The International Olympic Committee (IOC), INTERPOL and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

have partnered to design various activities, including providing technical assistance to UN member states

Australian athletes have been asked whether they would support relaxing a ban on protests at the Olympic Games in a survey sent to gauge their opinions on the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) controversial Rule 50.

at the Games, including taking a knee or raising a fist - following the death of George Floyd in the United

States.The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee Athletes' Advisory Council and John Carlos

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

For the past couple of weeks, I have been immersed in the rowing scene of the 1950s and 1960s - a minority pursuit, no doubt, but the reasons should become plain to insidethegames readers very shortly.

In the course of this, I was put in touch with Duvall Hecht, now a nonagenarian, who rowed on the United

States Olympic team in 1952 at Helsinki and 1956 at Melbourne.In 1952, he, Jim Fifer and coxswain Jim

China's World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) vice-president Yang Yang has called for calm amid an escalating feud between the drugs watchdog and the White House.

to pull its funding of WADA unless the international body undergoes major reform.In a report to the United

States Congress, the ONDCP questioned whether the country's investment was "value for money" and that

American three-time Olympic champion Tianna Bartoletta has hit out at her compatriot Christian Coleman for his attitude towards a provisional anti-doping suspension.

successor to Usain Bolt as the face of athletics.In 2018, Coleman broke the 60m indoor world record at the United

States Indoor Championships in Albuquerque in 6.34 seconds.However, this is not the first time he has

faced an anti-doping ban, having been suspended by the United States Anti-Doping Agency ahead of the

The Bahamas Olympic Committee (BOC) has made $30,000 (£24,200/€26,700) available to athletes struggling as a result of the coronavirus crisis.

and Culture has had its budget cut in response to the pandemic.Many Bahamian athletes based in the United

States are also expected to return home for financial reasons, with the nation opening its borders again

Plans for the development of a 153-acre site in Anaheim which includes Angel Stadium - a potential venue for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics - have been unveiled by the City of Anaheim and the Los Angeles Angels.

supporting the sport's inclusion in future Games.Given the popularity of baseball and softball in the United

States, there will be high hopes for inclusion in 2028.Baseball was a demonstration sport at Los Angeles

A rare rookie card of Canadian ice hockey player Connor McDavid sold for a record $135,811 (£109,650/€120,864) at auction. 

-2016 rookie patch autograph card sold for the vast amount at Lelands Spring Classic Auction in the United

States.

Student-athletes and collegiate coaches have been credited with influencing the Mississippi legislature's decision to change the state's controversial flag.

Mississippi's state flag is the last one in the United States to feature a Confederate emblem.Both the

as it does the state seal.The Confederate emblem is deemed offensive by many, given the Confederate States

The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) will form a task force to investigate allegations of racism made by Olympic medallist Elana Meyers Taylor.

after I had won an Olympic medal and two World Championships as a pilot, and even earned a spot on the United

States men’s team as a four-man pilot.

A Netflix documentary film detailing the abuse scandal in USA Gymnastics, Athlete A, has been well received by audiences after its release on the streaming service on June 24.

over three years.Her retirement came after she was not selected for the Rio 2016 Olympics team for the United

States with five gymnasts being selected as well as three alternates.After returning from a knee injury

tampering of evidence.Penny fired Nassar in 2015, but claimed that he had retired and did not inform the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) or Michigan State University - where he held his medical

The good news. Exercise is booming in lockdown. Up by 88 per cent, according to one recent set of research figures which had running and walking – the two most basic modes – leading the way.

We already have parkrun events in the United States so it’s not a case of bringing parkrun to the USA

The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) is set to resume anti-doping tests with supplemental safety measures on July 13.

 Other anti-doping authorities such as UK Anti-Doping and the United States Anti-Doping Agency also

The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) has paid tribute to Chinese coach Lu Shanzhen after his death at the age of 63.

, which requested passports and birth certificates before ruling in China's favour.Lu said that the United

States team, who won bronze, were "upset with the loss" following complaints from the American camp.

Iraqi weightlifter Mohammed Yaseen Mohammed, who competed at two Olympic Games, has died at the age of 57, reportedly due to COVID-19.

respectively.Rudaw reported he had COVID-19.At Moscow he managed a 17th-place finish, while in the United

States he placed sixth in the final.The Iraqi was often considered one of the best lifters in the Middle