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Olympic champions Mosley, Makar and Wieber join US Congressional panel overseeing USOPC reform

  • PASO

Congressional Commission established by the Empowering Olympic and Amateur Athletes Act which will examine the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Movement.

Angeles Olympics, has since worked for USA Track & Field as chief of sport performance and the United

States Olympic Committee as chief of organisational excellence and later chief operating officer.Makar

Baltimore School of Law, specialises in Olympic and amateur sports law and is also a member of the United

States Anti-Doping Agency’s Anti-Doping Review Board.Benita Fitzgerald Mosley, Olympic 100 metres hurdles

for conducting a study on matters related to the state of the Olympic and Paralympic Movement in the United



Sobhy first US-born player to reach top five in PSA world rankings

  • Squash

Amanda Sobhy has become the first player born in the United States to reach the top five of the Professional

the rankings to reach number five and write her name into the history books.Sobhy becomes the first United

States player to feature inside the top five since January 2010, when that distinction was earned by


European competition fiercest for UIPM Athletes' and Coaches' Committees elections

  • Modern Pentathlon

Five top European competitors, including two former world champions, will contest one place on the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) Athletes' Committee when elections take place for the Paris 2024 cycle during the World Championships in Cairo in June.

representing Africa, Guillermo Filipi of Argentina, representing South America, Genadijus Sokolovas of the United

States, representing NORCECA, and Dean Gleeson of Australia, representing Oceania.A key issue for the




Unbeaten Norway go top on day two of World Men's Curling Championship

  • Curling

Norway finished day two of the World Men's Curling Championship with a 4-0 record following wins against South Korea and China to go top of the standings in Calgary in Canada.

Sweden turned their defeat against Switzerland into a positive second day, following wins over the United

States and Italy.In a rematch of the Pyeongchang 2018 gold medal match, Niklas Edin's rink defeated


South Korea and Russia win sabre titles at Junior World Fencing Championships

  • Fencing

South Korea's Jeon Hayoung and Kirill Tyulyukov of Russia have won the junior sabre titles on day one of the International Fencing Federation (FIE) Junior and Cadet World Fencing Championships at the Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex in Egypt.

Uzbekistan's Sevinch Ismoilova in the last 16 15-3, before defeating 17th seed Honor Johnson of the United

States 15-11 in the quarter-finals.A 15-13 semi-final victory over Ukraine's Valeriia Prochenko ensured


Athens marking 125th anniversary of the day Spyridon Louis took one giant step for marathon running

  • The Big Read

There is a Greek expression to describe disappearing rapidly from sight. It is "yinomai Louis" (γίνομαι Λούης), which means literally "to becοme Louis".

win a gold - not even in the classic Greek Olympic event of the discus, where Robert Garrett of the United

States had held off two Greek challengers - and the desire for a host nation victory had become acute.Before


North American races absent from tentative IBSF World Cup schedule

  • Bobsleigh and Skeleton

The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) has published a tentative calendar for the 2021-2022 World Cup season, with no North American races currently planned.

competition at Whistler in Canada from November 27 to 28, followed by either Park City or Lake Placid in the United

States staging an event from December 4 to 5.


Hayward Field reopens for competition ahead of 2022 World Athletics Championships

  • Athletics

Hayward Field, the venue for the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene in Oregon, has reopened for track and field competition with the Hayward Premiere meet last night.

HaywardPremiere pic.twitter.com/9jc2dYgspk— oregontf (@OregonTF) April 3, 2021It is set to be the first time the United

States hosts the outdoor World Championships.Oregon hosted the 2016 World Athletics Indoor Championships


Teenager Sinner to meet Hurkacz in surprise Miami Open final

  • Tennis

Italy’s Jannik Sinner became only the fourth teenager to reach the men’s singles final of the Miami Open after toppling experienced Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut in three sets.

opponent as he continued his sensational run in the competition.Grand Slam champions Andre Agassi of the United

States, Novak Djokovic of Serbia and Nadal are the only men's players to have advanced to the Miami


Hosts Canada off to perfect start at World Men's Curling Championship

  • Curling

Hosts Canada were one of four teams to end day one of the World Men's Curling Championship with a 2-0 record, after victories over Scotland and Japan at WinSport Arena in Calgary.

Netherlands, followed by a dominant 9-3 win over South Korea.Having played just one match on day one, the United

States and Switzerland are also undefeated.Olympic champion John Shuster got the US off to a winning


Alan Hubbard: How King Khan, the boy from Bolton, splashes the cash

  • Inside the Blogs

It is 17 years, give a take a few months, since a shy, fresh-faced 17-year-old boy from Bolton stood on the rostrum at the Athens Olympic Games to have a silver medal draped around his neck as GB Boxing’s sole representative.

on a new BBC TV reality show Meet the Khans: Big in Bolton - a sort of a British version of the United

States' Keeping Up With the Kardashians.More than anything the eight-part documentary series highlights