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Canada face rematch with Sweden in semi-finals at IIHF Under-18 World Championship

  • Ice Hockey

Canada remain the only team with a 100 per cent record at the International Ice Hockey Federation Under-18 World Championship as they beat the Czech Republic 10-3 to earn a semi-final meeting with defending champions Sweden in Texas.

who stopped 31 of 33 shots.It was only the fourth Swedish win over in 19 under-18 meetings with the United

States, who have thus finished fifth, missing a medal in this Championship for the first time since

Finland, who beat them 4-3 after a shoot-out in the group stages.Finland, beaten 5-4 in overtime by the United

States, progressed with a 2-0 win over Switzerland.


Costa Rica begin title defence by thrashing Haiti at CONCACAF Futsal Championship

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Costa Rica began their pursuit of a third straight Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football Futsal Championship title with a 7-0 thrashing of Haiti in Guatemala City.

Aguilar, Marvin Sandoval, Alex Alay and Pablo Gonzalez.In Group D, Nicaragua beat Cuba 4-1 and the United

States drew 1-1 with El Salvador.The tournament is due to continue tomorrow.



Conlogue suffers early exit in World Surf League leg at Margaret River

  • Surfing

Courtney Conlogue suffered an early exit at the World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour leg in Margaret River.

MacAulay on the other side of the draw as she seeks to close the gap in the overall WSL standings.The United

States' John John Florence triumphed in the men's round of 32, as he overcame Italy’s Leonardo Fioravanti.Florence


Chen and Ternovoi top semi-final standings at FINA Diving World Cup in Tokyo

  • Diving

China’s Chen Yiwen and Russia's Ruslan Ternovoi topped semi-final standings at the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Diving World Cup in Japanese capital Tokyo.

saw Chen emerge as the dominant diver, with the 21-year-old achieving a score of 385.10 points.The United

States' Sarah Bacon finished second in the standings on 344.50, with Canada’s Jennifer Abel placing


Farag and El Sherbini lead way as top 20 of PSA world rankings unchanged

  • Squash

The top 20 in the men’s and women’s Professional Squash Association (PSA) world rankings for May remains unchanged, with Egyptian duo Ali Farag and Nour El Sherbini continuing to lead the way.

women’s rankings after battling to the semi-finals of the SOAP Engineering Squash Open in Texas in the United

States in April.Vanessa Raj of Malaysia enjoyed an 89-place jump to 262 after making it to the quarter-finals


New Delhi 2010 Athletes' Village used as oxygen plant as COVID-19 deaths surge

  • New Delhi 2010

The Athletes' Village for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi is being used as an oxygen plant in response to India’s worsening COVID-19 crisis.

Today reports that the Delhi Government demanded 976 metric tonnes of oxygen from the centre.Only the United

States and Brazil have recorded a worse death toll from COVID-19 than India.The nation has reported



Samba and Tijan claim Beach Volleyball World Tour gold at third attempt

  • Volleyball

Cherif Younousse Samba and Ahmed Tijan made it third time lucky in Cancun as they secured the men’s title at the International Volleyball Federation Beach Volleyball World Tour event.

Cancun was a rematch of the 2019 World Championship final between April Ross and Alix Klineman of the United

States and Canada’s Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes.World number two pairing Ross and Klineman


Osaka and Plíšková suffer second round defeats at Madrid Open

  • Tennis

Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka was knocked out of the Madrid Open following a shock second round defeat to Karolína Muchová in the Spanish capital.

0 7-5 to Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.Pavlyuchenkova will face 11th seed Jennifer Brady of the United

States after she dispatched former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia 6-2 6-1.Anastasia


Britain secure second gold on day two of FINA Diving World Cup in Tokyo

  • Diving

Daniel Goodfellow and Jack Laugher secured Britain its second gold in as many days at the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Diving World Cup in Japanese capital Tokyo.

secured bronze and a place at the Games after Evgeny Kuznetsov and Nikita Shleikher registered 415.86.The United

States and Italy completed the quartets of duets winning their Olympic berths in the event after finishing


Costa Rica chasing third successive title at CONCACAF Futsal Championship

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Transcontinental bragging rights and four berths at the FIFA Futsal World Cup will be on offer at the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) Futsal Championship, which begins in Guatemala City tomorrow.

C.All games will be played at the Domo Polideportivo ©Getty ImagesCuba, El Salvador, Nicaragua and the United

States are in the last round-robin group.Two teams will advance from each to the quarter-finals, which


BISFed reveals eight licensed ball manufacturers

  • Boccia News

The Boccia International Sports Federation (BISFed) has announced eight equipment manufacturers it has licensed to produce boccia balls.

Apowatec, South Korean duo Ree Sports and Victory Sports, plus Gravity Boccia, based in Illinois in the United

States, have also been given BISFed licenses.


Teenager Chan reaches final of Pan American Individual Badminton Championships

  • Badminton

Teenager Rachel Chan sprung a big surprise at the Pan American Individual Badminton Championships following a stunning three-game victory over second seed Iris Wang in the women’s singles in Guatemala City.

American world number 36 with a 19-21 21-14 21-9 triumph.Chan next faces top seed Beiwen Zhang of the United

States who cruised past Canadian Talia Ng with a 21-16 21-8 success.The men’s singles final will be


Qatari pair reach third successive Beach Volleyball World Tour final in Cancun

  • Volleyball

Cherif Younousse Samba and Ahmed Tijan will play for gold in the third and final International Volleyball Federation Beach Volleyball World Tour event in Cancun - having had to settle for silver in the first two.

third event, gaining a 21-16, 21-17 quarter-final victory against Tri Bourne and Trevor Crabb of the United

States and a 14-21, 21-15, 15-13 semi-final win against Italians Adrian Carambula and Enrico Rossi.Semenov