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Pidcock earns under-23 title at UCI Mountain Bike World Championships

  • Cycling

Britain’s Tom Pidcock triumphed in the men’s under-23 race at the International Cycling Union (UCI) Mountain Bike World Championships in Leogang-Saalfelden.

featuring a starting loop and four full laps in Austria.He was joined at the front of the race by the United

States’ Christopher Blevins on the first full lap.Pidcock pulled clear of his rival and remained solo



Philip Barker: The alphabet soup of sport

  • Inside the Blogs

Last week, triathlon became the latest to stir sport’s alphabet soup. In a sport known for rapid changeovers between swim-bike-run, it entered the water as the International Triathlon Union or ITU and finished up as the "World Triathlon."

Clause 23 of the Olympic Charter still states: "’That in the case of divergence between the French and

In football, the abbreviation CIS for Commonwealth of Independent States was used when the former Soviet

As Los Angeles will stage the 2028 Games, it means that the United States of America will be the penultimate

Their acronym remains unchanged as USA but in June 2019 the United States Olympic Committee formally

States and a change that is representative of our organisation’s commitment to inclusivity.



NBC Sports extends Twitter Olympics content deal for Tokyo 2020

  • Tokyo 2020

NBC Sports will continue to provide Olympics content on Twitter after renewing its partnership for the postponed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo and the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. 

being part of the @NBCOlympics account on the social media site and will be available to those from the United

choose one broadcast to stream per night, according to Variety.NBC Sports has produced content for the United

States on television for every Olympics since 2002 ©NBCSpeaking about the new deal, President of NBC

beginning in June 2021 will also be available in the run-up to Tokyo 2020 including sports coverage of the United

States Olympic Team Trials and will follow a similar pattern for Beijing 2022 too.Real-time highlights


South Australian Government dash hopes Adelaide will revive 2026 Commonwealth Games bid

  • Victoria 2026

Any hope that Adelaide would step into the breach and offer to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games appear to have been ended before the campaign has even properly started after the South Australian Government ruled they would not change their minds about bidding.

not support a bid because it would clash with the FIFA World Cup, which Canada is co-hosting with the United

States and Mexico.Ontario is hoping that Toronto will be chosen as one of the host cities.Hamilton had


Ko and Kang one shot back as Lincicome and Tan lead the Women's PGA Championship

  • Golf

Brittany Lincicome and Kelly Tan are tied for the lead on three under par after the first round of the Women's Professional Golf Association of America (PGA) Championship.

, although missed out on top-10 finishes at both of this year's majors so far.Cydney Clanton of the United

States, Sweden's Linnea Ström, Mexican López and Carlota Ciganda of Spain also shot 68 to be tied for



Russell dies at age 100 shortly after becoming world's oldest living Olympic medallist

  • Equestrian

The world’s oldest living Olympic medallist, John Russell, has died, it has been announced.

British capital as a member of the last American Olympic equestrian delegation to be chosen from the United

States Army, finishing 21st in the individual show jumping competition.He returned at Helsinki 1952

at Stockholm 1912.Russell was inducted into the Show Jumping Hall of Fame and Museum, received the United

States Hunter and Jumper Lifetime Achievement Award, and was inducted into the San Antonio Sports Hall


Démare sprints to second stage victory at Giro d'Italia

  • Cycling

French national champion Arnaud Démare sprinted to his second stage win at this year’s Giro d’Italia after powering clear of his rivals on an uphill finish.

leader João Almeida suffered a scare when he was crashed into by an unsighted Brandon McNulty of the United

States when the Portuguese cyclist was seeking to fix an issue with his radio.Almeida was able to return



Liam Morgan: Belarus crisis shows why increased IOC oversight of NOCs is needed

  • Inside the Blogs

Cutting through the diplomatic waffle and reading between the lines, as you so often have to do with Thomas Bach, the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) threat to Belarus yesterday was a severe one.

organisation, the IOC seems to have a politically selective approach.Major Olympic countries, such as the United

States and Italy, are currently grappling with this issue.

2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, while the US is not only staging the 2028 Summer Games, but the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee is the largest beneficiary of funding from the IOC among all


Voting in bitter World Sailing Presidential election set to begin

  • Sailing

Members of World Sailing are preparing to cast their vote in the Presidential election following a truncated and bitter campaign for the top job at the organisation.

Andersen and Perry's candidatures.Three ethics issues facing Andersen and Perry being banned from the United

States were highlighted in the email, where Ser Miang, a member of the World Sailing Ethics Commission


Djokovic, Kvitová and Kenin all into French Open semi-finals

  • Tennis

Novak Djokovic is into the semi-finals of the French Open and remains undefeated in 2020 after coming from a set down to beat Pablo Carreño Busta.

has twice won Wimbledon, has still not dropped a set this tournament.She will play Sofia Kenin of the United

States for a place in the final.Kenin, seeded forth, needed three sets to overcome compatriot Danielle


Rights groups meet IOC officials after calls for Beijing 2022 to be moved

  • Beijing 2022

A coalition representing Tibetan, Uyghur, Hong Kong and Chinese Democracy groups has held a meeting with International Olympic Committee (IOC) officials as they call for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing to be moved over alleged violations of human rights.

Chinese capital amid its alleged mistreatment of its own citizens.Officials in countries including the United

States and the United Kingdom have also suggested a boycott of the Games in protest at China's alleged

closely with our international partners to give the most powerful message, whether it is in the UN [United