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Pan American Wrestling Championships to begin in Guatemala

  • Wrestling

More than 180 athletes are set to compete at the Pan American Wrestling Championships in Guatemala as preparations continue for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

tomorrow and taking place until Sunday (May 30).Athletes from 16 different nations are set to feature.The United

States’ two-time world champion Kyle Dake will be among the participants in the men’s under-74-kilogram

She'll be looking to win her 3rd career Pan-Am c'ship gold medal. pic.twitter.com/Iu8gY5TWpd— United



WKF confirm first 40 qualifiers for Tokyo 2020 karate competition

  • Karate

The World Karate Federation (WKF) has announced the first 40 qualifiers for Tokyo 2020, with host nation competitors and the top ranked athletes earning berths at the Games.

head the women's kata qualifiers, with Italy's Vivian Bottaro, Hong Kong's Mo Sheung Grace Lau and United

States' Sakura Kokumai completing the top five.Kazakhstan's Darkhan Assadilov and world champion Steven



Advisor to Japanese Prime Minister Suga quits after mocking calls for Olympics to be called off

  • Tokyo 2020

A top Japanese Government advisor has quit his post following a backlash over tweets downplaying the pandemic and laughing off calls for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics to be cancelled.

Images"Even when you say there's a declaration of a state of emergency in Japan, from Europe and the United

States' points of view, there's no martial law and they probably see it as nothing," Takahashi tweeted


Gohar and Sobhy set up spicy semi-final at El Gouna International Squash Open

  • Squash

Amanda Sobhy set up a semi-final versus world number two Nouran Gohar at the El Gouna International Open - set to be the pair's first meeting since Sobhy accused the Egyptian of blocking in a bad-tempered loss at the Windy City Open.

Today, at the Professional Squash Association (PSA) Platinum event in Egypt, both Gohar and the United

States' Sobhy recorded 3-1 wins.Gohar beat Rowan Elaraby 11-2, 11-5, 11-13, 11-9 in an all-Egyptian



Sweden record first win at IIHF World Championship and Finland bounce back

  • Ice Hockey

Sweden claimed their first victory of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championship by thrashing Switzerland at the Olympic Sports Centre in Latvian capital Riga.

#SUISWE #IIHFWorlds @trekronorse pic.twitter.com/8lCI9liYWU— IIHF (@IIHFHockey) May 25, 2021The United

States claimed an expected victory in Group B, defeating dark horses Kazakhstan 3-0.Adam Clendening


Alan Hubbard: How the biggest fight in history turned out to be a mirage in a Saudi Arabian oasis

  • Inside the Blogs

Back in the day, April 140 BC to be precise, a young warlord named Joshua led his army of Israelites blowing their trumpets loud and long enough to bring down the walls of the great Dead Sea city of Jericho, which they were attacking. Or so we are led to believe in Biblical lore.

Saudis to hang their sportswashing out to dry.The flight has been KO’d by a legal left hook from the United

States that the Joshua encampment obviously did not see coming.


Walsh Jennings seeking sixth Olympic appearance via Sochi Beach Volleyball World Tour leg

  • Volleyball

Three-time Olympic champion Kerri Walsh Jennings, 42, will seek to confirm a sixth Olympic appearance when she and partner Brooke Sweat contest the penultimate Tokyo 2020 ranking beach volleyball tournament that starts in Sochi tomorrow.

27 during the five Continental Cup Finals organised by continental bodies.With the first of the two United

States women's Tokyo 2020 places already secured by April Ross and Alix Klineman, Walsh Jennings and


Graz gathers 40 3x3 basketball teams seeking six Tokyo 2020 places

  • 3x3 basketball

Forty 3x3 basketball teams - 20 per gender - have gathered in the Austrian city of Graz to compete for six places - three men’s, three women’s - at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, where the discipline makes its Games debut.

, who can call upon professional F3x3 World Tour players Karlis Lasmanis and Nauris Miezis, and the United

States, who will be led by 2019 World Cup Most Valuable Player Robbie Hummel and can also field Kareem


Medina and Fitzgibbons victorious at World Surf League leg on Rottnest Island

  • Surfing

Brazil's Gabriel Medina and Australia's Sally Fitzgibbons claimed the gold medals on the latest leg of the World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour at Rottnest Island in Western Australia.

7.64.France's Johanne Defay met the Australian in the final following an exciting match-up with the United

States' four-time WSL Championship tour winner Carissa Moore.Defay upset the Championship Tour leader

The next leg of the WSL Championship Tour is set to take place in Leemore in California in the United

States from June 18 to 20.Fitzgibbons, Medina and many of the world's other leading surfers will now


Japan not concerned after US warns against travel less than two months from Tokyo 2020

  • Tokyo 2020

Japanese officials have said they do not expect Tokyo 2020 to be impacted after the United States advised

press conference.According to Reuters, Marukawa noted the advisory did not ban "essential" travel.The United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) has planned mitigation practices which will allow for

There is absolutely no change in the United States' support for Japan's decision to hold the Olympics


Three wins on spin for Slovakia at IIHF Men’s World Championship

  • Ice Hockey

Slovakia made it three wins from three at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Men’s World Championships with a 3-1 victory over ROC at the Olympic Sports Centre in Latvian capital Riga.

and created a "serious risk of injury" to Jere Innala.Svedberg will miss tomorrow’s meeting with the United

States but will be eligible to play against Germany on Wednesday (May 26).In the evening games, an entertaining