Alessandro Hämmerle and Eva Samková were victorious in the second set of International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard Cross World Cup races in Chiesa in Valmalenco in Italy.

by winning today's men's event.The Austrian was victorious ahead of France's Merlin Surget and the United

States' Hagen Kearney in a tight battle to the line.Hämmerle had been behind Surget, but overtook the

USA Basketball has reportedly sent out invitations to 60 players interested in competing at this year's postponed Olympic Games in Tokyo.

James, Stephen Curry and Devin Booker have all previously stated their interest in representing the United

States team in the Japanese capital.

Organisers of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Junior Championship in Edmonton have said the expulsion of a team official for non-compliance with COVID safety protocols was "key" to the eventual success of the event.

competition, the IIHF World Junior Championship in Edmonton concluded without further positive tests, with United

States beating the hosts in the final ©Getty ImagesMcIntosh added: "It was not something we publicised

four.There were no further positive cases at the event, which concluded with a 2-0 victory for the United

States over the hosts on January 5.To read more on how sporting events have been held during the pandemic

Hungary and The Netherlands have secured places at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics after semi-final wins in the women's water polo qualifier in Trieste.

medal in the Chinese capital and are eight-time World Cup winners.Hosts Japan, defending champions the United

States, Spain, Canada, Australia, South Africa, China and Russia have already qualified for this year's

Olympic champion Chloe Kim made a triumphant return to action by winning the halfpipe competition at the International Ski Federation Snowboard World Cup in Laax.

83.25.No further halfpipe competitions are scheduled to take place this season after two events in the United

States were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Francesco Friedrich is closing in on winning his fourth overall two-man bobsleigh title after achieving a sixth straight International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup victory in Königssee.

pic.twitter.com/k7Eq8QN8s7— IBSF (@IBSFsliding) January 23, 2021Also in Königssee, Kaillie Humphries of the United

States secured her second Women's Monobob World Series victory of the season.The American, who is a

The Norwegian team won all six International Ski Federation Cross-Country World Cup medals on offer in Lahti as they dominated the skiathlon races.

missed out on a medal by just one thousandth of a second, while World Cup leader Jessie Diggins of the United

States came fifth in 38:15.2.It proved to be Norway’s day in Lahti as five of their athletes then finished

Glenn de Blois of The Netherlands took a shock maiden win at the first International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard Cross World Cup race of the 2020-2021 season in Chiesa in Valmalenco in Italy.

capture the silver medal.Italy's Lorenzo Sommariva won the bronze medal ahead of the Hagen Kearney of the United

States, who dropped out of contention halfway down the slope.Winner!!

The Netherlands lived up to their billing as one of speed skating's dominant forces on day two of the International Skating Union (ISU) Speed Skating World Cup in Heerenveen, winning five out of the six finals.

In the women's 1500 metres, Brittany Bowe of the United States was a clear winner ahead of the Dutch

Hickory Point Beach is to become the national training site for the USA Volleyball (USAV) beach ParaVolley programme after a foundation donated $100,000 (£73,000/€82,000) to support the beach ParaVolley set-up at the Floridian location.

ParaVolley.In 2019, USAV announced that it would become the national governing body for beach ParaVolley in the United

opened to enhance the facilities available to athletes and fans.Athletes from 14 countries and 25 US states

Switzerland’s Beat Feuz ended his Kitzbühel hoodoo as he claimed International Ski Federation Alpine Ski World Cup downhill victory on the legendary Streif.

be airlifted to hospital after landing awkwardly following his final jump.Ryan Cochran-Siegle of the United

States also sustained a neck fracture after crashing into netting.Switzerland's Urs Kryenbuhl was airlifted

Former United States Olympic Committee (USOC) executive director Baaron Pittenger has died aged 95.

 Pittenger first joined the USOC, now known as the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee

assisted with the renovation of abandoned Ent Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, which now contains the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Training Center.Pittenger was also behind the organisation of the inaugural

Italy's Sofia Goggia claimed her 10th International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Ski World Cup victory in the women's downhill in Crans-Montana in Switzerland.

made the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup podium for the fifth time in her career, 0.2sec behind Goggia.The United

States' Breezy Johnson was third for the fourth time this season - the joint-best result of her career.All

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has moved it's two-day Constitutional Congress back by a month, but will go ahead with elections as planned in the last week of March.

doping.Last October, after the IWF Board ousted its reformist Interim President Ursula Papandrea of the United

States, the IOC said it "stressed the critical importance of continuing reforms within the IWF in order

Canada's Éliot Grondin and Italian Raffaella Brutto topped qualification for the season-opening International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard Cross World Cup in Chiesa in Valmalenco.

a second of him were the rest of the top five - France's Merlin Surget, Italy's Omar Visintin, the United

States' Jake Vedder and Austrian Jakob Dusek.Germany's Paul Berg, defending champion Alessandro Hämmerle