International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) President Morinari Watanabe has expressed hope the upcoming gymnastics competition at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium will help "open the door" to Tokyo 2020.

The FIG announced last month a one-off competition featuring athletes from China, Russia, the United

States and the host nation Japan.The event is scheduled to take place on November 8 at the Yoyogi National

World Judo Day has been celebrated by the Colorado Springs judo community at the newly-constructed United

States Olympic and Paralympic Museum.

walls of this museum," said Michelle Dusserre-Farrell, vice-president of athlete engagement at the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Museum."

Maicon de Andrade Siqueira has a historic place in the sporting history of his nation, having been the only home athlete to earn a taekwondo medal at the Rio 2016 Olympics and also the first male Brazilian in the sport to medal at any Games.

 Siqueria beat the United States' 2011 Pan American bronze medallist Stephen Lambdin in the preliminary

Los Angeles Current won the third match of the International Swimming League (ISL) season and have moved top of the overall standings, thanks in no small part to Béryl Gastaldello.

ranking points - 17.5 more than any other athlete.Abbey Weitzeil, who won two Olympic medals for the United

States at Rio 2016, was the swimmer Gastaldello edged out in the final of that skins race.A Current

The Japan Softball Association (JSA) is reportedly turning to virtual reality to prepare its team for the long-awaited defence of its Olympic title at Tokyo 2020.

returned to the Olympic programme after being dropped following Beijing 2008, where Japan beat the United

States to clinch gold.As part of the JSA’s preparations, the country’s softball squad has been working

The Empowering Olympic, Paralympic and Amateur Athletes Act of 2020 has been delivered to the White House for signature.

The United States House of Representatives in Washington D.C. passed the act, approved by the Senate

to US participation in the Olympic and Paralympic Games, including reviewing reform efforts from the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC).The bill would give the US Congress the ability to remove

Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin insists he is "not backing down" from setting his country’s Tokyo 2020 hopefuls the "ambitious" goal of finishing in the top three of the medals table - despite the prospect of having to field a neutral team.

coronavirus pandemic.His remarks came shortly after Russian intelligence officers were charged in the United

States for a cyberattack at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang.Russia's Sports Ministry has

USA Bobsled and Skeleton (USABS) has extended its agreement with the race suit company Qwixskinz through to 2022.

The deal with Qwixskinz will see the manufacturer remain an official supplier to the United States skeleton

Two-time world champion Nathan Chen clinched a record-equalling fourth consecutive Skate America title as he converted his overnight lead into victory in Las Vegas.

multiple Grand Prix medallist, scored 136.25 points to end on 212.73 overall.Bradie Tennell, also of the United

States, did enough for silver on 211.07, while Audrey Shin completed the clean sweep for the hosts by

Los Angeles Current lead Tokyo Frog Kings by 14 points at the halfway stage of the third match of the 2020 International Swimming League (ISL) in Budapest.

Gastaldello of France has 30.5 points and Abbey Weitzeil - a two-time medallist at Rio 2016 for the United

States - has 20.5.All three swim for Current, and are the three best-scoring athletes after day one

As Russia prepares its appeal against a series of World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) sanctions excluding the country from major international competition for four years, one of its favourite sporting sons, former National Basketball Association (NBA) player Andrei Kirilenko, has warned the proposed collective ban will punish innocent competitors.

Basketball Federation (RBF) for the last five years, told insidethegames.Now 39, Kirilenko has joint United

States and Russian citizenship after a 13-year NBA career with Utah Jazz, Minnesota Timberwolves, Brooklyn

States for an alleged global computer hacking operation that included targeting the 2018 Winter Games

States be judged by this?

Again, I am pretty sure that Canada as a country and the United States as a country are not involved

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has warned the Olympics should not be "a marketplace of demonstrations".

calls for the IOC to alter or scrap Rule 50 of the Olympic Charter.The second clause of Rule 50 of states

Games.Beijing is set to stage the Winter Olympics and Paralympics in 2022, but some politicians in the United

States, Britain and Australia - among other countries - have called for boycotts in response to China's

The Olympic Museum in Lausanne in Switzerland is to be illuminated with the colour blue to celebrate United

 Bach is due to address UN officials and member states during the event.UN Day marks the anniversary

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has announced the cancellation of the NEC Wheelchair Masters and UNIQLO Doubles Masters due to the coronavirus pandemic.

 Following confirmation that the United States Tennis Association would be unable to host the event

Interim general manager Dylan Kent says Toronto Titans have recruited "pretty aggressively" as they look to "surprise people" at this season’s International Swimming League (ISL) in Budapest.

bronze in the 100m freestyle at London 2012.The Canadian team have also signed Michael Chadwick of the United

States and Shane Ryan of Ireland from LA Current and Rebecca Smith of Canada from Energy Standard."