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World ParaVolley Foundation launches campaign to raise $10,000

  • Volleyball News

The World ParaVolley Foundation has launched a campaign to raise $10,000 (£7,600/€8,300) to help develop the sport and provide new opportunities to athletes.

Foundation was set up in February 2018 with an initial focus of organising fundraising activities in the United

States.


Laffont wins again as Graham and Fjällström share dual moguls spoils at FIS Freestyle World Cup

  • Freestyle

Olympic champion Perrine Laffont secured her second victory in as many days at the International Ski Federation Freestyle World Cup as Ludvig Fjällström and Matt Graham were declared joint winners of a weather-affected men's dual moguls event in Idre Fjäll.

third consecutive World Cup win of the season.The French star finished clear of Jaelin Kauf of the United

States in the big final to maintain her dominant start to the 2020-2021 campaign.Laffont's success saw


Bolshunov and Brennan take overall Cross-Country World Cup leads with Davos wins

  • Cross-Country

Alexander Bolshunov topped an all-Russian podium in the men’s 15-kilometre race at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Cross-Country World Cup event in Davos, while American Rosie Brennan won a second race of the weekend.

32-year-old came home in 24:49.8 ahead of Russia’s Yulia Stupak on 25:23.8 and Hailey Swirbul of the United

States in 25:30.3.Rosie Brennan won the sprint and 10km races in Davos to take the overall World Cup



ICC announces qualification process for Women’s T20 World Cup in 2023

  • Non-Olympic Sports

The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the qualification process for the Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa in 2023.

 The United States will hold the Americas qualifier from September 11 to 18 and will be joined by

event is timetabled, with hosts Malaysia, Bhutan, China, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Myanmar, Nepal and the United


USA Gymnastics to allow protests from athletes as new bill of rights introduced

  • Gymnastics

American athletes who protest at USA Gymnastics events will not be sanctioned under a new policy and an athlete bill of rights.

The eight-point bill of rights document, developed by USA Gymnastics and its Athletes' Council, also states

to...participate in an environment that is free from emotional, sexual, or physical abuse".The bill states

competitions sanctioned by the embattled national governing body would not be punished.It comes after the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee made a similar ruling concerning athletes who protest at the

Olympic Games.The USA Gymnastics policy states: "In a number of forums (e.g., on social media, at press


Toyota to sponsor Legacy Triathlon on Los Angeles 2028 course

  • Triathlon

Toyota is to sponsor the Legacy Triathlon, an event held on the proposed course for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles.

age-group athletes, as well as Para-triathletes, from around the world.The first race was held in 2019 with United

States Olympian Joe Maloy winning the men's race and Kelly Dippold the women's.The Legacy Triathlon

partner of the International Olympic Committee and International Paralympic Committee, as well as the United

States Olympic & Paralympic Committee.In its first two years as a founding partner of USA Triathlon

States’ top elite Paratriathletes,” Rocky Harris, the USA Triathlon chief executive, said."


World Games to launch public vote to find greatest athlete of all-time to mark 40th anniversary

  • World Games

A special vote to select the greatest athlete ever to compete at the World Games is set to be launched next month as celebrations begin for the 40th anniversary of the event.

next year.The candidates can be from any edition of the World Games first held in Santa Clara in the United

States in 1981.When the voting begins on January 8, the public can vote daily, everyone once per 24

will be celebrating its 40th anniversary next year following the first event at Santa Clara in the United

States in 1981 ©IWGA"The first candidate they choose gets two votes, and the second candidate one vote


Russian athletes responsible for most anti-doping rule violations in 2018, according to new WADA data

  • Olympics

Athletes from Russia have taken over from Italians as those responsible for the most confirmed anti-doping rule violations (ADRVs), according to new statistics made public by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

Italians and 114 for France.In 2017, the Italian total reached 171 ADRVs, well ahead of France and the United

States, which had respectively the second and third-highest totals.In the latest year, the rest of the


Shibuno maintains narrow lead as US Women's Open final round delayed

  • Golf

Hinako Shibuno has a narrow one-shot lead going into the final round of the US Women's Open in Houston, which has been delayed by a day because of inclement weather.

seeking her second major victory after triumphing at the 2019 Women's British Open.Amy Olson of the United

States is just one shot behind Hinako Shibuno ©LPGAShibuno has a one-stroke lead over Amy Olson, with


Dawson reflects on golf’s testing Olympic course as he steps away from IGF Presidency

  • The Big Read

Whether he likes it or not, Peter Dawson, who steps down at the end of this month after a decade as President of the International Golf Federation (IGF), will have to accept that his sport owes him a huge debt of thanks.

- the body that runs the Open Championship and governs the sport worldwide in conjunction with the United

States Golf Association (USGA) - he told Kingdom Magazine: "I don’t want people to think I have left


Bassino earns second giant slalom victory of FIS Alpine Ski World Cup season

  • Alpine Skiing

Marta Bassino earned back-to-back giant slalom victories after triumphing at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Ski World Cup event in Courchevel.

snowfall ©Getty ImagesVlhová has reached the podium at all five World Cup races so far this season.The United

States' Mikaela Shiffrin, the world bronze medallist in the giant slalom, competed in the discipline


Laffont secures second straight moguls win at FIS Freestyle World Cup

  • Freestyle

Olympic champion Perrine Laffont continued her strong start to the defence of her overall International Ski Federation (FIS) Freestyle Skiing World Cup title by recording her second straight moguls victory of the season in Idre Fjäll.

83.71 points to see off Brodie Summers of Australia.Summers was second on 81.84, with Nick Page of the United

States third on 81.28 points.The men’s FIS Moguls World Cup season has begun without reigning champion


Olympic Summit declaration calls for WADA support with veiled criticism of Rodchenkov Act

  • Olympics

topics discussed at the Olympic Summit, and part of the meeting's declaration reads as a warning to the United

States after the Rodchenkov Act came into law earlier this month.

Commission, spoke of the Athletes' Commission's consultation regarding Rule 50.The second clause of the rule states

declaration also acknowledged recent support for the Olympic and Paralympic Movements from both the United


World Para Volley postpones final men's qualifier for rearranged Tokyo 2020

  • Volleyball News

The Board of World Para Volley has approved the postponement of the final men's qualifier for the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

Germany are one of seven teams that it is hoped will compete for the final Paralympic berth - with the United

States, Canada, Ukraine, Croatia, Latvia and Kazakhstan all eligible to enter.We will find out which