Bobsleigh Winter Olympian Bree Schaaf has been named as the new chair of the United States Olympic and

Nils Van Der Poel of Sweden set a world record on his way to claiming men’s 10,000 metres gold on the final day of the World Speed Skating Championships in Heerenveen in the Netherlands.

to Ragne Wiklund of Norway in a personal best time of 1:54.613.Silver went to Brittany Bowe of the United

States in 1:55.034, while Evgeniia Lalenkova of the Russian Skating Union claimed bronze in 1:55.099

Finland’s Matti Surr-Hamari triumphed in the men’s SB-LL2 cross competition at a home World Para Snowboard World Cup in Pyha.

podium after a strong day’s racing.He overcame Britain’s Ollie Hill and Owen Pick, before beating the United

States’ Evan Strong.Surr-Hamari sealed victory by overcoming yesterday’s winner Ben Tudhope of Australia

The International Basketball Federation's (FIBA) Executive Committee has confirmed the 2021 Under-19 Basketball World Cup is set to be hosted in the Latvian cities of Riga and Daugavpils in July.

In the 2019 final, the United States defeated Mali 93-79 to win their seventh title.Mali was the first

Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness is among the officials to have paid tribute to Olympic gold medallist Leslie Laing, who has died at the age of 95.

George Rhoden set a world record time of 3min 3.9sec in the final.The Jamaican team narrowly beat the United

States, with Germany completing the top three.The same quartet had competed four years earlier at the

Defending champions Yui Kamiji, Dylan Alcott and Shingo Kunieda were all victorious as the wheelchair tennis competition began at the Australian Open.

quad draw has been expanded to eight players.The Netherlands' Niels Vink beat Nicholas Taylor of the United

States and will play Alcott in the semi-finals, while Andy Lapthorne of Britain and Sam Schröder - the

Vincent Kriechmayr has become only the third man to secure downhill and super-G titles in the same International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine World Ski Championships.

The Austrian skier was hoping to join compatriot Hermann Maier and the United States’ Bode Miller in

Kaillie Humphries was crowned as the first women’s monobob world champion on the final day of the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Championships in Altenberg.

champion in the two-woman event for Canada, posted a time of 59.59.Humphries, who has competed for the United

States since 2019, sealed victory by achieving a track record 59.47 in the final run.Humphries topped

Novak Djokovic continued his title defence at the Australian Open with a victory against Milos Raonic in the fourth round.

Australian Open winner Serena Williams set up a quarter-final clash with world number two Simona Halep.The United

States' Williams got past Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, while Romania's Halep came back

World 800 metres champion Donavan Brazier shaved one hundredth of a second off his own United States

Italy’s Jacopo Luchini stormed to victory in the men’s SB-UL snowboard cross at the World Para Snowboard World Cup in Pyha in Finland.

of Norway clocked 52.25 to claim bronze ahead of Japan’s Junta Kosuda in 52.97.Tyler Burdick of the United

States came fifth in 54.13 while Rene Eckhart of Austria completed the top six in 58.99.Australia’s

American veteran Joey Mantia secured an unprecedented third World Speed Skating Championships mass start gold medal on a successful day for his country in Heerenveen.

skating team, earned bronze.Brittany Bowe took the women's 1,000m crown on a successful day for the United

States ©Getty Images"Pressure is definitely a privilege because not many people get to feel it," said

The last three nations who will compete in the men's water polo tournament at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are due to be decided at the final qualifier in Rotterdam.

qualified for the 12-team Olympic tournament alongside eight other nations.Serbia, Italy, Spain, the United

States, Australia, South Africa, Hungary and Kazakhstan are the others to have booked their place at

Tina Hermann and Christopher Grotheer doubled their gold medal tally at the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Championships by winning the mixed team skeleton competition in Altenberg.

monobob after two competitions runs ©Getty ImagesHer combined time of 2:00.52 is 0.04sec faster than the United

States’ Kaillie Humphries, who was quickest in the second run.Humphries will hope to add to the two-woman

A three-game softball series between the United States and Mexico has been cancelled because of poor

the spread of COVID-19.Three of the previous four Olympic softball tournaments have been won by the United

States ©Getty ImagesThe Mexican team have been training in the US for several weeks, and were due to