This year's World Synchronized Skating Championships, due to have taken place from April 9 to 10 in Zagreb, have been cancelled because of what the International Skating Union (ISU) describes as "the ongoing pandemic and detrimental consequences."

been approved, with dates as follows.Skate America, October 22 to 24 at an undetermined venue in the United

States; Skate Canada International, October 29 to 31 in Vancouver; Cup of China, November 5 to 7 in

Britain’s world 200m champion Dina Asher-Smith equalled her British record of 7.08sec in winning the 60 metres at the first World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting of the year in Karlsruhe on a night when France’s former world pole vault record holder Renaud Lavillenie looked back to his lofty best.

he resumed to clear 5.80m easily at his first attempt only three rivals remained - Cole Walsh of the United

States, Germany’s Torben Blech and another US athlete, Matt Ludwig, all of whom cleared 5.72m, a height

Maxim Burov will be aiming for his fifth successive win at tomorrow's International Ski Federation (FIS) Aerials World Cup event in the Belarusian capital of Minsk.

respectively.The women's competition is more open, with Megan Nick and Winter Vinecki, both of the United

States, clinching one victory each after Laura Peel began her World Cup defence with two consecutive

(UIAA) has welcomed the successful staging of two ice climbing events this month in France and the United

States.

fans were permitted to attend the annual Ouray Ice Festival event, which was held at Colorado in the United

States with 50,000 viewers watching a livestream.Athletes competed on routes set on a mix of real ice

A high-quality line-up featuring several former world and Olympic champions has been assembled for the first World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting of 2021 at Karlsruhe in Germany.

is dominated by American and French athletes, with world indoor silver medallist Jarret Eaton of the United

States and European champion Pascal Martinot-Lagarde of France among the competitors.The men’s 400m

’s triple jump, with the field for this featuring North American record holder Tori Franklin of the United

States, European champion Paraskevi Papachristou of Greece and European indoor champion Ana Peleteiro

X Games Aspen 2021 is set to get underway in Colorado in the United States, with the action taking place

part of the eight strong start list for the women’s snowboard slopestyle, with Jamie Anderson of the United

States, a gold medallist at both Sochi 2014 and Pyeongchang 2018 in the women’s slopestyle among her

The choice of Beijing as host city for the 2022 Olympics, made on July 31 2015 at the 128th International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session in Kuala Lumpur, meant the Chinese capital would become the first city to host both the Summer and Winter Games, having staged the Summer event in 2008.

given to Uighur Muslims in the detention camps.The aim of the campaign - set to be launched in the United

States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Norway, Finland, France, The Netherlands, Japan and Australia -

Alexander Bolshunov is to return to International Ski Federation (FIS) Cross-Country World Cup action in Falun after apologising for his "unsportsmanlike behaviour" last week in Lahti.

 Jessie Diggins of the United States tops the women's World Cup standings going into the weekend's

The second round of the International Skating Union (ISU) Speed Skating World Cup is set to take place in Heerenveen again as The Netherlands look to be dominant for the second week in a row.

The Netherlands had five skaters in the top five and will expect a similar dominance this weekend.The United

States' Brittany Bowe holds a similar stranglehold over the women's 1,000m and 1,500m who held off a

Dutch athlete Sifan Hassan will focus on the 5,000 and 10,000 metres in 2021 as she prepares for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Netherlands due to visa complications and the pandemic, but hopes to return to a training base in the United

States in March.Stade Louis II is on fire !

champion.Hassan was coached by Alberto Salazar from 2016 until the American was banned for four years by the United

States Anti-Doping Agency.

USA Swimming, in partnership with the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC), has announced

23 to August 8 2021.To date, there have been more than 26 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United

States, resulting in the deaths of over 436,000 people.

FIFA hopes to confirm host cities for the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada by the

The United Bid, a joint bid of the US, Mexico and Canada, listed 24 potential venues in its winning proposal.Eight

pandemic allow.This would enable host cities to be selected in the final months of this year.United States

Ty Stofflet, considered one of the greatest pitchers to have graced a softball field, has died at the age of 79.

Tributes have been paid to the legendary left-handed pitcher who memorably starred for the United States

United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) chief medical officer Jonathan Finnoff has said

The 2021 Volleyball Nations League (VNL) is to be held according to a bubble concept to preserve the original format and reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19.

have been played across the lobe in previous years.Russia are the current men's champions, with the United

States reigning women's champions.