Slovakia's Petra Vlhová will hope to maintain her strong start to the International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Ski World Cup season in the first parallel giant slalom race tomorrow in Lech-Zürs.

competition from Italy’s Federica Brignone, who won overall and giant slalom crystal globes last season.The United

States’ Mikaela Shiffrin has opted out of the competition as the three-time overall World Cup winner

Diego Maradona - widely regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time - has passed away at the age of 60.

career ended in despairing circumstances as he was sent home from the 1994 tournament in the Untied States

quarter-finals.The diminutive footballing legend had also managed club sides in Argentina, Mexico and the United

The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) has scheduled three Paraclimbing World Cups in the 2021 season.

of Paraclimbing, Innsbruck in Austria, Briançon in France and a venue still to be determined in the United

States are set to host World Cups next year.Action in Innsbruck is due to run from June 22 to 24, with

USA Boxing has announced the postponement of its 2020 National Championships due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and has moved the event to 2021.

registered for the December tournament will have their registration transferred to the new date.In the United

States, there have been more than 12.95 million confirmed cases of COVID-19, resulting in the deaths

Argentina and Barcelona forward Lionel Messi, Portugal and Juventus attacker Cristiano Ronaldo and France and Paris Saint-Germain striker Kylian Mbappé have all been nominated for The Best FIFA Football Awards 2020, following the release of the shortlists.

Messi won the FIFA Best Men's Player Award for 2019 ahead of Dutch centre back Van Dijk and Ronaldo.The United

States' Megan Rapinoe beat her team-mate Alex Morgan to the women's title, while England's Bronze came

Double Olympic sprint champion Elaine Thompson-Herah is among the five finalists for this year's Female Athlete of the Year accolade.

means a new winner will be crowned once again, continuing a streak that has existed since 2010.The United

States' Dalilah Muhammad earned the accolade in 2019 after she twice broke the world 400m hurdles record

Willie Smith, winner of an Olympic gold medal at Los Angeles 1984 as part of the United States 4x400

The World Rugby Council is to receive an evaluation of candidates to host the Rugby World Cup, rather than a recommendation of which one should win, and voting will be made public.

bidding for the 2027 World Cup, while Russia has said it is to bid for 2027 and 2031.A desire for the United

States to stage a World Cup has also been expressed.The Rugby World Cup is rugby union's premier international

Dual Summer and Winter Olympian Lolo Jones has returned to the United States bobsleigh squad after being

An Olympic gold medal won by Sergei Kovalenko when the Soviet Union beat the United States in the final

World Athletics has signed a 10-year agreement with NBC Sports for United States media rights to all

and will run until the end of 2029.It gives NBC Sports exclusive multi-platform media rights in the United

we are delighted to have such a trusted broadcast partner by our side to showcase our sport in the United

States," said World Athletics President Sebastian Coe."

Swiss downhill specialist Doris De Agostini, who competed at two Winter Olympic Games and won a World Championships bronze medal, has died at the age of 62.

country at the Winter Olympics in Innsbruck in Austria, before going on to compete in Lake Placid in the United

States four years later.De Agostini clinched a bronze medal in the downhill at the 1978 World Championships

Italy women’s softball team are poised to step up preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games by holding a training camp in Rome.

the squad for the rescheduled Olympic Games.Italy are due to begin their Olympic campaign against the United

States on July 21 - two days before the Opening Ceremony.Mexico, Canada, Australia and hosts Japan will

Organisers of the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Oregon have unveiled the official logo, social media channels and website for the event.

We are delighted to bring our flagship event to the United States for the first time," said World Athletics

Boris van der Vorst has vowed to restructure deals with the International Boxing Association's (AIBA) creditors to help ease the financial crisis at the organisation as he warned against taking a "onetime payment from unspecified sources" in his election manifesto.

due to be voted on by the Congress on December 13, but they have faced criticism from England and the United

States, among others.Van der Vorst writes in his manifesto that he "does not find reformative enough