China's all-conquering team will be aiming to strengthen their position at the top of the Paris 2024 rankings when the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships are hosted by Saudi Arabia for the first time, starting tomorrow.

qualifying to date because of a serious wrist injury and is due to compete in the 73kg B Group.The United

States and hosts Saudi Arabia are the only other two nations with a maximum team.South Korea and Mexico

International Canoe Federation (ICF) President Thomas Konietzko has said that he is "very optimistic" over a resolution to the location of canoe slalom competition for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles with Oklahoma City expected to be named host.

When the United States last held the Summer Olympics, at Atlanta in 1996, the canoe slalom events were

Earlier this week, a special milestone was reached when Vic Seixas, the oldest living Grand Slam champion, a winner at Wimbledon in 1953 and the US Open in 1954, turned 100.

StripesBy the time of that opening appearance, Europe was already at war and the following year the United

States was dragged into it following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.At 18, Seixas joined the Army

Asia ruled on day two of the Paris 2023 World Taekwondo Grand Prix as Uzbekistan, China and Iran won the three gold medals available.

her compatriot Jie Song in the women’s under-67kg class, where the medals were presented by former United

final with a 2-1 win over Turkey’s Muhammed Emin Yildiz.In the second semi-final Barkhordari fought the United

States’ world silver medallist Carl Alan Nickolas, winning 2-0.

Newly established world champions enjoyed mixed fortunes as the Chinese city of Xiamen’s 10-lane Egret Stadium hosted its first Wanda Diamond League meeting, with 2023 world-leading performances coming from Yaroslava Mahuchikh, Emmanuel Wanyonyi, Christian Coleman and Beatrice Chebet.

time already recorded this season by Britain’s Zharnel Hughes and world champion Noah Lyles of the United

States, with his compatriot Fred Kerley, the 2022 world champion, third in 9.96.Italy's Olympic champion

opening lead of 67.32m set by Croatia’s double Olympic champion Sandra Perkovic.Laulauga Tausaga of the United

States, surprise winner of the women’s discus world title, was - like Arop - one of a number of Budapest

Increased numbers of Australian police will provide security during the Solomon Islands' staging of the Pacific Games in November and its subsequent elections in 2024, the Government has said.

policing deal with China to cover community policing and cybersecurity.This prompted concern from the United

States, Australia and New Zealand, who called for transparency over the proposed Chinese security role.China

Serbian Novak Djokovic fought back from two sets down to beat compatriot Laslo Djere 4-6, 4-6, 6-1, 6-1, 6-3 to reach the fourth round of the US Open.

Meanwhile, the United States players enjoyed a fantastic day in home surroundings with Taylor Fritz,

Mary de Bruyn, who umpired during the Sydney 2000 Olympics women’s softball gold-medal match is among the latest inductees into Softball Canada’s Hall of Fame.

officiating in the women’s softball gold-medal match at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, in which the United

States beat Japan 2-1.De Bruyn’s other umpiring highlights include the 1996 Women’s Softball World Championships

Thirty-five-year-old French veteran Geoffrey Soupe earned the best victory of his career today as he confounded all the fancied sprinters to win a crash-affected stage seven of the Vuelta a España.

red jersey as he kept his overall lead of eight seconds over the stage six winner Sepp Kuss of the United

States, riding for Jumbo-Visma.The latter managed to recover from a crash with around five kilometres

Debutants Latvia, world ranked 29th, producing a stunning late recovery to inflict a first defeat on Spain, the defending world and European champions, in the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) World Cup.

on seven points.In Group J - being played at the Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay in the Philippines, the United

States, World Cup winners in 2010 and 2014, earned a fourth successive victory, beating Montenegro 85

The United States is gearing up for the start of a new National Football League (NFL) season on September

In fact, it’s a shift that is already happening, especially in the United States, with women and girls

driving the fastest growth amid exploding participation as more and more States - California the latest

one year ago, she was an unknown Monterrey student who steered Mexico to a famous victory over the United

States in the inaugural flag football gold medal game of The World Games.Today, Diana is a global celebrity

Iran starred on the final day of the World Taekwondo Cadet Championships with a pair of gold medals on the final day in Sarajevo.

after she dispatched Iranian Ayla Jalili in the under-176cm class.They were met on the podium by the United

States' Pola Wasilewska and Klara Uglešić.

Four days after the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, 12 individual gold medallists took part in the main Zurich Diamond League meeting, with eight managing to produce winning performances.

appearing to have completed his bold effort he was caught in the final strides by Yared Nuguse of the United

States, who came through on the inside to clock 3:30.49, just 0.02 ahead.

States secured an impressive victory over the longer distance, being forced to work hard to maintain

States, who did not qualify for Budapest, was third in 12:54.49 ahead of the fourth-placed finisher

States rival Sam Kendricks, the 2017 and 2019 world champion who failed to qualify for this year’s World

  1967 Summer Universiade, Tokyo: Women’s 100m freestyle bronze; women’s 400m freestyle silver; women’s 4x100m freestyle relay gold.

joint silver medallists Japan and Britain.The Santa Cruz club supplied eight men and eight women to the United

States team for the following year’s Olympics in Mexico - and Gustavson was among them.In the United

States Olympic trials she excelled in the 200 metres, setting a world record of 2min 07.9sec - improving

The volunteers who helped make the World Athletics Championships in Budapest such a success have been nominated for a prestigious international fair play award.

World Athletics dates back to the 2003 World Championships in Paris.Britain’s Holly Bradshaw and the United

States’ Katie Nageotte were the latest recipients of the award at the World Championships in Oregon.Bradshaw