Former champion Naomi Osaka battled past promising Ukrainian teenager Marta Kostyuk to reach the fourth round of the US Open in New York City.

that the match had been delayed while they waited for "a decision from somebody".Reports suggested the United

States Tennis Association (USTA) was awaiting a decision from New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on whether

minutes later than scheduled.Players competing at the event in New York, one of the hardest-hit American states

Angelique Kerber, another former US Open champion, is also through after she outclassed Ann Li of the United

Qatar has accepted an invitation to compete at the 2021 Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) Gold Cup.

rounds to qualify for the final 16.This will run from July 2 to 6 in a centralised location in the United

States ahead of the rest of the competition.Initially there were four places available from the preliminary

Curacao, El Salvador, Grenada, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Panama, debutants Suriname and the United

States have all qualified so far, as well as guests Qatar.Barbados, the Bahamas, Bermuda, Cuba, French

Witold Bańka has claimed the participation of athletes from the United States in major events, such as

number of governments of the world that were shocked by the threats from the US Government supported by United

States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA)."

Ireland, Japan, Latvia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, South Africa, the United

Kingdom, and the United States took place yesterday, with Bańka speaking during the opening.The NADOs

Andy Murray crashed out of the US Open following a convincing second-round defeat to Felix Auger-Aliassime, but insists he will still "shoot for the stars" in his bid to win a Grand Slam title again.

match, Sloane Stephens swept aside Belarusian Olga Govortsova 6-2, 6-2, setting up a mouth-watering all-United

States tie against Serena Williams.Williams continued her quest for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam

(WADA) President Witold Bańka has warned control of the global watchdog is "not for sale" after the United

States threatened to withdraw funding from the organisation and questioned whether it was getting value

governance reforms.Much of the letter's contents seem to be an inherent response to a report from the United

States Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), which has been at the centre of a public row

Kazakhstan’s Alexey Lutsenko secured his maiden Tour de France stage win after pulling clear of his breakaway rivals on the Col de la Lusette.

Jesus Herrada, France’s Rémi Cavagna and Belgium’s Greg Van Avermaet also featured in the move, with United

States’ Neilson Powless, Norway’s Edvald Boasson Hagen and Italy’s Daniel Oss also joining.The breakaway

The organisers of the London Marathon have announced that there will be a bubble system for the elite race at this year's event, to safeguard athletes and staff from COVID-19.

of Kenya is also set to return.Two of the best marathon wheelchair athletes will also return - the United

States' Daniel Romanchuk and Switzerland's Manuela Schär.Special permission has been granted by the

The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) has announced its calendar for the 2021 season with Russia hosting both the IFSC Climbing World Championships and the IFSC Youth World Championships.

speed event in Wujiang in China from April 30 to May 2.Seoul in South Korea and Salt Lake City in the United

States will host boulder and speed events from May 7 to 9 and June 11 to 13 respectively, sandwiched

Sport, thankfully, is resuming with increasing regularity across the world following a lengthy coronavirus-enforced stoppage.

well-documented, high-profile withdrawals blighted the build-up to the US Open in New York - one of the American states

Paire then tested positive on the eve of the tournament, providing another logistical headache for the United

States Tennis Association.Frenchman Benoît Paire tested positive for coronavirus on the eve of the US

This year's Bandy World Championship in Russia has been thrown into doubt after three countries withdrew from the tournament due to travel restrictions imposed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Sweden – runners-up at the last two World Championships – and Germany had pulled out of the event.The United

States have also reportedly decided not to travel to Russia for the competition in Irkutsk, scheduled

The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has announced a multi-Games strategic partnership with The Prince’s Trust, with the aim of ensuring more young people will benefit from the legacy of the Commonwealth Games and Commonwealth Youth Games.

injustices among five key areas the Commonwealth Sport Foundation will focus on, along with small and island states

India, Jamaica, Kenya, Malaysia, Malta, New Zealand, Pakistan, Rwanda, Trinidad and Tobago and the United

Japanese softball player Eri Yamada has been given the World Games athlete of the month award for August.

team.Yamada earned Olympic gold with Japan at Beijing 2008, hitting a home run in the final against the United

States to solidify her position as a star performer during the tournament.

So farewell then, Shinzō Abe.You were one of the few Japanese Prime Ministers we Westerners could name,But your departure makes it that much harder to imagine the 2020 Olympics taking place – in 2021Or ever.

was selected.While COVID-19 continues to rampage through countries as diverse as Peru, India and the United

States, the prospect of being able to assemble 11,000 athletes from every nation on earth – let alone

Jinping's increasingly assertive China, which is both a nuclear power and a permanent member of the United

(IFSC) has agreed to take the "painful decision" to cancel World Cup events in South Korea and the United

States.

A couple of items in insidethegames bulletins recently have caught my eye because of their significance in these turbulent times for those who compete in sport as opposed to those who control it.

the podium in protest against racial discrimination in their American homeland.Now 55 years on the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee have announced a 44 member panel is to assist the rather timid

This is the one that states that "no kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda