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FIBA confirms participants at upcoming Under-19 Basketball World Cup tournaments

  • Basketball

The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has announced the participants at the upcoming Under-19 Men’s and Women’s Basketball World Cups, due to take place in Latvia and Hungary.

Cups.Mali and Senegal will be joined at the Men’s Under-19 Basketball World Cup by Americas participants United

States, Canada, Argentina and Puerto Rico.Australia, China, South Korea and Japan will also compete,

alongside Spain, France, Lithuania, Turkey and Serbia.United States are the defending men's and women's


Canadians Karker and Mackay top freeski halfpipe qualifying at FIS Snowboard and Freeski World Championships

  • Snowboard

Canadians Rachael Karker and Brendan Mackay topped qualifying in the freeski halfpipe category on the first day of action at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard and Freeski World Championships.

Ski and snowboard big air, slopestyle and halfpipe world titles are due to be decided in Aspen in the United

States after competition was relocated from Zhangjiakou in China because of the coronavirus pandemic.Today

scoring 81.25.Men’s qualification was topped by Brendan Mackay with 94.25, with Birk Irving of the United

States second with 92.50.Third place went to fellow Canadian Noah Bowman with 90.00, with Nico Porteous

States in third with 83.50.More qualifying events are scheduled to take place tomorrow in the men’s


World champions survive scare to reach Katara Beach Volleyball Cup last eight

  • Volleyball

Reigning world champions Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes fought back to beat Heather Bansley and Brandie Wilkerson and advance to the last eight of the Katara Beach Volleyball Cup in Doha in Qatar.

snatched a 21-11, 24-26, 17-15 victory over Brooke Sweat and Kerri Walsh Jennings in a nerve-wracking all-United

States clash.Second seeds Alix Klineman and April Ross produced a strong performance to advance to the


Roglič takes overall lead with stage four win at Paris-Nice on Chiroubles

  • Cycling

Slovenia's Primož Roglič of Jumbo-Visma has taken the lead of the Paris-Nice race, following a convincing stage four victory from Chalon-sur-Saône to Chiroubles in France.

top five.Roglič now has a gap of 35 seconds to Schachmann in the general classification, while the United

States' Brandon McNulty moved up to third, having finished close enough to the main chasers to keep


Alan Hubbard: Can Blavatnik’s baby bring about a Russian Revolution for TV sport?

  • Inside the Blogs

These days billionaires from the former Soviet Union are ten a penny, so to speak, but few of them have invested their spare change in sporting ventures, unlike Roman Abramovich, whose vast fortune has underpinned Chelsea’s fortunes these past 18 years.

Odessa, in the Ukraine - then part of the Soviet Union - 63 years ago, reared in Russia, educated in the United

States and now domiciled in London.He holds both US and British passports and was knighted by the Queen

relatively low profile character he is listed by Forbes Magazine as the fourth wealthiest person in the United


Favourites Burov and Peel duly deliver in aerials at FIS Freestyle Ski World Championships

  • Freestyle

Russia's Maxim Burov and Australia's Laura Peel have won the men's and women's aerials gold medals at the 2021 International Ski Federation (FIS) Freestyle Ski World Championships in Almaty in Kazakhstan.

six aerials World Cup events this season, with the season's title in the bag with one event to go.The United

States' Christopher Lillis was the closest to upsetting the favourite, finishing just 1.50 points behind


Basketball's Lin condemns COVID-19-related violence towards Asian people

  • Basketball

American basketball player Jeremy Lin has spoken out about racist violence and hate crimes towards Asian people during the COVID-19 pandemic after his final game of the season.

COVID-19 originated in China, with many politicians in the United States blaming the nation for the pandemic

Hate and Extremism at California State University stated that hate crimes towards Asians in 16 of the United

States' largest cities had grown by 150 per cent in 2020 compared to 2019."


Olympic champion Campbell to oversee UK sprint relay team for Tokyo 2020

  • Athletics

Athens 2004 Olympic 4x100 metres relay champion Darren Campbell has been confirmed by UK Athletics as head of short sprints and relays ahead of the re-arranged Olympic Games in Tokyo, while world relay silver medallist Tim Benjamin will oversee the long sprints and relays.

Getty ImagesCampbell was part of the famous 4x100m relay team who won Olympic gold against favourites United

States in 2004.He is also a European individual champion and world bronze medallist."



Pyrros Dimas speaks up on IWF reform and says "we must listen to members"

  • Weightlifting

The triple Olympic gold medallist Pyrros Dimas has highlighted the importance of listening to the views of nations around the world during the process of restoring weightlifting’s credibility.

Greek Weightlifting Federation, an Executive Board member of the IWF and also a key figure for the United

States in his role as technical director of USA Weightlifting.He plans to consult and listen to the

leadership and a new approach we can set a new course for weightlifting as a clean, revitalised and united