Chinese Taipei thrashed Venezuela in Group B of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Women's Baseball World Cup in Miyoshi in a boost to their hopes of reaching next year's Finals.

two.The top two teams are set to advance to next year's Finals in Thunder Bay in Canada, joining the United

States and Canada from Group A and another wildcard to go with Mexico.The third round of Group B matches

There was a hint of a Swedish persuasion when International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice-president John Coates addressed the Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) General Assembly five months ago.

Winter Olympics and Paralympics, with five of those in "continuous dialogue".Japan, Canada and the United

States may well be the other contenders having not ruled themselves out of staging a future edition.But

Egypt had its second winner in two days at the International Weightlifting Federation World Championships in Riyadh when Sara Samir outclassed the opposition in the women’s 76 kilograms despite being below peak fitness and making only two lifts.

Meredith Alwine from the United States had to be helped off the platform when she suffered a quadriceps

A refugee weightlifter said "my heart and soul are broken" after she missed what was due to be the biggest day of her difficult year.

commitments.The only two who made it here were Aline de Souza and Monique Lima, who sought refugee status in the United

States after leaving their native Brazil.Lima will lift tomorrow in the 87 kilograms B Group, while

Dublin became the latest city to be introduced to the Guardian Girls Global Karate Project, the World Karate Federation (WKF) has announced.

We started this project last year, almost one year ago in Los Angeles, United States, and then this year

The programme was held with support form Koyamada International Foundation (KIF) and United Nations Population

The French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF) is aiming to enter "targeted dialogue" with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) by December in a bid to win the rights to stage the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

Vancouver in Canada failing to receive British Columbia Government support, and Salt Lake City in the United

States preferring to stage the 2034 edition.

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placer Sarat Sumpradit makes his one and only attempt in the old 94kg category ©IWFOlivia Reeves of the United

States claimed two junior world records with a six-from-six performance in the women's 71kg rankings

McDonald’s has been announced as a new sponsor for the Santiago 2023 Pan American and Parapan American Games.

The fast food chain, headquartered in the United States, has joined the sponsor programme for the Games

Liao Guifang bettered her own world record by five kilograms to build a big lead at the top of the women’s 71kg rankings for Paris 2024, winning China’s fifth title at the International Weightlifting Federation World Championships here.

from Ecuador, whose 117-138-255 was 6kg below her best effort in qualifying.Olivia Reeves from the United

States also made a big move by claiming two junior world records with a superb six-from-six performance

The battle for the red jersey between the three leading Team Jumbo-Visma riders intensified on stage 17 of the Vuelta a España, Slovenia's Primož Roglič taking the win in the clouds of the Alto de l'Angliru climb and Jonas Vingegaard further reducing Sepp Kuss' overall lead.

general classification leader Kuss inside the final 2km, damaging his red jersey hopes in the process.The United

States' Sepp Kuss remains in red, but his lead has been trimmed to just eight seconds by team-mate Jonas

Qasim Hasan enjoyed every moment when he won Iraq’s first World Championships gold medal in any sport.

The triple Olympic champion, who is performance director for the United States, appeared in the warm-up

China has formally handed over the main stadium for this year's Pacific Games in the Solomon Islands' capital Honiara.

diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to Beijing in 2019, prompting concern from Western nations including the United

States who re-opened an Embassy in Honiara earlier this year in an attempt to counter Chinese influence.Australia

Thomas Abraham has been appointed as the first sport ambassador for the United States Association of

will become a powerful catalyst for blind soccer, propelling the sport and its athletes across the United

States while forging a pipeline for future generations to come."

An experienced Georgian team triumphed against a youthful Kazakhstan line-up to win the International Chess Federation World Women’s Team Championship.

points with Georgia in second place on seven.In the semi-finals, Georgia progressed after beating the United

States 3.5 to 0.5 on a blitz tie-break, after the matches had finished 2.5 to 1.5 and 1.5 to 2.5.Pool

B saw the United States and Poland both finishing on seven points, with the US earning the top position.After

Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark gained significant general classification ground with a stunning attack to take a solo victory on the Vuelta a España's stage 16 climb to Bejes.

The Team Jumbo-Visma rider was third after the second rest day, trailing team-mates Sepp Kuss of the United

States by 1min 44sec and Primož Roglič of Slovenia by 7sec.The Dutch team preserved its stranglehold