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Kumari claims hat-trick of golds at Archery World Cup in Paris

  • Archery

India’s Deepika Kumari captured a hat-trick of gold medals at the third stage of the Archery World Cup in Paris.

team as they strive to win the country’s first archery medal at the Olympics.MacKenzie Brown of the United

States picked up bronze in Paris with a 6-5 win over Mexico's Ana Vazquez.Tokyo-bound Kumari played

men’s team final.Seeded 22nd after qualification, Belgium won three tiebreaks against Britain, the United

States and Malaysia to reach the gold medal match.But Germany stood strong, winning three consecutive


Levy claims hat-trick of wins on Global Champions Tour with jumping gold in Paris

  • Equestrian

France's Edward Levy secured a third win on the Global Champions Tour with a gold medal in jumping on home soil at the Champs de Mars in Paris.

pic.twitter.com/mJHgnAkBm8— France_Equitation (@FRA_Equitation) June 27, 2021Young talent Lucas Porter of the United

States was just 0.02 seconds over the time allowed after picking up a time fault, ending his hopes of


Djokovic eyes record-equalling 20th Grand Slam title at Wimbledon

  • Tennis

World number one and defending champion Novak Djokovic will be targeting a record-equalling 20th Grand Slam title at Wimbledon.

titles this year and will play Carla Suárez Navarro of Spain in the first round.Serena Williams of the United

States is the only player in the top eight seeds to have won Wimbledon, with the last of her seven crowns

when the women’s and men’s singles finals, respectively, are set to be held.Wimbledon is part of the United


Michael Pavitt: Rule 50 relaxation sensible given precedent set in football

  • Inside the Blogs

After months of discussion, it seems Rule 50 is being watered down after all.

teams on how they wish to shape and articulate their message.The debate was recently heated in the United

 Given the United States kick off only an hour after the British team, a demonstration of sorts

arguably rendering Rule 50 obsolete prior to the Games even getting underway.It is worth noting that the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee has publicly indicated it will not sanction its athletes for


Canadian goalball team to feature three Paralympic debutants at Tokyo 2020

  • Goalball News

Half of the six-strong Canadian women’s goalball team will make their Paralympic debuts at Tokyo 2020, it has been announced.

25 before facing Israel, China and Australia.The other group consists of Turkey, Brazil, Egypt, the United

States and Japan with the tournament scheduled to run until September 3."


American athletes participate in awareness campaign in Tokyo 2020 build-up

  • Tokyo 2020 Paralympics

Members of the United States Paralympic team have taken part in an awareness campaign to promote the

At its core, the Paralympic Games represent inclusivity and the infinite possibility of sport," said United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) chief executive Sarah Hirshland."


Former IOC Athletes' Commission chair calls for more research over athlete wishes on podium protests

  • Tokyo 2020

Former Olympic ice hockey gold medallist and International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Angela Ruggiero believes more research should be done into how athletes feel about protests being allowed upon the podium.

during the 1968 Mexico Olympics after the men’s 200 metres, when Tommie Smith and John Carlos of The United

States and Peter Norman of Australia co-operated to send a message espousing human rights and in particular


Former Olympic champion and IOC member Ruggiero mapping out a new digital future for sport

  • The Big Read

Angela Ruggiero has seen sport’s future - and it works. Digitally. More than a decade's worth of hard evidence backs it up.

Ruggiero has a unique viewpoint on how sport is likely to develop within society.She was a member of the United

States ice hockey team that won four Olympic medals, including a gold at Nagano in 1998, before retiring


Bach set to visit Hiroshima to promote peace ahead of Tokyo 2020

  • Tokyo 2020

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach is set to visit Hiroshima on July 16 as part of efforts to promote peace ahead of the contentious staging of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo.

Hiroshima.The visits to the two cities are expected to mark the start of the Olympic Truce - adopted by the United

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

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




Cuba and Peru win on opening day of postponed Caribbean Baseball Cup

  • Baseball and Softball

The third edition of the Caribbean Baseball Cup has got under way - after twice being delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic - with Peru and Cuba picking up opening day wins.

Starting off the day, Peru defeated the United States Virgin Islands 13-3 in Willemstad in Curaçao.Juan


Comeback win sees Dominican Republic clinch final Tokyo 2020 baseball place

  • Baseball and Softball

The Dominican Republic secured the last spot in the baseball tournament at the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo after coming from behind to beat Venezuela 8-5 in the final qualifier in Mexican city Puebla.

teams at the Games will come from the Americas with the Dominican Republic joining the Mexico and the United

States, as well as hosts Japan, Israel and South Korea.??????



First Lady Jill Biden set to represent United States at Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony

  • Tokyo 2020

First Lady Jill Biden is expected to represent the United States at the Opening Ceremony of the rearranged

month when she accompanied her husband at the Group of Seven summit in England.The Bidens met with United

sent then Vice-President Mike Pence to the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang in South Korea.United States