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Olympic swimming champion Keller facing four more charges over US Capitol riot

  • Swimming

Former Olympic swimmer Klete Keller has been indicted on four further charges in connection to the storming of the Capitol Building in Washington D.C.

was identified in video footage taken inside the Capitol Building, in part because he was wearing a United

States Olympic Team jacket.Five people, including a police officer, died during the riot on January


International Judo Federation announces referees for Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics

  • Judo

The International Judo Federation (IJF) has announced the referees chosen to officiate at the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics.

Netherlands' Jhon Ramaekers, Romania's Ioana Badiuc, Russia's Vassily Smolin, Turkey's Nedim Bayat, the United

States' Greg Moore and Uzbekistan's Vyacheslav Pereteyko are set to referee the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.Paralympic


Djokovic claims "special win" in Australian Open third round after battling to five-set victory despite injury

  • Tennis

Men’s top seed Novak Djokovic battled through to the fourth round of the Australian Open in five sets despite being hampered by a suspected muscle tear.

movement and received medical treatment throughout his encounter with 27th seed Taylor Fritz of the United

States before triumphing 7-6 (7-1), 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 6-2.The thrilling contest finished at 12.20am local

against the 27th seed Ons Jabeur of Tunisia.Other matches included tenth seed Serena Williams of the United

States defeating Russia’s Anastasia Potapova 7-6, 6-2 and seventh seed Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus overcoming


British athletes petition UKA for zero-tolerance approach to coaching misconduct

  • Athletics

A petition has called on UK Athletics (UKA) to have a "zero-tolerance" approach to coaches, requesting lifetime bans for those found guilty of sexual misconduct in the sport.

ZeroToleranceUKA pic.twitter.com/3Qp7cgbfGl— Anna Gordon (@scotsvaulter) February 12, 2021Condition 6.1 states

July, Gordon launched a website called Signpost to Safety, giving victims of abuse in athletics in the United


Fort Worth steps in to host USA Wrestling Olympic trials

  • Wrestling

Dixies Arena in Fort Worth will host the United States' Olympic wrestling trials in April after the event

Olympic hopefuls who will compete on this world class stage for the coveted right to represent the United

States of America at the Tokyo Olympic Games.



Philip Barker: When the IOC tried to ban the Flame from regional Games

  • Inside the Blogs

Seventy years ago, the Pan American Games in Buenos Aires, the first of three major regional multi sport events launched in 1951, were about to begin.

"Carried in an airplane from Greece to the United States, it should be perfectly possible and of great

This listed infringements in six nations, including France and the United States, but conceded: "In the


IWF needs new name and new rules, say weightlifting election hopefuls Papandrea and Grimseth

  • Weightlifting

Weightlifting’s governing body needs a new name and a new direction, and the sport needs new rules to make it more attractive to spectators, according to two Presidential candidates in the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) elections next month.

Ursula Papandrea, from the United States, has set out a "100 Days of Reform" plan for the IWF, which


Bankes and Eguibar win FIS Snowboard Cross World Championship titles in Idre Fjäll

  • Snowboard

Britain's Charlotte Bankes and Spain's Lucas Eguibar both claimed their first world titles at the 2021 International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard Cross World Championships in Idre Fjäll in Sweden.

and Moioli won bronze.In the small final, Swiss snowboarder Lara Casanova finished fifth, while the United

States' Stacy Gaskill, France's Chloe Trespeuch and Kristina Paul of the Russian Ski Federation, completed

fifth and sixth, while France's Merlin Surget and Canada's Liam Moffatt were seventh and eighth.The United

States' Mick Dierdorff, who won the gold in 2019, failed to make it past the opening round, while 2019


Mike Rowbottom: Still licensed to fly - the soaring rivalry of Lavillenie and Duplantis

  • Inside the Blogs

In December 2014 I found myself on the seventh floor terrace of the Fairmont Hotel in Monaco with James Bond. That is, a man in a dinner jacket and semi-secure bow tie pretending to be James Bond. That is, Renaud Lavillenie.

airlavillenie) February 9, 2021Two days later at the Dusseldorf Silver meeting Duplantis - who is based in the United

States but competes for Sweden - took over the lead in the rankings with an effort of 6.01m.But, in



Favourite Gut-Behrami wins women's super-G as action begins at FIS Alpine World Ski Championships

  • Alpine Skiing

Switzerland's Lara Gut-Behrami earned the first gold medal of the International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine World Ski Championships as the women’s super-G competition went to form in Cortina d'Ampezzo.

Championships, with Corinne Suter finishing 0.34 seconds down as the runner-up.The podium was completed by the United

States’ Mikaela Shiffrin in 1:25.93, with the bronze medallist ending 0.47 seconds behind the winner.Defending


NBC plans first live morning broadcast of Olympic Opening Ceremony from Tokyo

  • Tokyo 2020

NBC Olympics has announced plans for its first live morning broadcast of an Olympic Opening Ceremony from Tokyo.

Tokyo is 13 hours ahead of the East Coast of the United States.This will mean coverage will begin at

the Opening Ceremony are then planned.NBC will replay the Opening Ceremony at prime time in the Unite States

©Getty ImagesNBC is the current broadcaster rights holder in the United States for all Games through


Olympic gymnastics qualification system changed following all-around World Cup cancellation

  • Gymnastics

The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) has announced additional spots for nations at the this year's re-arranged Olympic Games in Tokyo in the all-around event, following the cancellation of All-Around World Cup events.

Stages in Stuttgart in Germany and Birmingham in the United Kingdom were officially called off due to

initially been scheduled to take place in March.Before the COVID-19 pandemic, a stage in Milwaukee in the United

States was able to take place, while the final stage is still scheduled to take place in Tokyo on May


Tokyo 2020 President Mori expected to step down over sexism row

  • Tokyo 2020

Yoshirō Mori is expected to step down from his role as Tokyo 2020 President tomorrow after facing criticism for making sexist comments.

Japan's House of Representatives wore white, an homage to the 20th century suffragette movement in the United

States, to protest the remarks.