Two women's basketball players have had a last-ditch bid to represent Nigeria at the Olympic Games here thrown out by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

Nneka Ogwumike and Elizabeth Williams both participated in Olympic qualifying for the United States before

The United States are already in good shape to win the team title at the World Cadet Wrestling Championships

[My wrestling was] not the best and I still have work to do," Lilledahl said to the United World Wrestling

, 12-2— United World Wrestling (@wrestling) July 19, 2021Meyer Shapiro was the second American wrestler

There was a major upset today at the Chess Chess World Cup as the world’s number two player, Fabiano Caruana, was knocked out by 124th-ranked Rinat Jumabayev in Sochi.

The United States' Caruana drew the first game before Jumabayev got the better of him in the second to

A fundraising campaign has been launched to help Filipino short track speed skater Julian Macaraeg meet expenses required to compete at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

already an incredible experience for him and an honour to be representing New York City, the north-east United

States skating community and his country the Philippines."

Swimmer Andrew Chetcuti and shooter Eleanor Bezzina will share the flagbearing duties for Malta at the Opening Ceremony of Tokyo 2020.

International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) recommendation to have joint flag bearers.Chetcuti, who is based in the United

States of America, is set to compete in the 100m freestyle in his third Games.Bezzina finished 22nd

Czech beach volleyball player Ondřej Perušič will miss his opening match at the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and could be ruled out of the entire event after he became the third athlete to test positive for COVID-19 in the Olympic Village.

Kara Eaker, an alternate on the United States women's artistic gymnastics team, has also tested positive

at a pre-Tokyo 2020 training camp.Eaker has been transferred to a hotel to quarantine, the United States

China has selected volleyball captain Zhu Ting and taekwondo star Zhao Shuai as its flagbearers for the Olympic Games here.

third, following topping the medal table on home soil at Beijing 2008 and finishing second behind the United

States at Athens 2004 and London 2012.The 26 gold medals won by China at Rio 2016 was their lowest total

Discus thrower Alex Rose has been selected as Samoa’s flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics here.

19 concerns.Rose was born in Michigan, where his Samoan father Ross settled after travelling to the United

States as a musician.Rose began competing for Samoa in 2012 after being contacted by the nation.He represented

Coco Gauff has pulled out of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19.

Gauff is the latest big-name Olympic drop-out from the United States' tennis line-up.Serena Williams

Collin Morikawa produced a brilliant final round of 66 to win a first Open title at Royal St George's in Kent and his second major.

15 under overall, and from there held his nerve with more spectacular iron play and calm putting.The United

States' Morikawa sets a series of records with the win, including becoming the first man to win two

World champion Magnus Carlsen continued his serene progress at the Chess World Cup in Sochi as he won the opening game of his third-round meeting with fellow Norwegian Aryan Tari, seeded 64th.

World Cup, which is running in parallel with the open FIDE World Cup, 17-year-old Carissa Yip of the United

States took a 1-0 third-round lead over Georgia’s fifth-seeded Nana Dzagnidze.There was another surprise

Olympic gold medal-winning football player Cat Whitehill has been named an honorary co-chair of 2022 World Games in Birmingham.

Whitehill grew up in the Alabama city, before going on to make more than 100 appearances for the United

States women's national team."

It may be the case that the cardboard beds in the Tokyo 2020 Athletes' Village will not sustain the most ancient activity known to man involving two people. But that was not what they were designed for.

even two shot putters, to safely share a bed should they so desire.And indeed, as Paul Chelimo, the United

States’ Rio 2016 5,000 metres silver medallist whimsically tweeted: "I see no problem for distance runners

The flagbearers for the United States is set to be the coolest member of the team at next week’s Opening

In Australia, they are already getting the celebration areas for Wednesday's (July 21) big announcement which is expected to confirm Brisbane and the Gold Coast as the 2032 Olympic host cities.

meant 1948.London was one of a number of cities interested in staging the Games with many from the United

States of America.With travel then difficult, a postal vote was organised.

candidate but the only candidate.In 1923 IOC member William May Garland formally suggested that the United

States should host the Games.His colleagues unanimously and enthusiastically gave a rising vote of endorsement