Tennis legend Billie Jean King and FIFA World Cup winner Megan Rapinoe are among more than 175 athletes to sign a brief against the bill passed in Idaho banning transgender athletes from competing in college events.

 The act states that "athletic teams or sports designated for females, women, or girls shall not

athletes, Athlete Ally and the Women's Sport Foundation in signing a brief filed by Lambda Legal with the United

States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

core values of inclusivity, respect and the equitable treatment of all individuals".The Idaho Bill states

The bill also states that there are "inherent differences between men and women", ranging from "chromosomal

USA Bobsled and Skeleton has announced six individuals who are set to be inducted into its Hall of Fame for 2020, including Olympic bobsleigh champion Chris Mesler.

been posthumously inducted into the Hall of Fame having been one of the top bobsleigh athletes in the United

States during the 1970s.He died in a crash at the 1981 World Championships at Cortina d'Ampezzo, with

Last week, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decided a case between the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA). WADA was, supposedly, defending clean athletes - holding Russia accountable for the most recent effort to undermine clean sport. However, the global anti-doping regulator appears to be fighting with, rather than against, Russia. Based on statements and actions, WADA appears to be most interested in sweeping the entire Russian doping saga under the rug.

athletes' successes on the world’s biggest stage while simultaneously claiming to be the victim of a United

States conspiracy.

The headline from NPR states, "Russia Gets Its Doping Ban Reduced But Will Miss Next 2 Olympics.

medals were ultimately reinstated by the Court of Arbitration for Sport ©Getty ImagesThe CAS decision states

New dates in March have been identified for the Americas Olympic and Paralympic Continental Qualification Regatta in Rio de Janeiro.

from May 6 to 8.Brazil has recorded more than 188,000 COVID-19 deaths - more than any country bar the United

States - and case rates remain high, with a seven-day rolling average in excess of 45,000.Rio de Janeiro

New York City’s historic Millrose Games has been cancelled for 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

 The World Athletics Indoor Tour is still due to stop in the United States with a competition in

Tickets for the Australian Open have gone on sale with organisers initially looking to fill 25 per cent of the capacity of their three main show courts.

with the men's event shifted to Doha in Qatar and the women's competition relocated to Dubai in the United

Grand Slams not to be impacted by the coronavirus crisis.Serbia's Novak Djokovic and Sofia Kenin of the United

States won the men's and women's titles respectively on Melbourne's hard courts.Wimbledon was cancelled

The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has found that three-time Olympic archer Brady Ellison was

I was going to call this piece "the year of living dangerously".

to an aphorism, this pandemic year has taught me - to paraphrase the late "Tip" O’Neill, the former United

States House of Representatives speaker whose nickname, I now discover, was derived from a baseball

The winners of the first Online World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships have been confirmed, after more than 1500 athletes from 98 countries competed for titles.

Korea won the men's and women's under-50 titles and Um Jae-young of South Korea and Elva Adams of the United

States won the under-60s men's and women's crowns.Lee Kang-soo of South Korea and Barbara Brand of the

An eight-goal thriller between Belgium and The Netherlands was voted the best International Hockey Federation (FIH) Hockey Pro League match of the year.

Carla Rebecchi made the top three FIH Pro League goals of the year after her effort against the United

States ©Getty ImagesFans also had the opportunity to vote on the best Pro League goal of the year.

 Carla Rebecchi of Argentina was third for an effort scored against the United States.

Indian boxer Vikas Krishan insists he is willing to put his "life in danger" to win an Olympic gold but his pursuit for success at Tokyo 2020 has been disrupted by visa problems.

medallist claimed new visa protocols were stopping his coach Ron Simms from returning to India from the United

Softball Europe has announced that the Women's European Softball Championship will take place from June 27 to July 3 next year.

Africa Olympic qualifier, which sealed their spot at Tokyo 2020.Italy are set to face hosts Japan, United

States, Mexico, Canada and Australia in the Olympic softball tournament.

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has denied the need for another state of emergency in the Olympic host country despite the rising levels of COVID-19 cases.

 The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is currently being administered in the UK and the United States and

Russian athletes have been more rigorously tested than the vast majority of their competitors around the world during coronavirus lockdowns, according to the acting director general of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) Mikhail Bukhanov.

substantially to $7 million (£5.4 million/€6 million) per annum, a total only surpassed internationally by the United

States Anti-Doping Agency."

Heraklion in Greece has been awarded the 2023 World Deaf Basketball Championships over Ankara in Turkey.

Greece claimed the women's title at the 2019 World Deaf Basketball Championships in Poland, with the United

States triumphing in the men's contest.