The President of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly Volkan Bozkir has appealed for the Olympic

understanding and goodwill among nations and peoples - goals that are also part of the founding values of the United

expression of these common objectives, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has decided to fly the United

The United Nations system and the International Olympic Committee have strengthened their mutual cooperation

sustainable development.IOC President Thomas Bach said the organisation was grateful that UN member states

members of the United Nations to developing national and international programmes that promote peace

The Organising Committee of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games has appointed David Michael as its chief information officer.

chief information officer," said Kathy Carter, chief risk officer of LA28 and chief executive of the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Properties."

Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios has withdrawn from the delayed Olympics after spectators were banned from the Games in Tokyo.

Paralympics.Kyrgios is the latest tennis star to opt out of the Olympic Games after Serena Williams of the United

States, Spain’s Rafael Nadal, Austria’s Dominic Thiem and Switzerland’s Stan Wawrinka all announced

The World Lacrosse Board of Directors is considering proposed changes to the governing body's membership requirements and application process, following its most recent meeting via videoconference.

Parthen and TJ Buchanan.The Board also received a report from the Blue Skies Working group chaired by the United

States' Steve Stenersen which proposed changes to the structure, format, qualification process and calendar

The routes of the world's best figure skaters to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics have been revealed by the International Skating Union's (ISU) announcement of its assignments for the Grand Prix of Figure Skating series for the 2021-2022 season.

Top skaters including the United States world champion Nathan Chen and Japan’s double Olympic and reigning

Osvaldo Bisbal has resigned from his positions as President of the American Boxing Confederation (AMBC) and International Boxing Association (AIBA) vice-president due to ill health.

Ray Silvas of the United States, an AIBA Board member, has been appointed as AMBC Interim President until

bronze at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics, has announced her retirement after nine years on the United

States team.

Slovakia qualified two athletes fastest and France and the Czech Republic continued their solid week with strong performances on the third day of the International Canoe Federation’s Junior and Under-23 Canoe Slalom World Championships at Ljubljana in Slovenia.

qualifiers, finishing more than one second in front of Slovakia’s Zuzana Pankova.Evy Leibfarth of the United

States, who will head from Slovenia to Tokyo to make her Olympic debut, qualified sixth fastest in the

Britain’s Jordanne Whiley earned an emphatic victory over defending champion Aniek van Koot of The Netherlands as wheelchair tennis began at the Wimbledon Championships, moving into the semi-finals with a 6-2, 6-0 win.

seed Dylan Alcott, defending men’s singles champion, earned a 6-2, 6-2 win over David Wagner of the United

States in the first of the semi-finals.Britain’s world number two Andy Lapthorne was drawn against the

When World Athletics President Sebastian Coe visited Tokyo’s rebuilt Olympic stadium for the first time, he admitted: "I saw a stadium that will be a fitting venue for a future World Championships in track and field."

temperatures of 25 degrees Celsius with humidity at 57 percent.World record-holder Leroy Burrell of the United

States was the pre-race favourite.

Alex Quiñónez, Ecuador’s 2019 world 200 metres bronze medallist, has been provisionally suspended for anti-doping whereabouts failures.

behind silver medallist Andre De Grasse of Canada, who clocked 19.95, and winner Noah Lyles of the United

States, who recorded 19.83.He thus became only Ecuador’s second world medallist following the race walking

The Italian Baseball Softball Federation (FIBS) has revealed its women's softball team for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics - off the back of the side's victory in the final of the Women's European Softball Championship.

depart Italy tomorrow for Sendai in Japan before opening their Olympic campaign on July 21 against the United

States, two days before the Opening Ceremony.Head coach Pizzolini was given the position in March, following

Labour, the main opposition party in the United Kingdom, has joined calls for a diplomatic boycott of

and shadow culture secretary Jo Stevens said that the Games should be used to demand "unfettered UN (United

allow the UN unobstructed access to the region to investigate.Politicians in Canada, Australia and the United

States have all called for the Games to be used to take a stance on the issue too, with legislation

Defending champions United States maintained their 100 per cent record in the International Basketball

Canada also kept a perfect record as they beat Puerto Rico 86-56 at the Daugavpils Olympic Center.The United

States' opponents in a round of matches that will now switch to the Arena Riga will be Spain, who earned

Denmark’s Emma Norsgaard, riding for Movistar Team, won a mass sprint to take the sixth stage of the women’s Giro Donne a day after finishing second behind Dutch rider Lorena Wiebes.

41min 39sec, mainly following the shores of the Lago di Como.The Danish rider was followed home by United

States cyclist Coryn Rivera of Team DSM and Marianne Vos of The Netherlands, representing Jumbo-Visma