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Los Angeles 2028 establishes key Cooperative to deal with Games security

  • Los Angeles 2028

Key measures to secure the safety of the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles have been put in place with the establishment of the California Olympic and Paralympic Safety Command.

activities of the Cooperative.The designation of an event as an "NSSE" is made by the Secretary of the United

States Department of Homeland Security.The document explained: "When an event is designated an NSSE,


Key multi-million dollar COVID-19 app facing criticism in Tokyo 2020 build-up

  • Tokyo 2020

Several concerns have been raised over the development of a mobile application considered crucial in limiting the risk posed by the coronavirus pandemic on the re-arranged Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo. 

with phones developed by Chinese technology company Huawei, which is banned in countries including the United

States and Britain.Participants at Tokyo 2020, which organisers have stressed will go ahead this year


Tiger Woods in hospital with leg injuries following car crash

  • Golf

Golf icon Tiger Woods is in hospital in California after suffering "multiple leg injuries" in a serious car accident.

year's Tokyo 2020 Olympics had been on Woods' radar and he had expressed a desire to represent the United

States, but faced an uphill battle to qualify given number of American golfers ahead of him in the world



Italian softball coach dies from COVID-19 at 61

  • Baseball and Softball

Italian national softball coach Enrico Obletter has died from COVID-19 aged 61.

first time since Beijing 2008.Hosts Japan - who won the gold medal that year - world champions the United

States, Australia, Mexico and Canada are also due to compete.



Topps launch new cards celebrating life of Muhammad Ali

  • Collecting and Heritage News

Topps trading cards has launched a new series celebrating the life and career of Muhammad Ali.

Tuesday.The first two cards in the set feature a young Cassius Clay winning an Olympic gold medal for the United

States in the light heavyweight division at Rome 1960 and his subsequent conversion to Islam.Each card

message of black pride and black resistance to white domination and for refusing induction into the United

States Army during the Vietnam War.Ali died in June 2016 at the age of 74 after a long battle with Parkinson's.More


Holloway hopes high as Madrid stages final World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting of season

  • Athletics

Hopes are high that Grant Holloway may be able to secure the world indoor 60 metres hurdles record he has been so close to this year when he runs in tomorrow’s concluding World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting in Madrid.

16-year-old world indoor record at this meeting.Now the world 110 metres hurdles champion from the United

States wants to become a part of that record tradition.Holloway moved up to second on the 60m hurdles


Karnataka to host second Khelo India University Games

  • Universiade

The second edition of the Khelo India University Games has been awarded to Karnataka, it has been announced.

university level and then bring them through to the senior teams.The country has taken inspiration from the United

States where college sport has helped to produce numerous Olympic champions.Bhubaneswar in Odisha hosted


Biden urged to order boycott of Beijing 2022 by US Representative Katko

  • Beijing 2022

United States Representative John Katko has urged President Joe Biden to order a boycott of next year's

Katko claimed the alleged human rights violations in China were "antithetical to the values of both the United

States and its allies around the world".He then called on Biden to orchestrate a boycott of Beijing

 "The United States simply cannot in good faith participate in an Olympic Games in a country that

 An Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, which includes politicians from the United States, Britain



Three-time Olympian Daly eligible for IBSF World Cup return

  • Bobsleigh and Skeleton

Three-time Olympian John Daly is eligible to compete on the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup circuit next season.

Daly, now 35, came out of retirement at the start of this season and was named the United States' top


IOC sponsor Samsung knocked off top spot for smartphone sales

  • Olympics

The longstanding International Olympic Committee (IOC) sponsor Samsung has been overtaken by Apple as the world’s largest smartphone maker, according to new research.

chips, has not fared too badly overall during the coronavirus pandemic, partly as a consequence of United

States sanctions against competing Chinese products.According to findings from research group Gartner


World Sailing backs plans to stage "safe" Tokyo 2020 Games after release of playbooks

  • Sailing

World Sailing President Quanhai Li has said the governing body is "fully committed to adapting and working" with organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics to ensure a "safe and successful" event this year.

for his third Olympics after securing his place at the Hempel World Cup Series event in Miami in the United

States just over a year ago."


Olympic 400m champion Van Niekerk switches coach in run-up to Tokyo 2020

  • Tokyo 2020

Wayde van Niekerk has changed coach as he steps up preparations for his 400 metres Olympic title defence in Tokyo.

;To do so, Van Niekerk has parted ways with long-term coach "Tannie" Ans Botha and travelled to the United

States to train under renowned sprint mentor Lance Brauman."

 "So I feel a temporary move to the United States will be in my best interests for the immediate