Australia and New Zealand have been awarded the hosting rights for the FIFA 2023 Women’s World Cup.

 France staged the last edition in 2019, when the United States lifted the trophy for the fourth

Serbian basketball player Nikola Jokić has tested positive for coronavirus after embracing infected tennis legend Novak Djokovic at an event in Belgrade two weeks ago.

National Basketball Association (NBA) team Denver Nuggets, will now face a delay in returning to the United

States with the season expected to resume around July 31.It comes after world number one Djokovic and

A federal judge has denied a request from the United States women's football team to immediately appeal

The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) has threatened to pull its funding of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) unless the international body undergoes serious reform.

The ONDCP issued a series of recommendations in a report to the United States Congress earlier this month

For years the United States has provided the World Anti-Doping Agency with millions of taxpayers’ dollars

fair to athletes - America’s athletes devote years of effort and passion preparing to represent the United

States in international competition."

States’ financial contributions to WADA."

Fourteen-year-old Alysa Liu, the double United States champion who last year become the first female

The World Team Table Tennis Championships in Busan have been postponed until the early months of 2021 in response to the COVID-19 crisis.

postponement of the event in Busan will also force the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships in the United

States to shift from its planned dates of June 17 to 26, the ITTF said.The ITTF Executive Committee

I have some good news and some bad news for sports leaders.

the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics go ahead ©Getty ImagesThe Magna report’s author, Vincent Létang, states

resilient in the face of the downturn, with Magna forecasting growth of 10 per cent in the massive United

States market even this year.That is another area, you feel, which sports bodies could usefully prioritise

FIFA is set to decide whether Australia and New Zealand or Colombia will host the 2023 Women's World Cup at a Council meeting tomorrow.

 France staged the last edition in 2019, when the United States lifted the trophy for the fourth

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has found the noose in the garage of black National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) driver Bubba Wallace was not a crime as it had been there since October 2019.

racetracks.Wallace, the only black driver in the top series, had forced the move in the wake of protests across the United

States and beyond following the police killing of unarmed black man George Floyd.Bubba Wallace successfully

noose symbolises the lynching of African-Americans, a weapon of racial terrorism infamously used in the United

States - particularly the south - in the 1800s and 1900s.Some lynchings still occurred even during the

The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) has urged the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to amend a controversial rule which bans athletes from protesting at the Olympic Games.

Charter, which the IOC claims is designed to protect the neutrality of sport and the Olympic Movement, states

rule in recent weeks following global anti-racism protests sparked by the death of George Floyd in the United

States last month.Floyd, an unarmed black man, died in Minneapolis after white police officer Derek

A few days ago, I was chatting on the phone with a boxer friend who is both black and a former world champion about the current rumpus over racism. During our discussion he asked me: "Would you take the knee in support of Black Lives Matter?"

ImagesThis is now evidenced in both instances by the return of football behind closed doors both in the United

There have been global protests following the police killing of George Floyd in the United States ©Getty

in disgrace.You would think that by now, with all that has happened involving racism, notably in the United

States, the IOC would have apologised and recognised that this was a particularly appropriate demonstration

Orlando Pride have pulled out of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) Challenge Cup after six players and four staff members tested positive for coronavirus.

schedule for the tournament, which was due to be the first major event in team sports to be staged in the United

States since the lockdown.Under the original plans, teams were meant to play four games in the preliminary

This year's International Skating Union (ISU) Awards will be held virtually on July 11 and streamed live.

China, Miki Ando of Japan, Surya Bonaly of France, Tatiana Navka of Russia and Todd Eldredge of the United

States.

Asian Football Confederation (AFC) President Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa has endorsed the Australia and New Zealand joint bid for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup following Japan's withdrawal from the race.

hosted the tournament and the benefits for the development of the women’s game in Asia-Pacific that this united

Asia has, in the last six years, presented a united front and its solidarity has been admired throughout

 France staged the last edition in 2019, when the United States lifted the trophy for the fourth

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has confirmed the dates for the 2021 Men's World Championship in Minsk and Riga.

games.Reigning champions Finland will be joined by 2019 runners-up in Canada in Group B in Riga, along with the United

States, Germany, Latvia, Norway, Italy and Kazakhstan.The Riga Arena will host Group B matches and two