Grigory Rodchenkov is to publish his autobiography this week, with the book expected to give unprecedented insight into the Russian doping scandal.

Rodchenkov was the former head of the Moscow Anti-doping Laboratory.In 2015, he fled to the United States

 The book is being released as the Rodchenkov Act is being considered in the United States.

The International Surfing Association (ISA) has selected 13 technical officials for next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo.

priority judges - were chosen.They represent seven countries across four continents.Erik Krammer of the United

States was announced as technical director, while Marcos Carneiro Esmanhoto was selected as contest

A petition launched to convince organisers of the 2022 World Games to allow the Iroquois Nationals lacrosse team to compete has called for 10 countries to boycott the event in Birmingham in Alabama over their exclusion.

regulations.The petition has been signed over 23,000 times ©Change.orgArticle 30 of the Olympic Charter states

23,000 people at the time of writing.It calls on Australia, Canada, Germany, Britain, Ireland, Japan, United

States, Czech Republic, Israel, New Zealand to boycott the World Games, which had been due to take place

The Desert Challenge Games - one of only two events on this year's World Para Athletics Grand Prix schedule not yet cancelled - has now met that fate.

The event, in Arizona in the United States, had been postponed but it was hoped it could be staged later

and those supporting the event is our highest priority", said a statement.Arizona is one of the US states

Three more European Grands Prix have been added to this year's Formula One schedule, although a trio in the Americas have also been cancelled.

Formula One calendar still does not feature any races outside of Europe.Events in Mexico, Brazil and the United

States have now been officially called off, with COVID-19 transmission rates high in all three countries.Fourteen

United States President Donald Trump has presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 1968 Olympic

medal is awarded for "especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United

States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavours."

He proudly represented the United States at the 1968 Summer Olympics, earning a silver medal in the 1500m

 Jim Ryun is the second sportsman to receive the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom ©Getty

Images"The United States proudly recognises Jim Ryun for his meritorious contributions to our nation

The 2020 US Open Squash Championships is the latest sporting event to fall foul of the coronavirus pandemic.

This year's edition was set to be the 10th at Drexel University's Arlen Specter US Squash Center.The United

States is one of the countries hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic ©Getty ImagesThe US Open is a

Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF) and the National Wheelchair Basketball Association (NWBA) have partnered to launch a content series to help athletes learn, train and play wheelchair basketball.

training zone has been supported by several stars of the sport, who feature as elite coaches.United States

, Nate Hinze and Abby Dunkin also feature.Videos will also be accessible on the CAF website and the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committees (USOPC) Mobile Coach.The mobile coach application provides

Next year’s Pacific Mini Games looks set to be postponed until December 2021 to avoid clashing with the Olympic Games in Tokyo.

down after Super Typhoon Yutu struck the island in October 2018.Ralph Torres, Governor of the CNIM, a United

States Commonwealth, had announced in July 2019 that the Government would withdraw from hosting the

Seattle's National Hockey League (NHL) expansion team have announced their name, logo and colours - henceforth known as the Seattle Kraken after the mythical sea creature.

the Seattle Metropolitans of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association, who became the first team from the United

States to win the Stanley Cup when they defeated the Montreal Canadiens in 1917.It is an "S" like the

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has apologised and deleted a tweeted video after receiving criticism for showing footage from the Berlin 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany.

tweets showing videos from previous editions of the Games.It followed the official accounts of the United

States and Belgian National Olympic Committees showing clips from Los Angeles 1932 and Antwerp 1920

who went on to become IOC President, played a key role in swinging an Amateur Athletic Union of the United

States vote against boycotting the 1936 Games.As IOC President, Brundage expelled African-American athletes

A new weightlifting competition for mixed-gender teams could be a formula to follow around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has caused so much disruption to the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) calendar.

the first round are three senior figures from the IWF - Interim President Ursula Papandrea from the United

States, general secretary Mohamed Jaloud from Iraq, and Technical Committee chairman Nicu Vlad from

At the college level in my experience [in the United States] we have had co-ed teams but historically

The Major League Baseball (MLB) season is finally underway, although rising Washington Nationals star Juan Soto missed the first game after testing positive for coronavirus.

protocols in place, some have raised concerns over playing baseball given the current infection rate in the United

States and the time lag between taking a test and receiving results.It has taken some players multiple

Athlete groups have come together to call for "proper reforms" at the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to improve independence, transparency, human-rights provisions and accountability.

Canadian body AthletesCAN, Athleten Deutschland, the Danish Olympic Committee Athlete Commission and the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee Athlete Advisory Council have all signed an open letter requesting

leadership is represented in proportion to financial contributions, and influenced by lobbying by member states

The Olympic Flame was to have been lit tonight at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo as the climax of the Opening Ceremony. Instead, the day signals 364 to go until the Games.

’s Olympic debut.Double shot put gold medallist Parry O’Brien carried the stars and stripes for the United

States.