Three of India's leading swimmers, who aim to compete at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, will fly out to Dubai in September for two months of training.

currently based in Thailand, while 800m freestyle duo Aryan Makhija and Advait Bage began practicing in the United

States earlier this month."

standard who could not travel with the trio, saying it was "not feasible" to take a large group to the United

Canada's Bianca Andreescu yesterday became the latest high-profile player to announce she would not compete at the US Open in New York City, with her absence meaning that the tournament will begin without both its reigning men’s and women’s singles champions for the first time since 2003.

All my respects to the USTA (United States Tennis Association), the US Open organisers and the ATP (Association

Salvadorian taekwondo player Fabiola Escobar has spoken of the experience of being stuck outside of the country for three months following an Olympic qualifier because of the coronavirus pandemic.

cycle ©Getty ImagesNeither was able to secure a Tokyo 2020 berth in Costa Rica - Marco lost to the United

States' Pan American champion Jonathan Healy in the men's over-80-kilogram division and his sister was

USA Boxing has announced Naomi Graham and Joseph Hicks will serve as team captains in the build-up to and during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

be newly selected as a captain for the USA Boxing team," said Graham, who is a staff sergeant in the United

States Army."

Naomi Graham is aiming to represent the United States in the women's 75kg event at Tokyo 2020 ©Getty

Uganda’s 23-year-old Joshua Cheptegei, world 10,000 metres champion and world cross country champion last year, added another indelible achievement to his CV in Monaco tonight as he marked the opening Wanda Diamond League meeting of the season with a world 5,000m record of 12min 35.36sec.

time and his seventh sub 47.50 – a total only the great 1976 and 1984 Olympic champion Ed Moses of the United

States has bettered.Kenya’s world 5,000m champion Hellen Obiri produced a winning time of 14:22.12,

, the men’s pole vault suffered an early letdown as the double world champion Sam Kendricks, of the United

States, was unable to start as his poles had not managed to make the journey with him.That improved

got the meeting off to an electric start - a race in which the world champion, Grant Holloway of the United

South Africa rugby sevens head coach Neil Powell has said that next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo is the ultimate goal for the men’s team after returning to training.

participating in the Tokyo 2020 men’s rugby sevens tournament.Defending Olympic champions Fiji, New Zealand, United

States, Argentina, Canada, Britain, Australia, Kenya, South Korea and hosts Japan will also compete.The

The International World Games Association (IWGA) has confirmed the organisation’s Annual General Assembly will be held remotely on November 6.

will be the first held since the decision to move the 2021 World Games in Birmingham, Alabama, in the United

States to 2022.The decision to move the Games, which is for non-Olympic sports, came after coronavirus

President, Yves Jean-Bart, have claimed that they have faced intimidation in their home country and the United

States.

The World Uyghur Congress has submitted a formal complaint to the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Ethics Commission over Beijing’s hosting of the 2022 Winter Olympics following "verifiable evidence of genocide and crimes against humanity taking place" against Uyghur and other Turkic Muslims in China.

— Rick Scott (@SenRickScott) August 6, 2020The IOC has also faced criticism from politicians in the United

States over China’s hosting of the Winter Olympics.Earlier this week, Florida Senator Rick Scott said

as the people of Hong Kong.Bach replied saying that the IOC has to remain "politically neutral".The United

States last month sanctioned several Chinese officials under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability

The International Skating Union (ISU) has updated its Code of Ethics in a bid to further protect athletes from sex and gender discrimination.

particularly in figure skating, being openly lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or other (LGBT).The United

States' Adam Rippon is one of the most prominent LGBT skaters in the world ©Getty ImagesOne of the most

notable LGBT skaters in recent years in the United States' Adam Rippon, who has been openly gay since

Figure skater Donovan Carrillo has returned to on-ice training after four months away and is now focused on qualifying for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

in my house in León, Guanajuato, to be able to carry out the training, we acquired a harness in the United

States, by parcel," national coach Gregorio Núñez said."

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) Athletes’ Commission has published the results of a survey regarding Rule 50, with the majority of athletes believing they should be able to express themselves but without impacting other athletes’ performances or the overall Olympic Games experience.

Declaration of Rights and Responsibilities and is reflected in the IOC’s Rule 50.2 which specifically states

January, competitors who demonstrate at the Games have been threatened with disciplinary action.The United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee Athletes' Advisory Council is one of numerous bodies to have

A pair of Michael Jordan's Nike trainers have sold for a record $615,000 (£475,000/€520,000) at an online auction organised by Christie's and Stadium Goods which raised nearly a million dollars.

Olympic" Air Jordan 7s he wore during the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, where as a member of the United

States' "Dream Team" he won the second of his gold medals.They were given to a receptionist at the Ambassador

A new law called a "College Athletes Bill of Rights" has moved closer to being introduced in the United

States which, if it is adopted, will drastically improve the rights of sportsmen and women attending

by US Presidential candidate Joe Biden as his running mate.Kamala Harris, chosen the running mate of United

States Presidential candidate Joe Biden, is among the Senators backing the proposed new law to reform

Universities in the United States can earn millions of dollars each year thanks to successful programmes

American cyclist and Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games bronze medallist Anthony Zahn has died of pancreatic cancer aged 45, it has been announced.

 The United States' Anthony Zahn earned a bronze medal at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games ©Getty