Italy's 16-year-old starlet Benedetta Pilato broke the women's 50 metres breaststroke world record today on the penultimate day of the European Aquatics Championships in Budapest in Hungary.

She was 29.30sec in the semi-finals, besting the previous record of the United States' Lilly King, 29.40

the 2020-2021 International Hockey Federation (FIH) Pro League season with an empathic win over the United

States at Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre in London in the United Kingdom.

The Netherlands' Mike Schloesser and Denmark's Tanja Gellenthien claimed the men's and women's compound gold medals on the penultimate day of action at the Archery World Cup in Lausanne in Switzerland.

May 22, 2021In the bronze medal match, Russia's Natalia Avdeeva defeated Linda Ochoa-Anderson of the United

States by a single point, winning 147-146.In the women's compound team final, the US' Ochoa-Anderson

Sarah Hendrickson of the United States and Jernej Damjan of Slovenia have called time on their competitive

Five National Basketball Association (NBA) players have been named in the French men’s squad for this year’s Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

July 8 to 22 - three days before France are set to start their men’s basketball campaign against the United

States on July 25.Utah topped the Western Conference as they target a place in the NBA Finals, but that

Mexico fought back from three goals down to beat the Bahamas in the quarter-finals of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) Beach Soccer Championship in Costa Rica.

extra time.Rodriguez then scored a winner, sealing a last-four spot for the Mexicans.They will face the United

States next in Alajuela, following a 4-3 American triumph over Panama.Gabriel Silveira spearheaded the

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has said it wants to work with the United States on the organisation

The United States Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) submitted a report on WADA governance

"real progress and a path for more substantial future reforms" before making a funding decision.The United

States is due to pay $2.9 million (£2.2 million/€2.5 million) to WADA in 2021 - more than any other

independent athletes, with the ONCDP director calling for the working group to develop specific proposals.The United

States has pushed for further WADA reforms ©Getty ImagesWADA President Witold Bańka, speaking in a press

Hosts Scotland and Sweden secured automatic semi-final spots at the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Aberdeen, Scotland.

same score.Norway, who finished second in Group B with a 8-1 record, after an 8-7 victory over the United

States and later an 11-5 win over Japan, will play Italy, who finished third in Group A with a 7-2 record

place as the host nation, with the two fourth placed teams in the groups, the Czech Republic and the United

States, who finished with 5-4 records in Groups A and B respectively, facing off in a Beijing 2022 qualification

Reigning world and European champion Oliver Zeidler progressed to the quarter-finals of the men’s single sculls at the Rowing World Cup regatta in Swiss city Lucerne.

the women’s pair final, while France I and Serbia progressed to the men’s pair final.Romania and the United

States were the fastest in the two women’s double sculls heats to move through to the final where they

Belgium, Italy and Switzerland claimed the top three spots at the first ever World Triathlon Mixed Relay Olympic Qualification Event in Portuguese capital Lisbon to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

respectively.The trio will join France, Australia, Britain, New Zealand, Germany, The Netherlands, the United

States and Japan at the Games where the mixed relay is set to make its Olympic debut."

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Executive Committee has approved a technical document for the use of dried blood spot (DBS) testing, with the hope the method could routinely be used by the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Committee (IOC), the International Testing Agency and NADOs in Australia, China, Japan, Switzerland and the United

States."

Italy won two of the four team bronze medals on offer on day four of the second Archery World Cup leg in Lausanne, Switzerland today, with France and Russia collecting the others.

Marco Bruno, Federico Pagnoni and Sergio Pagni won a close match in the rain against the more fancied United

States team of Braden Gellenthien, Kris Schaff and James Lutz.Italy’s second bronze came in the recurve

and feature men’s squads representing The Netherlands and Turkey, alongside women’s teams from the United

States and Russia.The recurve finals on Sunday, the concluding day of the event, will see Italy and

Corey Conners holds a two-shot lead after the opening round of the PGA Championship at Kiawah Island.

round, with four bogeys taking the Northern Irishman to three shots over par.Dustin Johnson of the United

States - the world number one - is a further shot back.Jordan Spieth of the US, who would complete a

Christian Taylor’s hopes of earning a third successive Olympic triple jump title in Tokyo have been shattered by a ruptured Achilles tendon sustained in yesterday’s competition in Ostrava.

The popular and widely respected 30-year-old United States jumper, who won a fourth world title at the

Salt Lake City in the United States is poised to host two stages of the International Federation of Sport