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Pre-Tokyo 2020 bubble proposed for US, Australian and Spanish basketball teams

  • Tokyo 2020

A pre-Olympic bubble in Las Vegas for the Untied States, Australia and Spain to train and play exhibition

contains 10 NBA players, could prepare for the Games at a training camp in Las Vegas along with the United

States and Spain if USA Basketball proposals come to fruition ©Getty ImagesColangelo added that USA



Friedrich in search of more gold when IBSF World Championships start at Altenberg

  • Bobsleigh and Skeleton

Predicting the gold medallist for the two-man and four-man bobsleigh events at the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Championships that start in the German resort of Altenberg tomorrow does not appear a difficult task, given the form of home athlete Francesco Friedrich this season.

in company with former world indoor 60 metres hurdles champion Lolo Jones.Kaillie Humphries of the United

States will return to Altenberg this weekend to defend the world two-woman bobsleigh title she won with

crashed out on this course during last year’s World Championships.Meanwhile Elana Meyers Taylor of the United

States, back in action after taking time off for maternity leave, has celebrated her World Cup comeback


Yuhei Inoue: Why is support for Tokyo 2020 falling in Japan?

  • Inside the Blogs

According to the latest poll conducted by NHK, approximately 80 per cent of Japanese people think Tokyo 2020 should be postponed or cancelled.

Tampa.This gesture of appreciation, as well as the staging of a pre-game performance by Amanda Gorman, the United

States' first youth poet laureate, to honour those who have served during the COVID-19 crisis, has added



Championships

  • Mixed Martial Arts Section Pages

IMMAF World Championships are an annual event, which have been hosted since 2014 in Las Vegas in the United

States and in Manama in Bahrain.Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 IMMAF World Championships were


Who is IMMAF?

  • Mixed Martial Arts Section Pages

Wissam Abi Nader (Lebanon)Raymond Philips (South Africa)Stewart Brain (Australia)Denitza Batchvarova (United

States)Han Juili (China)Svetlana Odintsova (The Netherlands)Honorary Board MembersFrank Babcock (USA



Bach confident in "safe and secure" Winter Olympics as Beijing 2022 marks one-year countdown

  • Beijing 2022

The one-year-to-go countdown to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games has been marked with an event at the National Aquatics Centre in the Chinese capital.

Committee received the first invitation, followed by Olympic Games hosts Japan, France, Italy and the United

sees as foreign meddling.An Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, which includes politicians from the United

States, Britain, Japan, Australia and the European Union, has previously put pressure on the IOC.Campaigners




China joins calls for IWF to publish list of election candidates - and pushes for virtual Congress

  • Weightlifting

Nations from around the world have written to the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) to express their dismay at the governing body’s failure to publish the list of candidates for forthcoming elections.

the COVID-19 pandemic make it impossible to plan for in-person or hybrid congresses.China, Georgia, United

States, Tunisia, Germany, Belgium and France are among the nations who want the list to be published

future of thousands of athletes and practitioners".The Presidential candidate Ursula Papandrea from the United

States, who resigned from the IWF Executive Board after being ousted as Interim President last October

The IWF’s constitution and By-laws states on page 54: "Transparency: This is a fundamental principle


Women's Olympic football playoff between China and South Korea postponed for fourth time

  • Football

The two-legged playoff between China and South Korea for the last Asian spot at the women’s Olympic football tournament in Tokyo has been postponed again because of the coronavirus pandemic.

12-team tournament joining hosts Japan, Brazil, New Zealand, Britain, Netherlands, Sweden, Canada, United

States and Zambia.The defending champions Germany have failed to qualify following their elimination


Latvia as sole host of IIHF Men's World Championship to cost additional €14 million

  • Ice Hockey

The decision to appoint Latvia as the sole host of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Men's World Championship is set to be at an additional cost of between €14 million (£12.5 million/$17 million) and €15 million (£13 million/$18 million), it has been revealed. 

Britain forming Group A.Group B is due to consist of hosts Latvia, defending champions Finland, Canada, United

States, Germany, Norway, Italy and Kazakhstan.A game schedule for the tournament is due to be confirmed


Beijing 2022 campaigners target world leaders after IOC "inaction"

  • Beijing 2022

A joint letter signed by more than 180 campaign groups has been sent to leaders around the world as pressure for a boycott of next year's Winter Olympic Games in Beijing continues.

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