competitors on the podium.

step and keep a distance from their fellow medallists.All 12 athletes from Australia, Canada and the United

States on the podium for the women's 4x100 metres freestyle relay did not have their faces covered and

Local hero Yuto Horigome earned Japan’s third Olympic gold medal of Tokyo 2020 as he became the first Olympic skateboarding champion.

leader Kelvin Hoefler took the silver medal on 36.15 points, with bronze going to Jagger Eaton of the United

States on 35.35.Eaton’s team-mate Nyjah Huston, the sport’s iconic figure, finished seventh in the eight-man

Tunisian teenager Ayoub Hafnaoui claimed a stunning gold on the opening morning of Olympic swimming finals at Tokyo 2020, as Yui Ohashi topped the podium for hosts Japan and Australia set a relay world record.

who led for much of the race, had to settle for silver in 3:43.52.Bronze went to Kieran Smith of the United

States in 3:43.94."

Juan Antonio Samaranch has expressed the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) desire to have the international community at Beijing 2022, with the Coordination Committee chair stressing the next for successful Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games next year.

several countries calling for boycotts of the Games amid human rights concerns.Relations between the United

States and China are fraught, with American authorities joining the European Union, Canada and the United

The President and chief executive of Teqball USA Ajay Nwosu has one eye on teqball's inclusion in the Olympics, hoping that the sport's potential introduction to Los Angeles 2028 can lead to a boost in revenue.

in England with Bristol Rovers - has now turned his attention to developing teqball in future in the United

States."

After three difficult days and three stalemates, world number one Magnus Carlsen is through to the fifth round of the Chess World Cup in Sochi, following an eventual victory over Polish 33rd seed Radosław Wojtaszek.

13th seed Vidit Gujrathi is through in straight games, winning against 20th seed Jeffrey Xiong of the United

States and is now set to meet 93rd seed Azeri Vasif Durarbayli who upset 68th seed Nodirbek Abdusattorov

Turkish aerobic gymnast Ayşe Onbaşı has been named The World Games Athlete of the Month for June, after becoming world champion at senior level for the first time.

sponsor of the award, Protective Life.The next World Games is set to take place in Birmingham in the United

States from July 7 to 17 2022, after it was pushed back a year to avoid a delay with the Tokyo 2020

The United States meet France on Sunday as they begin the defence of the men’s basketball title at Tokyo