The baseball groups and schedule for the Olympics have been announced by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) and Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee, with world number one Japan set to play in Group A with Mexico and the Dominican Republic.

The United States are to face world number three and Beijing 2008 champions South Korea and Olympic debutants

Stadium.On the final day of the group stage, July 31, Japan face Mexico, while South Korea and the United

States will face off in what could be a decider for top spot in Group B."

A game at the Caribbean Baseball Cup between the United States Virgin Islands and Cuba has been suspended

In less than four weeks the weightlifting programme at the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games is due to begin.

ball rolling before she was voted out and athletes are on the way to having a meaningful voice.The United

States wants far, far more for the athletes - more seats, more votes, more input - whereas Yemen, Ecuador

Federation (IWF) Executive Board has stepped aside after being charged with doping offences - and the United

States wants five more to be removed, or to seek backing from Member Federations to retain their seats

Senegal have been forced to pull out of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Olympic Qualification Tournament due to a COVID-19 outbreak.

scheduled to open in less than a month’s time.Argentina, Australia, France, Iran, Nigeria, Spain and the United

States all qualified directly via the FIBA Basketball World Cup in 2019, while Japan will also be in

World champions Italy and Montenegro won their respective groups with 100 per cent records at the Men’s Water Polo World League Super Final in Georgian capital Tbilisi.

contest in Group A, while Montenegro came from behind to beat Japan 16-8 in Group B.Greece and the United

States finished second in Group A and B, respectively, after earning their second wins of the competition.Greece

Olympic gold medallist Sebastian Samuelsson has been named as one of the International Biathlon Union’s (IBU) 15 new athlete ambassadors.

Susan Dunklee, a two-time world medallist from the United States, is one of the athlete ambassadors for

said she considers herself as one of the "pioneers of the sport" as she looks to help it grow in the United

States.

Former American speed skater Bridie Farrell has announced a partnership with financial firm Milestone Consulting to benefit survivors of child sexual abuse.

House Bill 2466, which extended the statute of limitations for survivors to file civil suits in both states

in the United States.Farrell also founded America Loves Kids, a non-profit that educates the public

The Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF) is set to host four events at the 2021 USA Cycling Para-Cycling Road National Championships in Boise in Idaho next month.

the Championships is scheduled to host road race, time trials, criterium and relays from across the United

States, with it being the last domestic competition before the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo.

Hosts the United States claimed eight of the 10 gold medals on offer at the 2021 Americas Triathlon Para

Hosts Curaçao recovered from defeat yesterday to thrash the United States Virgin Islands 19-0 in their

This Wednesday (June 30) will see Member Federations of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) gather for the first time as a group since 2019, they do so to seek to approve reform of the constitution of the IWF.

States of America, first put forward in 2018, links voting rights to anti-doping violations, including

years, three women have been elected to the IWF’s Executive Board - Ursula Garza Papandrea from the United

States, Karoliina Lundahl from Finland and Moira Lassen from Canada, that is from the 42 available positions

advanced most in the last few years have 50 per cent or more representation on their own boards – the United

States and Fiji.The IWF again has made progress in being a more transparent organisation in recent years

Sydney McLaughlin was the star on the closing day of the United States Olympic Team Trials in Eugene

Francesco Di Fulvio struck four times as world champions Italy made it two wins from two with a 11-8 victory over Greece at the Men’s Water Polo World League Super Final in Georgian capital Tbilisi.

Dimitrije Obradovic also hit the back of the net in the demolition job.The other match in Group B saw the United

States thrash Japan 15-7 courtesy of four goals from Ben Hallock.There was also a hat-trick for Hannes