Senior World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) officials have again been forced to defend its governance reform process amid criticism from athletes and members of its Foundation Board.

the governance reforms, approved by WADA's ruling body in November 2018, were also expressed by the United

States Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) when it threatened to withdraw its funding earlier

Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni as the two independent members of the body.Anthony Jones, who represented the United

States in place of ONDCP director James Carroll and was a vocal critic of WADA during today's Foundation

The United States has criticised the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) for raising the possibility of sanctioning

2021 Code has not even come into effect yet, and WADA is seeking to revise the Code to single out the United

States Government," Jones said.Jones also claimed the ONDCP "did not view WADA as an enemy" and that

I am ready to work hand-in-hand with our colleagues with the United States," Bańka, who became WADA President

World number one Fan Zhendong will be aiming to secure a fourth International Table Tennis Federation Men's World Cup in five years when he begins his defence in Chinese city Weihai.

Ahmed Saled of Egypt.Chinese Taipei’s Chuang Chih-Yuan, England’s Liam Pitchford and Kanak Jha of the United

States will go head to head in Group Two.Seeded 13th, Nigerian Quadri Aruna will be playing in his sixth

spy chief Park jie-Won has proposed that a summit should be held between the leaders of Japan, the United

States, North Korea and South Korea during the rearranged Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

on the summit suggestion but said Suga told Park that cooperation between Japan, South Korea and the United

States was essential in dealing with North Korea.Kato cited Suga as demanding that South Korea "create

Tokyo 2020 could be a "good opportunity" to hold talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.Similarly, United

States national security advisor Robert O’Brien suggested last month the Games could be a potential

Dmitry Klokov, one of the world’s most popular weightlifters, has revealed plans for a radical dual-leadership system in the sport in Russia.

to encourage more children into weightlifting ©Getty ImagesHe is impressed by what happened in the United

States, where a close alignment between USA Weightlifting and the CrossFit community led to a huge increase

What a week it has been: after the better part of a year of unremitting gloom, the United States election

Committee may be breathing a sigh of relief at the news that Joe Biden is the new President elect of the United

States ©Getty ImagesBiden, of course, was Obama’s vice-president – though, more encouragingly, as Pavitt

Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti could emerge as a useful bridge between the IOC and the Oval Office in the United

States ©Getty ImagesBach and his colleagues, though very much consumed at present with preparations

Don McDermott, the three-times Winter Olympian speed skater who was the United States' flag-bearer Squaw

Big-hitting American Bryson DeChambeau has targeted breaking the scoring record at The Masters as he goes in search of a second consecutive major title at Augusta National.

its traditional April slot because of the coronavirus pandemic, of 18-under-par, held jointly by the United

States' Tiger Woods and Jordan Spieth.But DeChambeau - who leads the PGA Tour in average driving distance

The European qualifying tournament for the 2021 Rugby World Cup has been postponed indefinitely because of restrictions imposed in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

World Cup based on their placings at the last edition of the event in 2017.South Africa, Canada, the United

States, Australia, Fiji and New Zealand are the other teams to have qualified for the 2021 Rugby World

Canadian boxer Tammara Thibeault has been presented with her silver medal from the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima following the disqualification of Colombia's Jessica Caicedo.

split decision in the semi-finals of the women's middleweight, eventually winning the final against the United

States' Naomi Graham to take gold.

The 2021 Surf City El Salvador World Surfing Games – the final qualifier for next year's postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics – have been rescheduled for between May 29 and June 6.

lockdowns.The 15 male qualifiers are South Africa's Jordy Smith, Kolohe Andina and John John Florence of the United

States, Kanoa Igarashi and Shun Murakami of Japan, Jeremy Flores and Michel Bourez of France, Brazil's

Wrestling World Championships will not take place this year and the United World Wrestling (UWW) Congress

of athletes, attending the 2020 event for it to go ahead.However, countries including Japan and the United

States opted out due to the coronavirus concerns and travel restrictions.Member federations had a November

Championships have been called off as a result.President Nenad Lalović will be up for re-election at the next United

Another car from a member of the United States’ 1992 Olympic “Dream Team” is up for sale.

In recent days we have been treated to perfect examples of how Americans can be such sore losers. Their two leading heavyweights have both called foul after being soundly defeated, claiming they were cheated out of their respective titles.

There is Donald Trump, whose eccentric Presidency of the United States is officially coming to an end

World number one Chen Meng triumphed at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Women's World Cup in Weihai as top-level competition returned for the first time during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

path to victory included dominant wins over both Bernadette Szocs of Romania and Lily Zhang of the United

States before a seven-game thriller against Germany's Han Ying in the semi-finals.