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Ribbon cut as Rams set to open SoFi Stadium behind closed doors

  • Los Angeles 2028

SoFi Stadium - a key Los Angeles 2028 venue set to feature in both the Opening and Closing Ceremonies - will host its inaugural event tomorrow when the Los Angeles Rams play their first game of the National Football League (NFL) season.

National Championship Game in January 2023.It could also be used during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which the United

States is co-hosting with Canada and Mexico.The Chargers' first game at their new stadium is scheduled


Iran has executed wrestling champion Afkari, state media report

  • Wrestling

Iranian wrestling champion Navid Afkari has been executed for the alleged murder of a security guard during anti-Government protests in 2018, according to state media.

Kazem Mousavi, as saying.Afkari, whose case had attracted global attention and led to the likes of United

States President Donald Trump pleading for clemency, had claimed he was tortured into making a false

from around the world and all the behind-the-scenes work of the IOC, together with the NOC of Iran, United

United World Wrestling, which had not previously commented publicly on the case, said Afkari's execution


Bogey-free Korda extends lead to two shots at ANA Inspiration

  • Golf

American Nelly Korda extended her lead at the ANA Inspiration in Rancho Mirage by two shots are a blemish-free second round.

birdied three of the last five holes to return a 65 and is two shots off the lead.Lexi Thompson of the United

States and Denmark's Nanna Koerstz Madsen are seven under par and in a tie for third place.


Top seeds battle to three-set wins as US Open wheelchair tennis competitions continue

  • Wheelchair Tennis

The top seeds in the men's and women's singles reached their respective finals with hard-fought, three-set wins as the US Open wheelchair tennis competitions continued at Flushing Meadows in New York today.

second seeds Kamiji and Britain's Jordanne Whiley won 6-2, 6-1 against Bernal and Dana Mathewson of the United

States.


Coronavirus forces Brazilian Confederation of Sports for the Visually Impaired to cancel eight events

  • Paralympics

The Brazilian Confederation of Sports for the Visually Impaired (CBDV) has cancelled all events scheduled for the remainder of 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic.

of the virus in Brazil.Brazil has recorded more than 129,000 coronavirus deaths - second only to the United

States - and yesterday reported more than 40,000 fresh cases.Football, judo, goalball and powerlifting


US Ski and Snowboard to provide mandatory suicide-prevention training for staff

  • Skiing

US Ski and Snowboard has partnered with The Speedy Foundation to provide mandatory suicide-prevention training for staff.

’s plan and oversight the national governing body’s mental health resources.The committee is led by United

States Olympic and Paralympic sport psychologist Alexander Cohen and US Ski and Snowboard sports medicine





American weightlifter receives four-year ban for violating anti-doping rule

  • Weightlifting

An American weightlifter has been suspended for four years by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA

is prohibited at all times under the USADA protocol for Olympic and Paralympic Movement testing, the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee National Anti-Doping Policy, and the International Weightlifting


NCAA creates extended COVID-19 medical advisory group

  • Universiade

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has created an expansive COVID-19 medical advisory group, which will gather experts from all three of its divisions and five autonomous conferences.

meeting.In March, the NCAA formed a coronavirus advisory panel prior to the larger outbreak that hit the United

States in April and May.Later in March, with COVID-19 becoming an imminent threat in the US, the NCAA


IOC continue to praise Beijing 2022 as human rights groups demand China stripped of Olympics

  • Beijing 2022

Preparations for the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing have again been praised even as a coalition of human rights group called for China to be stripped of the event because of its alleged mistreatment of its own citizens.

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

States and United Kingdom are among other groups to have urged the IOC to take action against China


Park Sung-hyun to return to LPGA Tour at competitive ANA Inspiration field

  • Golf

South Korean world number four golfer Park Sung-hyun has said she is "more nervous than excited" to make her return to the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour when she competes at the ANA Inspiration tournament - her first since the suspension of play.

playing at the Dinah Shore Tournament Course at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage in the United

will contest the field this week with these being 2016 New Zealand winner Lydia Ko, 2011 winner, the United

States' Stacy Lewis, two-time winner Brittany Lincicome of the United States, Sweden's 2018 champion


El Shorbagy leads Manchester Open field but opts out of Cairo event

  • Squash

World number one Mohamed El Shorbagy has been handed a tough draw at the Manchester Open as the Professional Squash Association (PSA) World Tour returns next week.

and includes defending champion Joelle King of New Zealand.Serme will begin her tournament against United

States' Sabrina Sobhy and could face Egypt's world number six Hania El Hammamy in the semi-finals, should


Three-time Olympic beach volleyball champion apologises after anti-mask message

  • Volleyball

Three-time beach volleyball Olympic champion Kerri Walsh Jennings has apologised after boasting on social media about not wearing a mask when shopping.

wanted to stand up for her rights and freedoms without putting others in danger.Health experts in the United

States recommend that face coverings should be worn in public.To date, there have been more than 6.46