Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic team sprint gold medallist and the current World Cup champion, heads the United

States cross-country skiing team announced for the 2021-2022 season.

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe has insisted athletes want to take part at the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games despite continuing concerns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

athletics 0 have included athletes from abroad, with former world 100 metres champion Justin Gatlin of the United

States one of those in action today.Athletes at the test event have said they want the Games - due to

National Hockey League (NHL) is relaxing some of its COVID-19 protocols for players and staff based in the United

States who are fully vaccinated against the virus.

Reigning champions Switzerland and the Russian Curling Federation (RCF) will meet in the final of the World Women's Curling Championship after coming through their respective semi-finals in Calgary.

Switzerland, skipped by Silvana Tirinzoni's, beat the United States 7-3 in the semi-finals at the WinSport

Defending champions Costa Rica and the United States will clash for the Confederation of North, Central

World high jump champion Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar is among the international stars competing in the Ready Steady Tokyo meeting, acting as the official athletics test event in the build-up to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

metres, one of the big international stars competing is former world champion Justin Gatlin of the United

States, who lines up against a field including Lalu Muhammad Zohri of Indonesia, the world under-20

Belgium’s Tim Celen earned home success in the men’s T2 road race at the International Cycling Union Para-cycling World Cup in Ostend.

at the finish with Celen topping the standings after crossing the line in 1 hour 8min 27sec.United States

Masters, who had won the time trial event two days prior.A sprint finish in the women’s T2 race saw United

States’ Monica Sereda claim gold in 1:09:50, with Britain’s Hannah Dines second on the same time as

Switzerland's Simon Marquart and The Netherlands' Judy Baauw claimed victories in the first round of the 2021 International Cycling Union (UCI) BMX Supercross World Cup season at the BMX Olympic Arena in Verona in Italy.

runner-up Felicia Stancil in fourth and fifth.Following a crash during the race, Ashley Verhagen of the United

States came home in sixth in over a minute, followed by the others who went down with her - Switzerland's

The United States Curling Association (USA Curling) is moving its headquarters from Wisconsin to the

The new location will be beneficial for athletes and curling's profile in the United States, it is claimed

@TeamPetersonUSA has earned the United States a spot in @Beijing2022! ??????????

Eve Muirhead's Scotland team have been eliminated from the World Women's Curling Championship after suffering two defeats on the final day of the round-robin stage in Calgary.

with their other victory today being a 6-5 win over Anna Kubešková's Czech Republic.Tabitha Peterson's United

States held onto a playoff spot despite losing their final match against Alina Kovaleva's Russian Curling

Gymnastics Canada will not send a team to a final Olympic qualifier in Rio de Janeiro because of COVID-19 concerns.

internationally to competitions," Ian Moss, chief executive for Gymnastics Canada, said in a statement.Only the United

States has recorded more coronavirus deaths than Brazil, where in excess of 400,000 people have died

Costa Rica, Panama, the United States and hosts Guatemala are all through to the semi-finals of the Confederation

France’s Florian Bouziani triumphed in the men’s C3 time trial on the second day of the International Cycling Union Para-cycling World Cup in Ostend.

a narrow victory in the men’s C4 competition in a time of 40:12, ending 11 seconds faster than the United

States’ Cody Jung.Jung’s compatriot Jason Macom earned the final podium spot in 41:14.Home success came

Para-Cycling (@UCI_paracycling) May 7, 2021The podium was completed by France’s Heidi Gaugain and the United

States’ Hannah Raymond, who achieved times of 29:53 and 31:35.Sweden's Anna Beck triumphed in one of

of the day.Beck topped the standings in the women's C3 competition by finishing in 30:46, with the United

American skiing great Lindsey Vonn has supported the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) stance of prohibiting podium protests, but insisted she supports athlete activism in the build-up to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

restructuring" of Rule 50 - which prohibits them - and greater clarity on sanctions for breaches.The United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee has already said it will not sanction athletes for demonstrating

Verona is set to host the opening round of the 2021 International Cycling Union (UCI) BMX Supercross World Cup season this weekend in Italy, with 2018 world champion Laura Smulders one of the favourites in the women's event.

competition.Smulders is ranked third in the women's event, behind top seed Manon Valentino of France and the United

States' Felicia Stancil.Four-time junior world champion and Pan American champion Stancil will look