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Montenegro end US run to earn third Men’s Water Polo World League Super Final crown

  • Water Polo

World League Super Final title in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi as they beat surprise finalists the United

States 9-8.

Championships Gwangju 2019 gold medallist; Spain, World Championships Gwangju 2019 silver medallist;United

States, Americas quota; Australia, Oceania quota; Hungary, Europe quota; South Africa, Africa quota;


NCAA allows all student-athletes to make money from endorsements, precipitating huge change to US university sport landscape

  • Universiade

Student-athletes in the United States are able to make money off their name, image and likeness (NIL)

which would allow collegiate athletes to sign sponsorship deals due to come into force in a number of states

student-athletes have already signed endorsement deals.The NCAA passed the legislation on the eve of states

such a change, although introducing the rules so swiftly will level the playing field for those in states

activities that are consistent with the law of the state where the school is located", while those in states


IOC confirms Bach to arrive in Japan on July 8 ahead of Tokyo 2020 Olympics

  • Tokyo 2020

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed its President Thomas Bach will arrive in Japan on July 8 ahead of the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

World War.About 140,000 people died in Hiroshima after an atomic bomb was dropped on the city by the United

States Air Force on August 6 in 1945.Nagasaki was bombed by the Americans three days later, resulting


WBSC adopts strategy for bid to play baseball and softball at Los Angeles 2028 Olympics

  • Baseball and Softball

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Executive Board has approved the strategy it will follow as it bids to have baseball and softball included on the Olympic programme at Los Angeles 2028.

since Beijing 2008 - but will be absent come Paris 2024.Both baseball and softball are popular in the United

States, fueling hopes that Los Angeles 2028 organisers will want the sports to feature.WBSC President

The Untied States won a softball silver medal at Beijing 2008 - ending a run of three straight golds.Baseball



Namibia’s Mboma sets world under-20 400m record of 48.54sec at Irena Szewińska Memorial meeting

  • Athletics

Eighteen-year-old Namibian Christine Mboma produced a startling performance at tonight’s Irena Szewińska Memorial meeting in the Polish city of Bydgoszcz as she won the women’s 400 metres by half the length of the finishing straight in 48.54sec - a world under-20 record and the fastest run so far this year.

own 2021 world-leading mark and 0.06m further than Rudy Winkler’s national record set at the recent United

States Olympic trials.Poland’s Olympic bronze and European gold medallist Wojciech Nowicki was second



Weightlifting’s Olympic future still in the balance after "No" vote leads to stalemate at IWF Congress

  • Weightlifting

More than 50 members of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) have voted against a proposal that could have helped to secure the sport's place on the Olympic Games programme.

narrowly to get a two-thirds majority.Those who pushed hard for reform during the Congress included the United

States, Britain, Germany, Hungary, China, Belgium, The Netherlands, Moldova and Samoa.They were not

standing in elections later this year as he served a doping ban in the 1990s.The Draft Constitution states

' Commission, and by Karoliina Lundahl of Finland, Tom Goegebuer of Belgium and Phil Andrews of the United


IPC unveils six-strong Refugee Paralympic Team for Tokyo 2020

  • Tokyo 2020 Paralympics

Six athletes have been selected to represent the Refugee Paralympic Team (RPT) at the delayed Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.

Syria, who is now based in Greece, and Abbas Karimi from Afghanistan, who is in Fort Lauderdale in the United

States. were chosen.They have been picked along with athletics duo Alia Issa, another Syrian in Greece

Games and led by Chef de Mission Ileana Rodriguez, a refugee from Cuba who competed in swimming for the United

States at London 2012.They are also set to be the first team to enter the Japan National Stadium for

part of the proceeds from the sales donated to supporting the team.The IPC said it was working with United


Colombia can compete at Tokyo 2020 weightlifting - but loses five of its places

  • Weightlifting

Colombia has escaped an outright ban from weightlifting at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games but has lost five of its eight places earned through qualification.

Mongolia, Chinese Taipei and Poland.Colombia was one of only three nations, alongside China and the United

States, to qualify the maximum eight athletes for Tokyo.Weightlifting is the nation’s top sport in terms


Clash of hammer titans due at World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting in Bydgoszcz

  • Athletics

The latest monumental meeting of home hammer-throwing stars will be the centre of attention at tomorrow’s Irena Szewińska Memorial meeting in Bydgoszcz.

Olympic bronze and European gold medallist Wojciech Nowicki.They will both have in mind the recent United

States record of 82.71 metres set at the nation's Olympic trials in Eugene, Oregon by Rudy Winkler.The


Montenegro to face Greece in Men's Water Polo League semi-finals

  • Water Polo

Montenegro - champions from 2018 - and Greece are due to face off in the final four following wins in the quarter-finals of the International Swimming Federation Men's Water Polo World League Super Final in Tbilisi.

too far behind to overturn the Greeks' monumental lead.Alexander Bowen was one of the key men for the United

States today against France ©Getty ImagesThe United States started the day with a dramatic 12-11 win


Killington to return to women’s FIS Alpine Ski World Cup circuit

  • Alpine Skiing

Killington is set to return to the International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Ski World Cup circuit following a two-year agreement with US Ski and Snowboard.

The 2016 edition in Killington was the first World Cup in the east of the United States since Waterville


Conor McGregor sponsors Irish team for IMMAF Youth World Championships

  • Mixed Martial Arts

Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) champion Conor McGregor has sponsored the Irish Mixed Martial Arts Association's (IMMAA) team for the Youth European and World Championships, offering to cover all of their expenses ahead of the events.

has won three and lost three of his past six bouts, with the Irishman set for a rematch against the United

States' Dustin Poirier on July 10.McGregor has been the subject of various controversies during his


Rio 2016 rugby sevens finalists placed in same pool at Tokyo 2020

  • Rugby Sevens

Three of the top four placed teams in the men’s rugby sevens tournament at the Rio 2016 Olympics have been drawn in the same pool at next month’s Tokyo 2020 Games.

/sIr5KR8ept— World Rugby (@WorldRugby) June 28, 2021South Africa, bronze medallists in Rio, and the United

States are in Pool C along with Kenya and Ireland, who secured the final spot thanks to a thrilling