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Eaton and Brown start as favourites at 2023 Park World Championships

  • Skateboarding

Skateboarders will hope to add to their Paris 2024 ranking points as the 2023 Park World Championships begins in Rome tomorrow.

skaters will be in action in Italy until October 8, including defending champions Jagger Eaton of the United

States and Sky Brown of Britain.With big names like Keegan Palmer of Australia and Sakura Yosozumi of

Carew are the skaters among men to get a by to the last 16 stage along with Eaton.Jagger Eaton of the United

States will be high on confidence after the recent X Games gold medal in California ©Getty ImagesWith

2020 Olympics, the 15-year-old beat her rival to the world title a few months ago this year in the United


Beth Tweddle: This World Championships is the perfect gauge ahead of next year's Olympics

  • Inside the Blogs

The timing of this World Championships in Antwerp means it is going to be the perfect gauge for the Olympics, which are now less than a year away.

like Max are showing that it's possible to go again every four years.Simone Biles coming back for the United

States is set to increase the confidence level of the team ©Getty ImagesIt's really great for our sport

succeeding at the very highest level.On the topic of big returns, Simone Biles coming back for the United

States is also huge - not only for her teammates but for the sport as a whole.


France end World Shooting Para Sport Championships on top thanks to De la Forest

  • Shooting News

Frenchman Tanguy de la Forest stole the show on the final day of the Lima 2023 World Shooting Para Sport Championships by winning the R9 mixed 50 metres rifle prone SH2 final, helping his country finish as the best nation.

pipped South Korean Jungnam Kim 239.7 to 235.9 after an intense battle that saw Yan Xiao Gong of the United

States, the P3 mixed 25m pistol SH1 champion, settle for bronze.Cuiping Zhang celebrated her 36th birthday


Biles set for FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships return in Antwerp

  • Gymnastics

Legendary American athlete Simone Biles is set to make her return to the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) Artistic Gymnastics World Championships which starts tomorrow in the Belgian city of Antwerp.

following Tokyo 2020, where she withdrew from most events to focus on her mental health but helped the United

States to team silver and won an individual balance beam bronze.Biles is targeting a record seventh

consecutive women's team title for the United States at the World Championships on Wednesday (October




P&G launches "Athletes for Good" for Paris 2024 with 20 receiving charity grants

  • Paris 2024

Worldwide Olympic and Paralympic partner Procter & Gamble (P&G) is to award $24,000 (£19,500/€22,000) grants to 20 athletes who will use the cash to help charities they support.

use her grant to give back to athletics in Scotland ©Getty ImagesTennis stars Sloane Stephens of the United

States and Marin Čilić of Croatia, both former US Open winners, will also receive grants.Stephens will


France issues arrest warrant for former AFC President over Qatar 2022 corruption

  • Football

A magistrate in Paris has issued an international arrest warrant for former Asian Football Confederation (AFC) President Mohamed bin Hammam on suspicion of corruption in connection with Qatar’s successful bid for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

replacement who would have given their vote to Australia in the election for 2022 and, if that failed, to the United

States, Qatar's main rivals.After initially accepting his suspension, Temarii appealed against it on


Murray and Barlaam earn summer honours at inaugural IPC Para Sport Awards

  • Paralympics

Cyclist Nicole Murray of New Zealand and Italian swimmer Simone Barlaam have been named as best respective female and male summer sports athletes at the inaugural Para Sport Awards.

world records and two European records.The award for the best female winter sports athlete went to United

States Para Nordic skier Oksana Masters after a year in which she became the most decorated US Winter


Court of Arbitration for Sport adjourn hearing into Valieva doping case until November

  • Beijing 2022

Kamila Valieva's hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) into her failed drugs test which has left the results of the team figure skating event at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing in limbo has been adjourned until November, it was announced today.

until after the second anniversary of the event at Beijing 2022 where the ROC finished ahead of the United

States, Japan and Canada.If Valieva is deemed to have committed a doping offence and is disqualified

The second anniversary of the team figure skating event at Beijing 2022 could have passed before the United

States find out whether they will be awarded the gold medals ©U.S.


Olympic water polo gold medallist Varga nominated by Hungary for EOC Athletes’ Committee

  • EOC

Four-time Olympic water polo player Dénes Varga has been recommended by the Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB) to fill its vacant position on the European Olympic Committees’ (EOC) Athletes’ Committee.

high point of Varga's career came at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, where he helped Hungary defeat the United

States in the final.Water polo player Dénes Varga, pictured left scoring in a group match at the Beijing