The International Ski Federation (FIS) Cross-Country World Cup is set to conclude in Engadin in Switzerland this weekend. 

 Jessie Diggins of the United States became the first American woman to clinch the FIS Cross-Country

 Diggins, 29, could also claim the distance World Cup in Engadin.Jessie Diggins of the United States

The International University Sports Federation (FISU) has selected the countries set to participate in the ice hockey and curling competitions at this year's Winter Universiade in Lucerne.

Teams from Switzerland will be participating in both sports, while teams from the United States - the

champions Norway, Canada, Czech Republic, Japan, The Netherlands, South Korea, Russia, Sweden and the United

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has paid tribute to classification pioneer Cairbre McCann after his death aged 92.

nbsp;His work was cited in the US Rehabilitation Act of 1972 that has become a lasting legacy in the United

States for people with disabilities.

A record number of coaches have responded to the Jamaica Olympic Association's (JOA) call for participation in a high-performance course delivered by Panam Sports in partnership with the Canadian Coaching Association.

Samuda.The JOA has placed an emphasis on education in recent months.As well as signing an agreement with the United

States Sports Academy to offer more tertiary education opportunities to athletes and personnel, it plans

Matt Smith has announced he will step down from his role as chief executive of World Rowing by the end of 2021.

Smith has been World Rowing chief executive since 1995 ©Getty ImagesSmith is from Los Angeles in the United

States but now holds a Swiss passport.

This week in Lausanne, Thomas Bach marked his re-election for a final, four-year term as International Olympic Committee (IOC) President by suggesting the addition of the word "Together" to the Olympic motto.

or filmed and, to all intents and purposes, took place behind closed doors.A message came from the United

States that if anything went wrong, Los Angeles would be prepared to step in as emergency host.That

Argentina will host International Hockey Federation (FIH) Hockey Pro League matches next month as the remainder of fixtures in April were postponed.

 The remainder of next month's matches, which were due to feature Australia, the United States,

USA Basketball has added another 15 players to its player pool for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, with Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young and the Toronto Raptors' Fred VanVleet the standout names now included.

There are now 57 players on the provisional United States roster, with team seeking to win a fourth gold

The United States team will be coached by Gregg Popovich of the San Antonio Spurs.The roster has nine

Women's softball has been added to the Cali 2021 Junior Pan American Games programme, as organisers finalised the list of sports which will be contested in Colombia later this year.

Championship held in Barranquilla in 2019 is to be used to determine the qualifiers.Those eight are the United

States, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Peru, Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina and Colombia."

A South African weightlifter’s chance of realising a lifelong dream of competing at the Olympic Games could be thwarted by coronavirus-related travel restrictions.

medal in 2018.She was a multiple champion in karate before taking up weightlifting and has lived in the United

States and Romania - where her husband was strength and conditioning coach for the national rugby team

Chloe Kim, the American who is the current World, Olympic, Youth Olympic and X Games champion in the halfpipe, comfortably topped women’s qualifying in the discipline at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard and Freeski World Championships in Aspen.

second placed snowboarder Yuto Totsuka of Japan, who scored 89.75.Third place went to Taylor Gold of the United

States with 88.50, with the top five completed by Jan Scherrer of Switzerland in fourth with 85.50 and

Chase Josey, also of the United States, with 84.75.Double Winter Youth Olympic gold medallist Gu Ailing

States with 75.78.Third place went to Mathilde Gremaud of Switzerland with 75.50, with Megan Oldham

States with 92.25, ahead of James Woods of Britain with 91.25, with the top three completed by fellow

Spain’s Garbine Muguruza and Belgium’s Elise Mertens are the only remaining seeds at the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) 1000 Dubai Tennis Championships after another unpredictable day of action at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium.

Anastasia Potapova for the loss of just two games – 6-0 6-2.Fellow wildcard 16-year-old Cori Gauff of the United

States was also knocked out today, as she was defeated 6-3 6-3 by Switzerland’s Jil Teichmann.The way

Muguruza against Mertens and Krejcikova against Teichmann.Seeds tumbled in the doubles tournament in the United

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

Russia claimed the final gold of the Almaty leg of the International Ski Federation (FIS) Freestyle Ski World Championships in the mixed team aerials, as competition came to a close in Kazakhstan.

Carol Bouvard, Pirmin Werner and Noé Roth won the silver medal with a total of 293.46 points and the United

States' Ashley Caldwell, Eric Loughran and Christopher Lillis took the bronze medal.FIS Freestyle Ski

The Lake Placid 2023 World University Games will involve more than 1,800 athletes from 50 countries - twice as many as took part when the venue hosted the 1980 Winter Olympics.

renewing venues, some of which have been in place since the event 41 years ago that was famous for the United

States ice hockey victory over the Soviet Union known as "the Miracle on Ice".