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Briançon to host opening event of coronavirus-impacted IFSC World Cup season

  • Sport Climbing

Briançon is poised to host the opening and potentially only leg of the truncated International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) World Cup season.

six-event World Cup season, starting with the lead competition in Briançon.Events at Salt Lake City in the United

States and South Korea’s capital Seoul are currently postponed.Three World Cup competitions in the Chinese


TOP sponsor Alibaba’s main business "back at pre-COVID-19 levels"

  • Olympics

Alibaba has said that its core Chinese commerce business has bounced back to pre-COVID-19 levels, as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) worldwide sponsor continues to pull through the coronavirus crisis in good fettle.

85,000 cases, with a death toll of more than 4,600.Tensions with the world’s leading superpower, the United

States, have however been ratcheting up over a number of issues as the US Presidential election approaches


North American Alpine Ski World Cup races removed from calendar due to COVID-19

  • Alpine Skiing

The International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Ski World Cup will not visit North America in the 2020-2021 season because of the coronavirus crisis.

the Atlantic reduces travel as well as the potential for some athletes to elect not to travel to the United

States because of coronavirus fears, as has been the case with tennis' upcoming US Open.There have been

Associations, Organisers and resorts to step up, alter their schedules and plans, shows that we truly are a united


Muirfield among future Women's British Open hosts following sexism controversy

  • Golf

The R&A has announced the next five venues for the Women's British Open through to 2025, ahead of the start of this year's tournament today.

seven times and was the venue for the Walker Cup in 1995 – where Great Britain and Ireland defeated a United

States team which featured Tiger Woods.The Old Course at St Andrews will stage the championship for


World Triathlon Series to resume in Hamburg with restrictions

  • Triathlon

The World Triathlon Series resumption in Hamburg will take place under controlled conditions due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it has been announced.

the suspension of activity due to the pandemic, with reigning world champions Katie Zaferes of the United

States and Vincent Luis of France expected to compete, as well as double-Olympic medallist Jonathan


Two tennis players could miss US Open due to mandatory quarantine

  • Tennis

Argentina's Guido Pella and Bolivia's Hugo Dellien could miss the US Open after being placed in quarantine for 14 days due to their fitness trainer testing positive for COVID-19.

The United States Tennis Association confirmed that a non-player had tested positive for the virus with


Zango sets 2020 world best of 17.43m to beat Olympic and world champion Taylor in Hungary

  • Athletics

Hugues Fabrice Zango earned a rare victory over the double Olympic and four-time world champion Christian Taylor at the second World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting of the season in Hungary tonight with a 2020 world-leading mark of 17.43 metres.

medallist Mujinga Kambundji, who ran a season’s best of 23.25, but still left her behind Lynna Irby of the United

States, who ran 22.55.Nadine Visser maintained her dominant form in the 100m hurdles as she won her



Sportradar moves to protect professional athletes from social media abuse

  • News

Sportradar Integrity Services has launched a support network for sports organisations to safeguard professional athletes from social media abuse.

with law enforcement.It has been successfully trialled at the Exo-Tennis Series across Germany and the United

States, with participating players including Germany's Dustin Brown and US pair Taylor Townsend and



Aliyah Shipman is flying the flag for Haiti

  • The Americas

At the age of 17, Aliyah Shipman carries a unique responsibility: she is currently Haiti's team for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

The United States-based welterweight fighter, who lives in Plantation, Florida, competed for the US during


Majority of Irish athletes against podium protests but believe Rule 50 should be relaxed, survey finds

  • Olympics

Irish athletes who responded to a survey on the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) controversial Rule 50 have indicated there should be scope for "considerate protests" at the Olympic Games – but believe the podium is not the place for demonstrations.

grown in recent months in the wake of global demonstrations following the death of George Floyd in the United

the principles enshrined in the Olympic Charter in a dignified way".Rule 50 of the Olympic Charter states


IBSF applies to have Para bobsleigh included at Milan Cortina 2026

  • Milan Cortina 2026

The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) has applied to have Para bobsleigh included at the 2026 Winter Paralympic Games in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo.

Lillehammer in Norway on November 7 and 8, with the remaining rounds scheduled in 2021.Park City in the United

States is due to host rounds three and four on January 20 and 21, followed by rounds five and six at



USA Football to manage flag football national teams at 2022 World Games

  • Birmingham 2022

USA Football, the sport's national governing body, will manage the country's men's and women's flag football teams for the 2022 World Games in Birmingham in Alabama.

will "assemble and manage" the country's national flag football teams for the 2022 World Games.The United

States qualified for the event by virtue of winning the 2018 International Federation of American Football