Armand Duplantis, who began this troubled season with two pole vault world records, will end it with the additional distinction of producing a world-best clearance outdoors as he achieved 6.15 metres at tonight’s penultimate Diamond League meeting in Rome.

The 20-year-old United States-based Swede, who raised the world pole vault record to 6.17 and then 6.18m

World number three Karim Abdel Gawad was pushed all the way by Frenchman Lucas Serme in a five-set victory in the opening round of the Professional Squash Association (PSA) Manchester Open.

comeback to win the fifth set and triumph 14-12, 11-4, 5-11, 4-11, 11-9.Fifth seed Amanda Sobhy, of the United

States, thrashed Finland’s Emilia Soini 11-5, 11-2, 11-2, while Alison Waters beat fellow English player

World Players Association executive director Brendan Schwab has outlined five commitments the pressure group wants the sporting world to make following the execution of wrestler Navid Afkari in Iran.

representation groups such as Global Athlete, which demanded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and United

Afkari's case had attracted global attention and led to the likes of United States President Donald Trump

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says a decision has not yet been made over whether politicians will boycott the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

breached the Sino-British Joint Declaration, which saw Hong Kong's sovereignty handed back to China by the United

Congress and other Hong Kong and Mongolian rights groups based in several continents.Politicians in the United

States are among those to have called for the IOC to take action against China.China has claimed that

The Luge World Cup event in Lake Placid has been moved to Oberhof in Germany due to restrictions imposed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

 "It provides great visibility in the United States for the sport, our athletes and organisation

The President of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has highlighted the benefits of university sport as the International Day of University Sport (IDUS) approaches.

Mark Emmert, who has been President of the United States-based NCAA since 2010, says IDUS "holds special

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France, Emmanuel Macron, was part of the ceremonies on day 17 of the Tour de France ©Getty ImagesThe United

States' Sepp Kuss helped Roglič to finish second ©Getty ImagesSpain's Mikel Landa also lost ground after

This year's Bandy World Championship in Russia has been cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic.

because of the COVID-19 crisis.Sweden, runners-up at the last two World Championships, Germany and the United

States pulled out of the event last month, leaving Russia, Kazakhstan, Finland, Estonia and Norway as

World number one Dustin Johnson is a man in form ahead of the US Open and will start the second men's major of the year as the favourite, having won three times on the PGA Tour since it resumed.

Woods in another all-American group.One player in the top 10 who will not be at the tournament in the United

States' Brooks Koepka, who has had to withdraw due to persistent hip and knee injuries.The world number

Double races are set to be held in this year's International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup season to minimise travel for athletes. 

updated schedule followed the news that the 2021 World Championships was moved from Lake Placid in the United

States to Altenberg in Germany due to the pandemic.A calendar for the IBSF Para-Sport World Cup and

Progress with governance reforms was among the topics discussed during a two-day virtual World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Executive Committee meeting which concluded today.

decided an expert working group to monitor WADA's progress with the reforms amid criticism from the United

States and other countries.The new working group will be comprised of one independent expert as chairperson

composition to be finalised in November.An update was received on discussions between WADA and the United

States Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) following a threat that it would withdraw its

States, which have been locked in a public dispute in recent months."

Britain’s newly established 800 metres champion Daniel Rowden set a personal best of 1min 44.09sec to win a hugely competitive race at the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting in Zagreb, where local heroine Sandra Perkovic delivered another home discus victory with 64.67 metres.

Such was the competitiveness of the two-lap race at the Sportpark Mladost that Bryce Hoppel of the United

States, fourth in last year’s World Championship final in Doha, could not break into a top three of

Rotaru, who reached 6.47m.Wilhelm Belocian of France held off the challenge of Freddie Crittenden of the United

States in the 110 metres hurdles to win in a time of 13.32sec compare to his rival's 13.34.In the 100

metres hurdles, Payton Chadwick of the United States won in 13.01sec from Britain’s Cindy Ofili, who

Kobe Bryant's childhood home in the suburbs of Philadelphia has gone on the market.

Championships, and was an 18-time All-Star and a 15-time member of the All-NBA Team.He was a member of the United

States teams that won Olympic gold medals at Beijing 2008 and London 2012.Bryant and his family moved

Britain’s Sir Mo Farah is set to compete in just one event at Tokyo 2020 after confirming he will not defend his 5,000-metre title.

Farah celebrates after winning 10,000m gold at Rio 2016 ©Getty ImagesSalazar was sanctioned by the United

States Anti-Doping Agency for allegedly "orchestrating and facilitating prohibited doping conduct" as

Egypt's men's singles world number one Mohamed ElShorbagy is set to be the biggest name in a stacked men's field at the PSA (Professional Squash Association) Manchester Open for squash's first event back since the COVID-19 pandemic.

All of the top eight in the world will feature at the competition in the United Kingdom, which will mark

sets against Farag.Farag won the previous tournament to that at the Windy City Open in Chicago in the United

States after defeating world number five, New Zealand's Paul Coll in the final.Coll will also feature

for the event.Other top seeds in the women's draw include second seed Nour El Tayeb of Egypt and the United

States' fifth seed Amanda Sobhy.