penned a deal which will see the Americas Qualifier for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics streamed on ESPN+ in the United

States.

USA Weightlifting (USAW) has announced plans to set up a training base in Hawaii to give its athletes the best possible preparation and support before and during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

The model will follow the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee’s High Performance Training

The International Federation of American Football (IFAF) has announced the 2021 Flag Football World Championships will feature a record 42 teams.

the men’s and women’s events for the first time.The top seven teams at the event, not including the United

States, will qualify for the Birmingham 2022 World Games.Flag football has been included on the World

discipline has featured at an international multi-sport event, with the NFL providing support.Hosts United

States have qualified for the Games courtesy of their victories at the 2018 World Championships.IFAF

Germany, Britain, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Panama, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand and the United

The International Biathlon Union (IBU) claims participants in the Biathlon Climate Challenge are on track to planting 50,000 trees by the middle of this month courtesy of their lung-busting efforts.

Émilien Jacquelin of France, Norway’s Johannes Dale, Jules Burnotte of Canada, Susan Dunklee of the United

States and Croatia’s Jakov Fak have also agreed to become team leaders."

Organisers have announced the schedule for the Tokyo 2020 wheelchair rugby competition following the completion of the draw for the event.

games are due to take place over three days with four matches scheduled per day.Rio 2016 runners-up the United

States begin the competition with their opening Pool B fixture against New Zealand.That is followed

competition ended in dramatic fashion with Australia requiring two periods of overtime before edging out the United

States 59-58.

Azmy Mehelba and Austen Smith won the first gold medals of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Shotgun World Cup in Lonato, taking the men's and women's skeet titles respectively.

Nineteen-year-old Smith, who is set to make an Olympic debut for the United States later this year at

The Czech Republic's Petra Kvitová came from a set down to advance to the second round of the Italian Open, while fellow Grand Slam champion Iga Świątek of Poland faced an early deficit before profiting from an injury-enforced retirement.

Russia, who defeated American Christina McHale 6-3, 6-0 in the clash of the qualifiers.Coco Gauff of the United

States overcame Kazakhstan's Yulia Putintseva 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 in a two hours and 57 minutes, while Latvia

Para athletics is set to take centre stage at the National Stadium in Tokyo as preparations continue for the rescheduled Paralympic Games.

coronavirus.After winning the men's 100 metres at the athletics test event at the spectator-free venue, United

States sprinter Justin Gatlin said it was strange experience.The athletics test event was staged at

Rio 2016 gold medallists Lithuania are set to  face world champions Brazil in the men’s goalball group stages at Tokyo 2020 after the tournament draw was made today.

teams occupying first and second place respectively in the world rankings.Rio 2016 silver medallists United

States, hosts Japan and African champions Algeria complete the Pool A line-up.Asian champions China,

Organisers have announced the cancellation of the 2021 Burghley Horse Trials in the United Kingdom due

CCI5* star horse trial events, along with the Badminton Horse Trials, the Kentucky Three-Day in the United

States, the Australian International Three Day event in Australia, the Luhmuhlen Horse Trials in Germany

Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) Futsal Championship after overcoming United

States 3-2 in a closely contested final in Guatemala City.

Host nation Italy made a strong start to the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Shotgun World Cup in Lonato and lead the qualification standings in both the men's and women's team skeet events.

with Britain's Amber Hill for the best individual total - and Italy's cumulative effort was 214.The United

States are two points behind and the Czech Republic scored 210.Skeet competition is due to continue

Qatar’s world high jump champion Mutaz Barshim had to settle for a share of victory in Tokyo’s National Stadium in the Ready Steady Go meeting serving as a test event for the Olympic competition scheduled to take place less than three months from now.

under 49 seconds for the first time with 48.87 in third.Justin Gatlin, the 2017 world champion from the United

States and another of the overseas athletes competing, won the men's 100m in 10.24.Kenya’s 2014 Commonwealth

The United States' Clara Brown and Samantha Bosco earned road race wins on the final day of the International

Switzerland's David Graf and The Netherlands' Laura Smulders claimed victory in the second round of racing at the season-opening International Cycling Union BMX Supercross World Cup leg at the BMX Olympic Arena in Verona.

2021Britain's Bethany Shriever and Russia's Natalia Suvorova were fifth and sixth, while Felicia Stancil of the United

States was seventh.Sae Hatakeyama of Japan, who claimed bronze yesterday, completed the finals field