Italy, hosts Spain and Greece earned the three Tokyo 2020 team berths at the International Swimming Federation's (FINA) Artistic Swimming Olympic Games Qualifying Tournament (ASOGQT) in Barcelona.

an Olympic spot.The ASOGQT’s last team quota effectively came down to a two-way battle between the United

States and Greece.The American routine featured a landing which has been billed as among the most difficult

Adekuoroye earned gold in impressive fashion on the second day of women’s freestyle competition at the United

silver medallist at Rio 2016, and a 13-0 win over the Rio 2016 53kg champion Helen Maroulis of the United

States.

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States taking bronze.In the 68kg category, France’s Koumba Larroque earned gold with a 3-0 win over

States taking gold.

Handbike and tricycle racing took centre stage at the Para-cycling Road World Championships in Cascais in Portugal today.

s H2 title in 33:31.10 ahead of compatriot Jana Majunke, who clocked 33:38.98 and Jill Walsh of the United

States who finished in 33:52.96.In the men’s tricycle competition, Giorgio Farroni of Italy won the

s T2 time trial went to Spain’s Joan Reinoso Figuerola in 28:33.12, with silver and bronze going to United

States athletes Matthew Rodriguez and Dennis Connors respectively in 29:01.57 and 29:16.69.Tomorrow

South Africa’s 31-year-old Simone Ackermann lived up to her billing as favourite to win the Africa Triathlon title at Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt.

Ide their top likely challengers.Other likely contenders include Elizabeth Bravo of Ecuador, and the United

States contingent of Kirsten Kasper, Renee Tomlin and Erika Ackerlund.In the men’s event Canada’s Tyler

compatriot Rodrigo Gonzalez, and Brazil’s Manoel Messias could also figure significantly, as could the United

States contingent of Eli Hemming and Kevin McDowell.

Decathletes and heptathletes seeking to secure remaining places at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics have converged on Arona, in Tenerife, for the latest two-day World Athletics Challenge Combined Events series that starts tomorrow.

eight places, which are currently claimed by Pieter Braun of The Netherlands, Solomon Simmons of the United

States, Vitaly Zhuk of Belarus, who scored 8331 in Götzis, Martin Roe of Norway, Jan Doležal of the

Belarus Sports and Tourism Minister Sergey Kovalchuk has hit out at politicians in the West urging their countries to boycott next year’s Winter Olympic Games over fears about China’s human rights record.

There have been growing calls in the United States, United Kingdom, European Union and Canada for there

A total of nine of the 12 athletes who helped the United States win the men's silver and women's Paralympic

The teams were announced by the United States Association of Blind Athletes at the Turnstone Center,

participate in his third Games.Buhler and Young will be making their Paralympic Games debuts in Tokyo.The United

States were the only country to win medals in both the men's and women's goalball tournaments at Rio

Three Argentina players have been temporarily banned from the Volleyball Nations League (VNL) bubble in Rimini for breaking COVID-19 regulations.

25-22, 22-25, 25-15, 15-9 to move to five wins from eight.Argentina beat winless Australia and the United

States overcame Germany, both in straight sets.Russia triumphed over Canada in four sets and Serbia

Plans have been revealed by the International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF) to launch its own Hall of Fame.

project, with a committee chaired by Brad Mikkelsen, a man called the "quad father" of the sport in the United

States, with assistance from Germany’s Jens Sauerbier, chair of the IWRF Athlete Council.The document

Olympic cross-country skiing gold medallist Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen of Norway is set to become a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after being appointed to replace American Kikkan Randall on the Athletes' Commission.

Tergat and Ethiopia's Dagmawit Girmay Berhane have been proposed for re-election as members.Former United

Rican President Laura Chinchilla has been put forward to replace the outgoing Angela Ruggiero of the United

States, a former Executive Board member, on the Ethics Commission.Hanqin Xue of China has also been

The International Swimming Federation's (FINA) Artistic Swimming Olympic Games Qualifying Tournament (ASOGQT), offering 13 Olympic berths across two disciplines, started today in Barcelona with team technical routines.

hosts on 90.5506, with Canada taking bronze with 88.9380.Hosts Spain, Hungary, South Korea, France, the United

States, Italy and Greece are the nations vying for the final three Olympic berths.Greece currently occupy

Former speed skater Catherine Raney Norman has been appointed chairperson of the committee overseeing a potential bid from Salt Lake City for the 2030 or 2034 Winter Olympic Games.

Norman, who represented the United States at four Winter Olympics, was chosen to lead the Salt Lake City-Utah

Catherine Raney Norman represented the United States in four Winter Olympic Games ©Getty ImagesSalt Lake

Australia have become the latest team to withdraw from the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Final Olympic Qualifier in Mexico.

final participant in the upcoming Olympic baseball tournament, joining number one Japan, number two United

States, number three South Korea, number five Mexico and number 18 Israel.

Beijing 2022 has established an international working group dedicated to COVID-19 countermeasures, while the ticketing policy for the next Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games has not yet been finalised because of the pandemic.

, which campaigners now say amounts to a genocide, has led to boycott calls from politicians in the United

States, Britain, Canada and Australia, among other nations.China has been accused of crimes including

Basketball Federation (FIBA) Women's AmeriCup, due to start in San Juan, Puerto Rico tomorrow, will see the United

States seeking to defend a title it won in the same city two years ago with a fresh roster of collegiate

first time since 2017, Argentina and the Dominican Republic.The meeting between Puerto Rico and the United

States, scheduled for Sunday ( June 13), will be eagerly awaited by home fans.Puerto Rico, ranked fourth

the Year for the second successive year.A team of new collegiate talents will defend the title the United

States won two years ago when the FIBA Women's AmeriCup starts in Puerto Rico tomorrow ©FIBAGroup A