Britain's Alistair Brownlee’s hopes of defending his Olympic triathlon title for a second time at Tokyo 2020o look slim after he was disqualified from the World Triathlon Championship Series leg on his home city of Leeds today.

disqualified “due to unsportsmanlike behaviour during the swim segment.”He was reported to have "dunked" United

That's the best feeling I have ever had in my life," he said.Morgan Pearson, already selected for the United

States Olympic team, was second in 1:43:52, with Marten Van Riel of Belgium third in 1:44:03 and Spain

Twenty-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer has withdrawn from the French Open to avoid risking his knee prior to the start of Wimbledon later this month.

6-4, 6-1, 6-1.In the women's draw, another top 10 seed crashed out today as Serena Williams of the United

States was beaten by Elena Rybakina.Seventh seed Williams' quest for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam

Sifan Hassan of The Netherlands lowered the women’s 10,000 metres world record to 29min 06.82sec today on the home track of Hengelo, taking more than 10 seconds off the mark of 29:17.45 set by Ethiopia’s Almaz Ayana in winning the Rio 2016 gold.

would have been a winning bar of 5.80m, giving victory to double world champion Sam Kendricks of the United

and Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, putting her second on the all-time list behind the late United

States sprinter Florence Griffith-Joyner, whose record of 10.49 has stood since 1988.

the woman who previously topped the world list for the season with 10.72, Sha’Carri Richardson of the United

13.08, just 0.01 off the leading outdoor mark of the season set by world champion Grant Holloway of the United

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has unveiled the kit its athletes will wear at the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

been experiencing.India has the world's second-largest number of coronavirus infections behind the United

States, with total cases in the country standing at more than 28.8 million.At least 346,000 people in

Husain Al-Musallam, officially installed as President of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) at yesterday’s Congress in Doha in place of the outgoing 85-year-old incumbent, Julio Maglione, had already made his overall direction of travel clear.

sport.The plan was to start regular meetings involving eight teams of elite swimmers from Europe and the United

States, for serious prize money.The launch was baulked by FINA, which said the venture was "non-approved

The United States have become the fifth team to qualify for baseball's return to the Olympic Games after

Poland and Brazil lead the standings at the men’s Volleyball Nations League as the competition reaches the end of the second week of matches.

wins to their name.In the day’s other matches Argentina beat the Netherlands 25-19, 25-20, 25-23, the United

States overcame Australia 25-23, 25-20, 25-17, and in the final contest before the men’s league takes

league set to resume in Rimini, Italy, tomorrow with a full round of games.In the women’s league, the United

States and Turkey are both unbeaten heading into week three, with the countries set to face Germany

Sir Mo Farah’s chances of defending his Olympic 10,000m title for a second time in Tokyo took a heavy blow at the European 10,000m Cup in Birmingham tonight as he endured his first ever defeat over the distance by a fellow Briton, Marc Scott, and missed the Olympic qualifying time of 27min 28sec.

The United States-based Scott just beat the 38-year-old multiple world and Olympic champion to seventh

campaign for the city to be awarded the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, is set to be appointed by United

States President Joe Biden as the country’s new Ambassador to India, it has been widely reported.

United States’ Nyjah Huston topped the men’s semi-final standings at the Street Skateboarding World Championships

seeds at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championship in Latvia as they beat the United

States 4-2 to reach tomorrow’s final, where they will play Finland, in a repeat of the 2019 final.

get through the group stage after three opening defeats - including a shattering 5-1 beating by the United

States - were never behind after Brandon Pirri opened the scoring for them after two minutes and two

early in the second period, and followed up with a second goal at the start of the third period.The United

States pulled it back to 4-3 through Sasha Chemelevski a couple of minutes later, but victory was secured

Just three of the women’s top 10 seeds will head into the second week of the French Open after Elina Svitolina became the latest casualty in Paris.

completing a 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 victory over compatriot Jessica Pegula.Seventh seed Serena Williams of the United

States avoided an early upset with victory yesterday, while reigning champion and eighth seed Iga Świątek

North Carolina has launched a logo for its campaign to host the 2027 Summer World University Games.

iconic look we’ve chosen to represent our efforts to bring the 2027 Summer World University Games to the United

States," said Dan Guerrero, President of the USIUSF."

vertices of which, it is claimed, represent the three geographical areas in the forefront of the bid: the United

States, the state of North Carolina, and the Raleigh-Durham metropolitan area.Two versions of the new

South Korea has entered the bidding to host the 2027 Summer World University Games after cities in Chungcheong Province confirmed they had come together to launch a campaign.

They are the second regional bid to enter the contest after North Carolina in the United States announced

Former Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) managing counsel Brent Nowicki has been announced as the new executive director of the International Swimming Federation (FINA).

Mwase, South Africa’s Raymond Hack, Switzerland’s Michele Bernasconi, Australia’s Darren Kane and the United

States’ Joseph Degroff.The reform committee will have overarching responsibility for the overall process