International Cycling Union (UCI) has announced the postponement of the opening Mountain Bike World Cup event in Maribor, after a request from health authorities.

the cross-country and downhill World Cup seasons are set to end in Snowshoe, with the venue in the United

States planning to host competition on September 18 and 19.The cross-country season is expected to begin

Norway’s Simen Hegstad Krueger and Heidi Weng claimed pursuit victories in the final races of the International Ski Federation (FIS) Cross-Country World Cup season in Engadin.

seconds behind the winner.Russia’s Yulia Stupak completed the podium places by finishing 33.7 down, with United

States Jessie Diggins four seconds further back.Stupak had triumphed in yesterday’s mass start competition.Hegstad

Several teams - including defending champions Virginia - face missing this year’s National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCCA) Men’s Basketball Championships after being hit by positive coronavirus tests.

also known as March Madness, is set to begin on March 18 in Indiana, but could be without three of the United

States’ biggest basketball colleges.Virginia, who beat Texas Tech to win the title in 2019, Kansas and

March Madness was scheduled to be held across 13 different sites all over the United States, but pandemic

Two-time Paralympic gold medallist Curtis Lovejoy has died at the age of 63 from blood cancer, it has been announced.

The United States athlete competed at five Paralympic Games during his career, participating in swimming

World number one Dustin Johnson has ruled himself out of the Olympic golf tournament at Tokyo 2020, saying the Professional Golf Association (PGA) Tour is his priority instead.

Jude Invitational in Florida begins on August 5.Matt Kuchar won a bronze medal for the United States

Chinese teenage sensation Eileen Gu claimed her second gold medal of the International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard and Freeski World Championships in Aspen after victory in the women’s ski slopestyle.

yesterday by comprehensively beating her rivals in the slopestyle at Buttermilk Ski Resort in Aspen in the United

76.18.Rounding out the top five were France’s Tess Ledeux in fourth with 74.95 and Marin Hamill of the United

States in fifth with 71.18.Andri Ragettli of Switzerland won gold in the men's freeski slopestyle in

X Games gold medallist at this venue in big air, won by 1.10 points ahead of Colby Stevenson of the United

States who scored 89.55.Fellow American Alexander Hall completed the podium with 86.01.Fourth place

Lisa Baird experienced a baptism of fire when she began her new role as commissioner of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) in March 2020.

The NWSL became the first team league in the United States to return to competition last June.

Prior to that, she spent nearly 10 years as chief marketing officer of the United States Olympic and

the uncertainty of the pandemic.Lisa Baird spent nearly 10 years as chief marketing officer of the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee ©Getty ImagesWorld Cup winners are now strewn throughout the

Sam Mewis at Manchester City, and Tobin Heath and Christen Press playing for rival team Manchester United

Swedish duo Anton Dahlberg and Fredrik Bergström sealed the men's title on the final day of the 470 World Championship in Vilamoura in Portugal.

points.Pavel Sozykin and Denis Gribanov of the Russian Yachting Federation were fourth on 80 and the United

States' Stuart McNay and David Hughes finished fifth on 92.Hungary's Balazs Gyapjas and Zsombor Gyapjas

Jamaica's Theador Subba is looking to compete in both judo and javelin at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics following a successful 2019.

kilograms class after only taking up the sport in early 2018.Cuba's Yordani Fernandez Sastre and the United

States' Benjamin Goodrich won gold and silver ahead of him.In early 2019, Subba started practicing javelin

Dobromir Karamarinov, Interim President of European Athletics, has forecast that next year’s European Championships in Munich will be "really successful" despite the crowded sports programme following the pandemic postponements of 2020 and beyond.

Many global events will be more or less at the same time - the World Athletics Championships in the United

States will be near to our Championships," Karamarinov told a virtual media discussion."

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has chosen Italian city Rimini to host the women's and men's Volleyball Nations League (VNL) in a bio-secure bubble this year.

involved in the organisation of the 2021 VNL.Russia are the reigning men's champions from 2019, while the United

States won the women's crown.

Teenagers Eileen Gu and Nico Porteous won the first medals of the International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard and Freeski World Championships in Aspen, claiming ski halfpipe world titles.

jumps, and that proved to be the winning score.Canada's Simon d'Artois came second on 91.25 and the United

States' Birk Irving completed the podium with 89.75 points.The ski slopestyle finals are scheduled tomorrow

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) "is willing to hold a genocidal Games" by staging the Winter Olympics in Beijing, human rights groups claimed today, as President Thomas Bach insisted the organisation was not a "super-world Government" that can solve global issues.

human rights concerns in Beijing have led to calls from politicians in some countries, including the United

States, for a boycott of the Games."

World number 67 Sana Ibrahim recorded her biggest win of her career to reach the second round of the CIB Black Ball Squash Open as the Professional Squash Association World Tour returned to Cairo.

Finland’s Emilia Soini, winning 11-8, 13-11, 7-11, 11-5.Alves will now meet Olivia Fletcher of the United

States who cruised to a 11-4, 11-6, 11-6 win over Egypt’s Menna Nasser.Scotland’s Lisa Aitken came from

Ondrej Perusic and David Schweiner have earned their first International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Beach Volleyball World Tour gold medal after triumphing at the Katara Beach Volleyball Cup in Doha.

two seeds - Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes of Canada and Alix Klineman and April Ross of the United

States.

 Alix Klineman and April Ross of the United States were the winners in the women's contest ©Getty