Group of Seven (G7) leaders have once again offered their support for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics taking place as planned.

The G7 - an alliance formed of the United Kingdom, United States, France, Germany, Italy, Canada and

Britain will not set a medal target for the rearranged Olympic Games in Tokyo due to the problems caused in preparation by the COVID-19 pandemic, Team GB’s Chef de Mission Mark England has revealed.

a record 67 medals at Rio 2016, including 27 gold, to finish second on the overall table behind the United

States ©Getty Images"But it has been very obvious that any competition data in terms of where we stand

8.Britain won 67 medals, including 27 golds, at the Rio 2016 Olympics, to finish second behind the United

States on the table.The host country finished third at London in 2012 with 65 medals, including 29 golds

The United States will start as firm favourites for the International Swimming Federation Women's Water

The United States thrashed Dominican Republic to get their title defence off to an ominous start at the

The United States extended their perfect record in the women’s Volleyball Nations League after a straight

Austria lead the qualifying standings for the duet free final after finishing top in both the technical and free routines at the Artistic Swimming Olympic Games Qualifying Tournament in Barcelona, Spain.

Barcelona ©Getty ImagesTeams from Germany, Britain, Colombia, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Brazil, the United

States, Israel and Belarus will complete the 12 strong line-up for the final.Nine places at the Tokyo

Nine more karateka earned places at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, where the sport is set to make its debut, after making the grade at the World Karate Federation’s final qualifier in Paris.

three would get the trip, the second batch of Tokyo qualifiers were established.Ariel Torres of the United

States, Yi-Ta Wang of Chinese Taipei and Heejun Park of South Korea took the big step forward in male

The United States has formally announced that it is going to bid for the Rugby World Cup, which could

August, we set out to do a full evaluation and expert analysis to answer a question long asked, can the United

States host a Rugby World Cup?"

There are 125,000 registered rugby players in the United States ©Getty ImagesThere are currently 125,000

Czech Republic's Jiří Prskavec has claimed the gold medal on home soil in the men's kayak event at the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Canoe Slalom World Cup leg in Prague.

of 92.01 - enough to hold off Britain's Joe Clarke, who finished half-a-second behind in fourth.The United

States' Michael Smolen was fifth, followed by Slovakian Jakub Grigar, Czech Republic's Vit Prindis and

Paralympic sprinter Blake Leeper has failed with his last attempt at being able to compete alongside able-bodied athletes at the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejected his appeal against a ruling from World Athletics.

advantage".The panel ruled the American double Paralympic medallist, who had hoped to race in the upcoming United

States Olympic trials, was "running unnaturally tall" using the RSPs.Under the "maximum allowable standing

Sport shooters will be hoping for a great result at the next leg of the World Shooting Para Sport World Cup in Lima in Peru, with the event acting as the final chance for athletes to qualify for the the rearranged Paralympic Games in Tokyo.

their World Cup debut.Thailand's team is set to be the biggest with 14 athletes, while Russia and the United

States will take 11.The Lima World Shooting Para Sport World Cup is set to be the biggest international

Hosts Puerto Rico got their International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Women's AmeriCup campaign off to a winning start with a comfortable victory over Venezuela on the opening day of the tournament in San Juan.

the standings after the first round of matches.Defending champions and pre-tournament favourites the United

States are also in Group B but were not in action on the opening day.

The Olympic medal chances of athletes from around the world have changed dramatically after China decided not to select Rio 2016 gold medallist Deng Wei, its leading female athlete in the Tokyo 2020 rankings.

on the outcome of ongoing cases.Only three nations have qualified the maximum eight lifters, China, United

States and Colombia, if it is not suspended.Further changes could be made up until the start of competition

Britain has pulled out of this year’s World Athletics U20 Championships in Kenya because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

 Kenya is on the United Kingdom Government’s list of "red countries" which they warn are at the

concerns.Britain were part of a group that included Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Switzerland and the United

States who withdrew from that event following warnings about the increased threat of terrorism.The World

Brazil lead the men’s Volleyball Nations League competition after the third week of action following a straight sets win over Poland in the men’s event in Rimini.

World (@volleyballworld) June 11, 2021Slovenia sit on 19 points level with Serbia, who defeated the United

States in four sets 25-23, 25-17, 19-25, 27-25.Three countries have five wins, including Russia and