French rider Loic Bruni thrilled the home crowd as he won the men’s Downhill World Cup in the Pyrenees in the latest stage of the International Cycling Union (UCI) Mountain Bike World Series.

Dakotah Norton of the United States, riding for Intense Factory Racing, was second, just 0.777sec slower

More boats secured their places at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games during the third day of competition at the World Rowing Championships in Belgrade.

better of them at the third World Rowing Cup in Lucerne and forcing them to race the repechages.The United

States won the first heat on their season debut in a time of 6:18.36, with Olympic champions Canada

China began their campaign with a one-two finish and two world records on the second day of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships here in Riyadh.

good news for us is that China can only take one athlete to Paris," joked Mike Gattone, a very happy United

States performance director after Jourdan Delacruz finished third and joined three others on 200kg in

total in the women's 49kg ©IWFKhambao as fourth on total on 87-109-196, and Hayley Reichardt of the United

States was a place behind Cambei in sixth, making only two good lifts in a total of 189kg.While other

United States overturned a three-point deficit after day one to win golf’s Walker Cup.

Basketball Australia chief executive Matt Scriven has promised "a full review" of its men's team's disappointing performance at the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Basketball World Cup, but insists it is targeting a repeat of the Tokyo 2020 podium finish at next year's Olympics.

Basketball World Cup is due to run until Sunday (September 10).Hosts France along with South Sudan, the United

States, Canada and Japan are also assured of a place in the men's basketball tournament at Paris 2024

Hosts Chile have been handed a tough group in the men's handball tournament at the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games which features three of the semi-finalists from four years ago.

defence is set to begin against Cuba, seeking a first podium finish since Rio de Janeiro 2007, the United

States and Uruguay.In the women's tournament, Brazil are seeking a seventh consecutive title at the

Japan finished top of the medals table at the World Aquatics Youth Artistic Swimming Championships, while five countries finished with gold medals.

States completing the podium with 282.2878.The highlight for the host nation came in the women’s duet

his declared difficulty to his routine as he finished with a score of 236.4360.Michael Chan of the United

States took bronze after only achieving part of his difficulty to his routine, as he ended with 227.9338

States as they finished on 223.0461.In the women’s solo free final Romane Temessek of France took gold

with 261.6123 with a perfectly executed routine entitled Feeling Good.Kanako Field of the United States

The first places at the Paris 2024 Paralympics have been secured on day two of the World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, as action continued in the heats.

crew of Francesca Allen, Morgan Fice-Noyes, Giedre Rakauskaite, Edward Fuller and cox Erin Kennedy.The United

States took a second Paris 2024 Paralympic spot from the heat by finishing second in 7:13.06, with their

Arriving back at Paris Orly airport from the World Athletics Championships in Budapest I felt almost guilty speaking to some of my friends from L’Equipe.

On the track, notably, the son of former Leeds United, Manchester City and England full back Danny Mills

also qualified for Riga in winning the women’s race in 1:09:15, and will run her first marathon in the United

States on October 14 seeking the Olympic qualifying mark of 2:26:50.Her victory came thirty years after

Germany and the United States won the men's and women's titles respectively at the International Basketball

Japan's Pacific League team Seibu Lions has indefinitely suspended infielder Hotaka Yamakawa despite Tokyo prosecutors deciding not to indict him over allegations of rape.

against him to the police.Japan won the WBC in March in Miami after a 14-year absence by defeating the United

States 3-2 ©Getty Images"This situation was caused by my failure to consider my position as a professional

the first time last year.Japan won the WBC in March in Miami after a 14-year absence by defeating the United

States 3-2.

Defending champion Iga Świątek of Poland crashed out of the US Open while Novak Djokovic of Serbia was among a host of stars who sealed quarterfinal places.

thriller against Laslo Djere in the previous round, it was a routine night out for Djokovic in the United

States, as he reached the quarter-finals with a 6-2, 7-5, 6-4 win against Borna Gojo of Croatia."

6-1.Taylor Fritz, Frances Tiafoe, and Ben Shelton did the host nation proud, as three men from the United

States are in the quarter-finals of the US Open for the first time since 2005.The last three to do it

Hosts Oman have been drawn with The Netherlands, Malaysia and Fiji in the women's tournament for the inaugural International Hockey Federation (FIH) Hockey5s World Cups.

men's side are set to face two of those opponents in their tournament in Malaysia and Fiji, with the United

States completing Pool D.Both tournaments are set to feature 16 teams in the Omani capital Muscat from

Germany's Lennard Kämna rode solo to victory on stage nine of the Vuelta a España while the United States

Hernan Lopez, the former chief executive of Fox International Channels, and marketing company Full Play Group SA have been cleared of all charges in a broadcasting rights bribery case dating back to 2015.

Chen of the Brooklyn Federal Court, has granted an acquittal, citing the United States Supreme Court