The Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Government have been praised for their commitment to hosting the Pacific Mini Games, even though the coronavirus pandemic has forced them to be postponed by a year until 2022.

The CNMI, a United States Commonwealth, had been due to host the next edition of the Pacific Mini Games

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has extolled sport's health benefits and called for nations to respect the "political neutrality" of the Games in an address to world leaders during the Saudi Arabia 2020 G20 Summit.

plus trade policies, there have been calls for a boycott of Beijing 2022 in countries including the United

States, Britain and Australia.

Jona in Switzerland has been confirmed as the host for the 2021 Women's Fistball World Championship.

contested by up to 16 countries, is a qualifying tournament for the 2022 World Games in Birmingham in the United

States.

The United Through Sports (UTS) World Virtual Youth Festival has concluded after five days of online

Athletes United: Power of the Athletes" focused on what athletes can achieve with their voices, and urged

people to use their platform for change.Stefany Hernández, Venezuela's Rio 2016 BMX bronze medallist and United

States Paralympian and activist Scout Bassett both contributed.The final panel featured IOC Athletes

director Kit McConnell, IPC President Andrew Parsons and UTS President Fox under the title "Sport Leaders United

The Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) has teamed up with the USA Triathlon Foundation to launch a COVID-19 relief fund ahead of next month's PTO 2020 Championship in Daytona Beach.

Speedway in Florida.Ahead of the event, triathletes including German Jan Frodeno, Dave Scott of the United

States, Swiss Daniela Ryf, Mark Allen of the US and England's Lucy Charles-Barclay have agreed to donate

community who have experienced financial strain during the global health crisis.Funds raised in the United

has contributed merchandise to the prize draw ©Getty Images"The PTO and our PTO Professionals have united

The International Ski Federation (FIS) has announced the cancellation of two FIS World Cup events due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Freeski and Snowboard World Cup events scheduled to take place on Copper Mountain in Colorado in the United

States, have also been cancelled due to COVID-19.Initially scheduled for December 17 to 19, organisers

Nine people have been elected to the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) Wheelchair Fencing Executive Committee, after a motion to expand the number of members-at-large was approved.

Committee.Poland’s Jakub Nowicki, Arno Schneider of Brazil, Austrian Peter Brigola, Brandon Dyett from the United

States and Briton Peter Huggins have also been elected to the Executive Committee.

Riga defended their International Basketball Federation (FIBA) 3x3 World Tour Doha Masters title with a last-gasp 21-20 victory over Liman.

look forward to the FIBA 3x3 World Tour Jeddah Final, which begins on December 18.Princeton of the United

States finished fifth in Doha but it was not enough to seal their place in Saudi Arabia.Despite not

Olympic silver medallist Mikhail Kolyada put a season dogged by health issues behind him by winning the men's singles title at the Grand Prix of Figure Skating event in Moscow.

third stop on the International Skating Union Grand Prix of Figure Skating schedule after events in the United

States and China.There will be an exhibition event tomorrow, with all the medals now awarded.Grand Prix

Cali Condors have the advantage going into the second day of the International Swimming League (ISL) final in Budapest after Caeleb Dressel broke two world records.

 Their impressive form continued today, spearheaded by the United States' Dressel.

 Olivia Smoliga, Lilly King, Kelsi Dahlia and Erika Brown, all of the United States and competing

United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) has announced plans to launch a Team USA Athlete

France’s Tess Ledeux triumphed in the first International Ski Federation (FIS) Freeski Slopestyle World Cup event of the season in Stubai, as top qualifier Kelly Sildaru withdrew prior to the event.

challenges for the World Cup calendar.World Cup events in China’s capital Beijing and Copper Mountain in the United

States were cancelled, with the competitions initially having been scheduled for November and December.It

Slovakia's Petra Vlhová spoiled what would have been a dream return for Mikaela Shiffrin by recording the two best runs to win the first women's slalom race at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Ski World Cup event in Levi in Finland.

the win, following a bronze medal at the first race in Sölden in Austria.She was kept honest by the United

States' Shiffrin, who finished in second, just 0.18sec off the pace of the Slovakian.

Yves Jean-Bart, the President of the Haitian Football Federation (FHF), has been banned from football for life after being found guilty of having abused his position and sexually harassed and abused various female players, including minors.

allegations were made public.The pressure group called on FIFA, as well as authorities in Haiti and the United

States, to do more to protect survivors.

Major League Soccer (MLS) has reportedly cut its permanent workforce by 20 per cent amid the ongoing impact on the coronavirus pandemic.

The United States’ top men's professional football league had frozen its hiring process in April, following