The 2021 International Skating Union (ISU) Four Continents Figure Skating Championships has been cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic.

retained the pairs title.The ice dancing competition was won by Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United

States.

The resumption of sporting events has unsurprisingly led to a rise in the number of athletes testing positive for coronavirus in recent weeks.

11.As previously suggested in July, flying athletes, staff and members of the media from across the United

States into one location, it is arguably the closest we will get to the conditions Tokyo 2020 will likely

Kim Andersen and Quanhai Li will next week contest a run-off for the World Sailing Presidency, after beating off the challenges of two other candidates in the first round of a bitter and keenly-contested race.

Further analysis is difficult without knowing the first-round scores.However, it was noticeable that the United

States MNA nominated only Perry, under World Sailing’s complicated nominations system.If this is a reliable

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has been forced to postpone the resumption of the Candidates Tournament until the Russian spring of 2021.

France's Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Russia's Ian Nepomniachtchi top of the standings on 4.5 points.The United

States' Fabiano Caruana, The Netherlands' Anish Giri, China's Wang Hao and Russia's Alexander Grischuk

Cricketers in the United States have launched a "Foundational Plan" which they hope will make the country

lengthy but important piece of work, which now sets the roadmap for the development of the sport in the United

States over the next few years," said USA Cricket chairman Paraag Marathe.The plan will boost efforts

The first recognised international match was between the United States and Canada in 1844 and an English

National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) says it has awarded championships to 43 states and the

, we are excited that our student-athletes will play in some of the top locations and venues in the United

States."

South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) are set to receive $37 million (£28 million/€31 million) from personal accounts of the organisation’s former President Nicolás Leoz and secretary general Eduardo Deluca.

citing health reasons.He died in August last year.Leoz and Deluca were among officials sanctioned by the United

States’ Justice Department, amid the FIFA corruption scandal which emerged in 2015.The Office of the

With the coronavirus pandemic forcing this year’s New York City Marathon to be cancelled, all eyes will be on the virtual version of the event.

2020Olympic medallist and American marathon record-holder Deena Kastor is set to compete along with United

States national champions Stephanie Bruce and Emily Sisson.Tatyana McFadden, a 17-time Paralympic medallist

, are also due to compete.The mass runner field, representing nearly 125 different countries and 50 states

Joshua Cheptegei, whose three appearances in this COVID-disrupted year have seen him break three world records, wants to complete a special hat-trick of world titles tomorrow at the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships in Gdynia, where he will be making his debut at the distance.

gold in 2014 – have not entered a team for Gdynia.Nor will there be representatives of Japan and the United

States, who have sent teams to all 23 previous editions.

FIFA’s investigatory arm has completed its final report into sexual abuse allegations against Yves Jean-Bart, the President of the Haitian Football Federation (FHF), which has now been passed to the adjudicatory chamber.

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.

Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) President John Coates has claimed an amendment to the Federal Government’s new foreign relations legislation could make athletes political pawns and "destroy" Brisbane’s bid to host the 2032 Olympic Games.

There are a wide range of options available to nation states like Australia to express concern about

Officials in countries including the United States and the United Kingdom have also suggested a boycott

In 2020, getting back to “normal” has been a constant theme in sport. After last week’s International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board meeting, President Thomas Bach was optimistic that the Olympics would take place next year.

London.IOC vice-president Sigfrid Edström flew in from Sweden and Avery Brundage made his journey from the United

States to join Lord Aberdare in London.Count Alberto Bonacossa had been unable to travel from Italy

President of the International Olympic Committee ©Getty ImagesThe list of possibles included many from the United

States but “after careful consideration”, the IOC sent out ballot forms with a strong recommendation

Antonio Urso, one of weightlifting’s most prominent anti-corruption campaigners, has resigned from the Executive Board of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) because of its "crazy and destructive" behaviour.

The week started with Ursula Papandrea of the United States as leader of the IWF.On Tuesday Papandrea

Nigeria Basketball Federation President Musa Kida revealed he is considering asking National Basketball Association (NBA) rising star Bam Adebayo to represent the country at next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo.

 The 23-year-old is unlikely to play for the United States, having earned a spot on the American

Dozens of members of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) are calling for elections before December in the hope of saving the sport's Olympic future.

Britain has asked the IWF's entire Executive Board to stand down and the United States and others see