The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) has launched the COVID Athlete Assistance

@TeamUSA https://t.co/ORTJK4bjln— USOPC AAC (@USOPC_AAC) July 23, 2020Its fundraising arm, the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Foundation (USOPF), has been instructed to work with donors to raise funds

Alexey Vlasenko has confirmed his intention to stand for re-election for the Presidency of the Russian Synchronised Swimming Federation, the Russian Diving Federation and the Russian Water Polo Federation.

fourth-most-successful Olympic diving nation by medals, although the sport has been dominated by China and the United

States.

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has begun an Olympic rewind series which will show previous matches to coincide with the original schedule for Tokyo 2020.

Atlanta 1996 softball tournament, with Australia, Japan, The Netherlands, China, Puerto Rico and the United

States also among the nations represented.The WBSC said the match between Canada and Chinese Taipei

The United States Olympic and Paralympic Museum (USOPM) in Colorado Springs is set to open to the public

I was a little surprised by the testy tone of a key part of Thomas Bach's opening speech to last week's remote International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session. 

concerns and exacerbated rising tensions between the other two global – and Olympic – superpowers, the United

States and China.Bach was already encountering turbulence from across the Atlantic, particularly in

is not entirely bereft of its own financial leverage.In the two-year period to the end of 2018, the United

States Olympic Committee (as was) reported $509.4 million (£392.2 million/€433 million) of "support

States and China could spill over into the Olympic Movement ©Getty ImagesBased on WADA's 2018 income

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has extended its sponsorship deal with Procter & Gamble (P&G) through to 2028.

IOC and the IPC through to the Los Angeles 2028 Games, with the same increase being announced for the United

States Olympic and Paralympic team.It will also establish the "Athletes for Good Fund", a joint initiative

Coca-Cola, the Atlanta-based beverage group that is the Olympic Movement's oldest sponsor, has announced a sharp decline in revenues and operating income as COVID-19 continues to scar the corporate landscape.

James Quincey, pictured with IOC President Thomas Bach ©Getty ImagesCoca-Cola's home market of the United

States has been particularly hard-hit by coronavirus with more than 130,000 deaths, with Latin America

The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) has appointed former assistant US attorney

Disgraced former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner is pursuing a return to politics as a Member of Parliament (MP) in his native Trinidad and Tobago.

Warner – currently fighting extradition to the United States, where he has been charged with numerous

continued to avoid extradition to the US to face corruption charges ©Getty ImagesWarner was named in the United

States Department of Justice indictment of several FIFA officials in 2015, but has avoided extradition

A gold medal from the 1908 Olympic Games in London is among items currently up for sale at the latest RR Auction.

Communist country to defy the Soviet Union's call to stay away from the Games in retaliation for the United

States-led boycott of Moscow 1980 four years earlier.Other gold medals up for grabs include the one

The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) has announced the cancellation of the Citi Open due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The tournament, scheduled to be held in Washington in the United States from August 13, was set to mark

can have certainty around their planning," said Ein.The ATP are continuing to work closely with the United

States Tennis Association (USTA) on plans to stage the Western & Southern Open and US Open, scheduled

One athlete who returned to the United States Olympic and Paralympic training centre in Chula Vista as

The Partnership for Clean Competition (PCC) group, which is helping the United States Olympic and Paralympic

Spanish golfer Jon Rahm has risen to the top of the sport's world rankings for the first time in his career after winning the Memorial Tournament on July 19,

rankings after the late Seve Ballesteros.Rahm took the tournament win at Muirfield Village in Ohio in the United

States after finishing three shots ahead of American Ryan Palmer on nine under par.He held a four-shot

World Archery has unveiled the provisional 2021 Archery World Cup schedule and confirmed the dates for its World Championships next year.

competition following from June 22 to 27.The final has been earmarked for September or October.Yankton in the United

States is due to host the Archery World Championships in September 2021 ©Getty ImagesThe Archery World

World Archery has also announced its World Championships in Yankton in the United States will be held

The National Wheelchair Basketball Association (NWBA) in the United States has announced the hosts, dates