When the Olympic Games were last held in Tokyo, American multi-millionaire Avery Brundage was President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

He was chosen for the United States Olympic team and paid his own way to Sweden for the Games.

alongside Australia’s Peter Norman in the most famous podium protest.Brundage exerted pressure on the United

States Olympic Committee and the pair were expelled from the Games for violating "basic standards of

States flag by negroes in the official film of the Games of the XIX Olympiad."

They had been banned from Mexico 1968 because they did not have United Nations recognition.In 1972, Brundage

USA Taekwondo has announced two new partnerships aimed at improving its relationship with members and providing more sophisticated management technology.

©Getty ImagesSport:80 has already partnered with a number of governing bodies, particularly in the United

Kingdom and the United States, including Archery GB, British Fencing, British Weightlifting, USA Archery

In the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests sweeping the globe, column inches have been dedicated to the athlete’s right to protest at the Olympic Games and to racism experienced by athletes and participants.

even more visible.The recent Diversity in Sport Governance Annual Survey 2018/19 carried out in the United

implementation of a recruitment tool such as the Rooney Rule as used by National Football League in the United

States and under consideration by the Football Association, requiring that "ethnic-minority" candidates

The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee Athletes' Advisory Council (USOPC AAC), working in

Rule 50 of the Olympic Charter states: "No kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda

advocating for human rights.Both were expelled from the US team at the Games by the USOPC - then called the United

States Olympic Committee - for their gesture, which infuriated the IOC but remains one of the most iconic

Organisers of the Wanda Diamond League have announced further revisions to the 2020 calendar, cancelling two of its planned meetings and postponing a third.

- initially intended to be hosted on October 4 at Hayward Field.However, the state of Oregon in the United

States currently has a ban on large gatherings and intend to keep that restriction in place until at

Championships, postponed by a year due to the COVID-19 crisis.The Muller Grand Prix in Gateshead in the United

American Denny McCarthy has withdrawn from the Travelers Championship after becoming the third player on the Professional Golfers' Association (PGA) Tour to test positive for COVID-19.

England's Matt Wallace and Bud Cauley of the United States, who played with McCarthy in the first round

No champion will be crowned at the end of an adapted International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) World Cup season, set to begin on August 21 in Briançon in France.

season, starting with a lead competition on August 21 and 22 in the French town.Salt Lake City in the United

States is then set to hold a boulder and speed World Cup from September 11 to 13, followed by a boulder

The International Biathlon Union (IBU) has established a sustainability expert group in a bid to protect the sport and the world from the effects of climate change.

Dahlmeier of Germany, Erik Melin Söderström of Sweden, Daniel Osterauer of Austria, Marisa Schlenker of the United

States and Brita Staal of Norway.Aujouannet has been brought on board for his experience with local

a report by the White House's Office for National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) that was sent to the United

States Congress, describing it as written with a "clear intention to discredit" the organisation.

The International Luge Federation (FIL) is still planning for a full 10-race season despite the threat of the coronavirus pandemic.

and 10 2021 in Sigulda in Latvia, followed by events in Königssee in Germany and Lake Placid in the United

States.

 Lake Placid in the United States is set to host an event during next season's Luge World Cup ©Getty

Qualification for the women's ice hockey contest at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games is due to start in December.

 The United States, Canada, Finland, Russia, Switzerland and Japan qualified after being seeded

 The United States are the defending champions of the women's Olympic ice hockey competition ©Getty

 The United States and Canada are the only two nations to earn an Olympic gold in the women's ice

Olympic pole vault champion Katerina Stefanidi, American world champion sprinter Noah Lyles and Jamaican 110 metres hurdler Omar McLeod have been added to the list of athletes for Diamond League exhibition event, the Inspiration Games, in Zurich next month.

athletics.The men's and women's pole vault competitions will start the programme with Stefanidi facing United

States' Sandi Morris and Sweden's Angelica Bengtsson, while in the men's event Lavillenie goes head-to-head

the other venues will be Aubiere in France, Bradenton in Florida, Walnut in California, both in the United

States, Karlstad in Sweden, Lisbon in Portugal and Papendal/Arnhem in The Netherlands.Live television

The 2020 Davis Cup Finals have been rescheduled for 2021, as have the Fed Cup Finals, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

played on an indoor clay court.Twelve nations - including hosts Hungary, reigning champions France, the United

States and Australia - will compete for the title, with the draw remaining the same.Four regional events

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe has warned American sprinter Christian Coleman - provisionally suspended for an anti-doping violation - that he will not be given a special deal to allow him to compete at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

2021 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.Coleman was controversially cleared to race last year by the United

States Anti-Doping Agency when it dropped another case concerning whereabouts failures just weeks before

Major League Baseball (MLB) has announced plans to start a regular season on July 23 or 24.

 The United States are the country to be worst affected by the pandemic, reporting more than 2.4