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Italians hit ground running at Snowboard Cross World Cup in Austria

  • Snowboard

Italy enjoyed a strong day in Austria as Michela Moioli and Lorenzo Sommariva topped the qualification rounds of the International Ski Federation Snowboard Cross World Cup event in Reiteralm.

Olympic gold medallist Moioli who clocked 1:07.54.Five-time world champion Lindsey Jacobellis of the United

States came third in 1:08.93 while World Cup leader Eva Samková of the Czech Republic was fourth in


Pacific Games champions Rossi and Matauli join "i am badminton" campaign

  • Samoa 2019

Samoa 2019 Pacific Games gold medallists Remi Rossi and Dgeniva Matauli have been named as regional ambassadors for the "i am badminton" integrity campaign.

badminton and para-badminton stars such as India's PV Sindhu, Canada's Michelle Li, Daniel Chen of the United

States and England's Jack Shepard joining up.Tahiti's Remi Rossi earned three badminton gold medals


Alan Hubbard: Has COVID-19 scarred our way of sporting life for ever?

  • Inside the Blogs

When - or perhaps we should make that if - COVID-19 is finally conquered and the new normal transforms back into something like actual normality - can our sporting life ever be the same again?

what life might be like should it ever be contained.However there have been several studies in the United

States by academic institutions as to what we might expect.


Holloway has Jackson’s world 60m hurdles record in sights as World Indoor Tour Gold comes to Torun

  • Athletics

Grant Holloway, the world 110 metres hurdles champion, will have a world record in his sights again as he competes tomorrow in the Polish venue  of Torun in the fifth of this season’s World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meetings.

at the third Gold meeting in the French city of Liévin last Tuesday (February 9).Unlike many of his United

States colleagues who shone at the fourth Gold meeting in New York City on Saturday (February 13), Holloway


Northeastern University to represent US in ice hockey contests at Lucerne 2021

  • Lucerne 2021

Northeastern University has been selected to represent the United States in the men and women's ice hockey

 "It is indeed a pleasure to announce that Northeastern University Hockey will represent the United

States in the upcoming World University Games in Lucerne, Switzerland," said Dan Guerrero, President

of the United States International University Sports Federation.


Senegal's Fam books place at Teqball World Championships

  • Teqball

Senegal's Mame Cheikh Fam secured a place at the 2021 Teqball World Championships after an impressive performance at the National Challenger Series in Mbour.

round of its National Challenger Series ©FITEQTeqball events have also taken place recently in the United

States and Guinea-Bissau.


Biles would not want daughter to be part of USA Gymnastics system

  • Gymnastics

Simone Biles has admitted she would not want a future daughter to be part of the USA Gymnastics system after her own experiences with the organisation.

19 World Championship gold medals, has been among the vocal critics of both USA Gymnastics and the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee for their handling of the affair.Both organisations have faced


City Council wants World Games to make Birmingham "sports destination city" and strengthen NFL ties

  • Birmingham 2022

City Council President William Parker wants the 2022 World Games to embellish Birmingham's reputation as a sports destination and foster closer ties with the National Football League (NFL).

In strategy of really being known around the United States and around the world as a sports destination

Classic is billed as the largest historically black college and university (HBCU) sporting event in the United


FIG World Cup in Doha postponed in latest blow to Olympic qualification process

  • Gymnastics

Next month's Apparatus World Cup in Doha has been postponed as a result of the coronavirus crisis, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) has announced.

last week.Four events were supposed to make up the Series - with the first held in Milwaukee in the United

States last year.All three of the other competitions - in Stuttgart, Birmingham and Tokyo - were postponed


Alcott and Davidson secure fourth successive Australian Open quad doubles crown

  • Wheelchair Tennis

Home pair Dylan Alcott and Heath Davidson have won a fourth successive Australian Open quad doubles title, overcoming Andy Lapthorne and David Wagner via a tiebreak in the final.

his home city tomorrow.By coincidence, Britain's Lapthorne also knocked doubles partner Wagner of the United

States out of the singles contest at the last-eight stage.In the women's wheelchair doubles, Dutch duo


Final leg of Indoor Archery World Series before Finals completed in Yankton

  • Archery

Indoor Series before its Finals, at the Rushmore Rumble, has come to a conclusion in Yankton in the United

States.

2021Britain's Ella Gibson won the women's compound by a single point with a score of 593, while the United

States' Paige Pearce finished second and Dutch archer Sanne de Laat finished third - both on 592.In


Bankes and Eguibar set for Snowboard Cross World Cup following world title wins

  • Snowboard

Newly-crowned snowboard cross world champions Charlotte Bankes of Britain and Lucas Eguibar of Spain will look to continue their successes when the International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard Cross World Cup resumes in Reiteralm in Austria tomorrow.

overall standings.However, she currently sits 10 points behind the Czech Republic's Eva Samková and the United

States' Faye Gulini in the standings.The Czech athlete won the second race in Chiesa after winning bronze


International Cricket Council confirm League Two postponements

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Eighteen matches in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men's Cricket World Cup League Two have been postponed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

authorities and Governments.Current table-toppers Oman were due to host the sixth series with second-placed United

States and Nepal between March 19 and 28, while Oman and third-placed Scotland were scheduled to travel

United Arab Emirates are also part of League Two.


Nadal reaches 43rd Grand Slam quarter-final at Australian Open

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booked a place in the Australian Open quarter-finals ©Getty ImagesHe defeated Mackenzie McDonald of the United

States ©Getty ImagesMedvedev is set to meet compatriot Andrey Rublev next ©Getty ImagesIn the women's


World number one Barty eases into quarter-finals of Australian Open

  • Tennis

World number one Ashleigh Barty eased into the quarter-final of the Australian Open with a victory against American Shelby Rogers.

competing off the back of a French Open triumph in 2019, but lost out to eventual winner Sofia Kenin of the United

States."