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Goalball UK assessing legal options after vacant Tokyo 2020 place awarded to Egypt

  • Goalball News

Goalball UK is consulting legal advice after Britain were overlooked for the place in the women's event at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games vacated by Algeria in favour of Egypt.

Lithuania and world champions Brazil.They will be joined by hosts Japan, Germany, Belgium, Algeria, United

States, Ukraine, China and Turkey.Goalball at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics is set to take place between


Jamaican team withdraw from World Athletics Relays over COVID-19 restrictions

  • Athletics

Organisers of next month's World Athletics Relays have been dealt a major blow following the withdrawal of a star-studded Jamaican team due to travel restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

they withdrew because of coronavirus concerns.Jamaica finished second in the team standings behind the United

States when the World Relays was last held in Yokohama in Japan in 2019.This year's event is set to




Germany and Mexico set up mixed team recurve final showdown at Archery World Cup

  • Archery

Mexico and Germany will meet in the mixed team recurve final at the Guatemala City Archery World Cup on Sunday (April 25) after both recording two wins today.

Germany defeated France 5-4 and Mexico won 5-3 against The Netherlands.Germany then won 6-2 against the United

States in the semi-finals and were joined by Mexico in the final following their 5-4 victory over India.Vazquez

India and the United States, who were the two top-ranked teams heading into the contest, will compete


Rostami looks a picture of misery despite winning Asian weightlifting gold

  • Weightlifting

Kianoush Rostami won an Asian Championships gold medal but he could not have looked unhappier on the platform and the podium in Tashkent.

Republic, the favourite Neisi Dajomes of Ecuador was a clear winner with 115-135-250.Kate Nye of the United

States was second on 235kg and Maya Laylor had five from six for 229kg in third.


Exclusive: Members accuse IWF Board of "anti-Olympism" and lodge formal ethics complaint

  • Weightlifting

A formal complaint of unethical behaviour and "anti-Olympism" by the Executive Board of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has been made by four of the governing body’s member federations.

Executive Board has been accused of "anti-Olympism" by four national member federations ©Getty ImagesThe United

States, Canada, Germany and Britain have demanded the immediate reinstatement of the RGC independent


World number one Barty receives COVID-19 vaccine in US through WTA initiative

  • Tennis

Australian tennis star Ashleigh Barty has revealed she had received an early vaccination against coronavirus after benefitting from a Women's Tennis Association (WTA) initiative.

number one said she was one of several players to receive a COVID-19 jab at the Charleston Open in the United

States earlier this month.The tournament in South Carolina teamed up with a local pharmacy to offer


Vanderwier beats Pearce to earn compound final fours place at Archery World Cup

  • Archery

Savannah Vanderwier marked her Archery World Cup debut in Guatemala City with a stand-out win over fellow American and top seed Paige Pearce, to reach Saturday's (April 24) compound final fours.

Alexis Ruiz was part of a good day for the United States in Guatemala ©Getty ImagesShe will next face


Weightlifters Lyu, Cummings and Charron star for China, USA and Canada

  • Weightlifting

Lyu Xiaojun, whose 37th birthday falls during weightlifting’s competition time at the Olympic Games in July, has given himself the chance to celebrate it with another gold medal by winning the Asian Championships at 81kg.

gold" qualifiers for Tokyo 2020 - CJ Cummings became the second champion in successive days for the United

States, and another Olympic medal hope for them in the 73kg.There was an even more impressive performance

effort in winning the women’s 49kg yesterday, and with several more chances to come this week, the United

States can be well pleased with progress.Charron’s 107-133-240 was a phenomenal effort, leaving her

States, could finish only fifth after missing three of her attempts.


NOCs "helping each other" to get athletes vaccinated for Tokyo 2020, Bach claims

  • Tokyo 2020

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has claimed National Olympic Committees (NOC) are "helping each other" in a bid to get athletes vaccinated against COVID-19 ahead of this year’s rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

National Olympic Committees have already announced that their athletes will be vaccinated including United

States with their big team and number of others."



FIS race director for Nordic combined "expects" inclusion of women's event at Milan Cortina 2026

  • Nordic Combined

International Ski Federation (FIS) Nordic combined race director Lasse Ottesen has claimed he expects the women's event to be included at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo.

Westvold Hansen of Norway won the first world title in the discipline, while Tara Geraghty-Moats of the United

States was crowned the inaugural Women's Nordic Combined World Cup champion.Geraghty-Moats took the


Snow on the Lexington parade but FEI Kentucky Three-Day event ready for the off

  • Equestrian

A freakish coating of snow appeared overnight in Lexington ahead of the Kentucky Three-Day Event that gets fully underway tomorrow following today’s horse inspections - but this is a minor trial for a competition that has already reversed an earlier cancellation.

Philip Dutton, who won team gold with Australia at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics before competing for the United

States, for whom he won this event in 2008 and a Rio 2016 bronze medal.On March 1 it was announced that


Tokyo 2020 goalball draw delayed after withdrawal of unnamed women's team

  • Goalball News

The draw for the goalball tournaments at the postponed Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games has been postponed after an unnamed team withdrew from the women's event.

Lithuania and world champions Brazil.They will be joined by hosts Japan, Germany, Belgium, Algeria, United

States, Ukraine, China and Turkey.Goalball at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics is set to take place between