Willie Banks has donated to the World Athletics Heritage Collection the singlet and bib number he wore in 1985 when he set a world record for the triple jump that lasted a decade.

Banks, competing at the United States Championships in Indianapolis on June 16, bounded out to 17.97

Football Federation Australia (FFA) has confirmed Jane Fernandez will serve as its head of the 2023 Women’s World Cup office.

involved in the bid race, but both withdrew late on.France staged the last edition in 2019, when the United

States lifted the trophy for the fourth time.

China's Li Haotong moved into a surprise two-shot lead after the second round of the Professional Golfers' Association (PGA) Championship in San Francisco.

six under after carding a 64, the joint-lowest round of the Championship so far.Daniel Berger of the United

States and France's Michael Lorenzo-Vera complete the players who are currently tied for second.Brooks

An athletic and academic centre set to be built close to an area which is due to host events at the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles is to receive $50 million (£38.3 million/€42.4 million) in funding.

planned for the Carol Kimmelman Athletic and Academic Campus.The project is financially supported by the United

States Tennis Association and the TGR Foundation, established by 15-time major winning golfer Tiger

Claire Liu, Kunlun Red Star Vanke Rays general manager, hopes members of the successful side could form part of China’s women’s ice hockey team at Beijing 2022.

teams if they are to justify their automatic home nation qualification for Beijing 2022.Canada, the United

States, Finland, Russia and Switzerland - the top five teams in the world - will compete in Group A

Kiki Bertens and Elina Svitolina have joined the growing list of players to opt out of this year's US Open, citing coronavirus concerns.

City at the end of this month, but several players have misgivings over air travel and playing in the United

States given the global health crisis.Ukraine's Svitolinia is the world number five and Bertens of The

A Para Cycling Walk of Champions has been unveiled at the Avantidrome in Cambridge to celebrate the achievement of New Zealand’s Para-cycling world champions and Paralympic gold medallists.

triumph in the men’s H1 individual time trial at the 2014 Para Cycling Road World Championships in the United

States is also recognised.Foy’s three world titles with sighted pilot Hannah van Kampen are marked,

Ten years ago, teenage sailor Darren Choy ignited the Flame on a floating stage at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore to set in motion the newest addition to the Olympic calendar.

President, Thomas Bach, was one of many athletes unable to attend because West Germany supported a United

States-led boycott of the Games.It was a similar story four years later when the Soviet bloc snubbed

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has ruled that both the International Surfing Association (ISA) and the International Canoe Federation (ICF) can stage stand-up paddling (SUP) events, but the ISA will be the International Federation to govern the sport at an Olympic level.

Championships.The CAS panel was composed of Patrick Lafranchi of Switzerland, Jeffrey G Benz of the United

States and Nicholas Stewart of the United Kingdom.

US Open singles winners will receive $850,000 (£645,000/€717,000) less in prize money this year, the United

States Tennis Association (USTA) has said.

 The United States is the most heavily affected nation in the world amid the COVID-19 pandemic,

postponement of Tokyo 2020 might have enabled NBC to discard its agreement to broadcast the Games in the key United

States market.

of this can be found on page 30 of the newly-published 2019 consolidated financial statements of the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC).

 Note P of this worthy document states that the one-year postponement "triggered the Termination

United States Para-triathlete Melissa Stockwell has announced the release of her autobiography, with

Athletics Integrity Unit chair David Howman has been appointed to head an independent review into Gymnastics New Zealand  after gymnasts made allegations of psychological and physical abuse.

the the Netflix documentary Athlete A, which detailed the sexual abuse scandal in the sport in the United

States involving disgraced former team doctor Larry Nassar.More than 350 women are thought to have been

Phil Kearns has been appointed as the executive director of Australia's bid for the 2027 Rugby World Cup.

securing the 2027 tournament for Australia, the current front-runner ahead of rival interest from the United

States and Russia.Australia last played host to the flagship men's event in 2003.Kearns' appointment

The International Skating Union (ISU) has provisionally agreed to host all six legs of the 2020 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating season as domestic events, as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

need official confirmation.This series will be held in Canada, China, France, Japan, Russia and the United

States, it is planned.Under the proposal, competitors and officials from the host country, competitors

and support its members during the pandemic, to ensure the season can go ahead in some capacity.The United

States will be one of six nations to host a Grand Prix event alongside Canada, China, France, Russia