The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Beijing 2022 Coordination Commission has praised organisers of the next Winter Olympic Games for headway made in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, following a video meeting between the two groups.

on the China-India border, while a new national security law in Hong Kong has been criticised by the United

States, United Kingdom, Canadian and Australia Governments among others.Protests continue in Hong Kong

Brazilian Paralympic Committee (CPB) President Mizael Conrado has said the organisation has been proved correct after it opted to cancel competitions in February over coronavirus fears.

excess of 37,800 people.Brazil has had the third-highest number of fatalities globally, behind the United

States and the United Kingdom.

German athlete body Athleten Deutschland has called for "a comprehensive personnel and structural re-launch" at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) after the McLaren Independent Weightlifting Investigation chronicled widespread corruption under former President Tamás Aján.

United States Anti-Doping Agency chief executive Travis Tygart, athletes’ representative body Global

Pope Francis and sporting stars have teamed up to raise money in an auction for hospitals hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic.

cases since the coronavirus pandemic began, with the country recording more than 33,000 deaths.Only the United

States, the United Kingdom and Brazil have confirmed more deaths than Italy.However, the number of daily

The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) has said that after updates from the British Government, recreational snooker could return to England in July.

O'Sullivan was one of the professional players to return to the sport at the start of June ©Getty ImagesIt states

club.The Championship League competition has reached its final eight and will end on June 11.In the United

British Athletics has set-up a development partnership with London Marathon Events, with the aim of creating talent hubs for promising athletes aged between 16 and 21.

the endurance events is a hugely significant boost to this newly evolving talent pathway across the United

Nike Oregon Project.The disgraced coach is currently appealing a four-year-ban given to him by the United

States Anti-Doping Agency and will face a Court of Arbitration for Sport hearing in November.

Don Porter, a leading softball official and former World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Co-President, has died at the age of 90.

As well as his roles in softball, Porter was also a member of the United States Olympic Committee Board

United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) chief executive Sarah Hirshland has announced

produced the guidelines to differentiate between protests and "expressing views" regarding Rule 50.Rule 50 states

Several of the world’s fittest athletes said they were "ashamed and angry" about an insensitive social media comment by the founder of CrossFit, which has lost its lucrative sponsorship with Reebok.

ImagesMore than 100 gyms had disaffiliated from CrossFit by yesterday, according to reports in the United

States, where the company was created.Glassman posted on Twitter on Saturday: "It's Floyd-19."

The Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) has refuted suggestions that allocating BRL7 million (£1.1 million/$ 1.4 million/€ 1.2 million) across 35 national confederations in emergency aid was politically motivated.

corruption within Brazilian sport.Brazil has reported almost 700,000 coronavirus cases - second only to the United

States - and more than 36,600 deaths.

The Organising Committee for the Lake Placid 2023 Winter World University Games has held its first online International Technical Committee meeting.

It will be only the third time that the United States has held a World University Games after Lake Placid

This year's World Archery Field Championships in the United States have been postponed until 2022 because

COVID-19 crisis.A separate World Games qualifier is set to be held in the summer of 2021.Yankton in the United

States is due to host the World Field Archery Championships ©World ArcheryWorld Archery also confirmed

As it happens, on this day in 1968, Wyomia Tyus of the United States equalled her own world record for

Nigerian centre Evelyn Akhator has said that she believes her women's national basketball team can become a top 10 side internationally after a prominent rise in the world rankings.

qualify for the Games with a win against Mozambique after twice coming close to defeat top nations the United

States and Serbia.Since August 2017, the team has been undefeated in Africa starting with a defeat of

number 14 in the world.Nigeria nearly recorded a famous win against the Olympic and world champions United

States in a 71-76 defeat, only stopped by a last quarter comeback from the Americans.More than anything

World number one Novak Djokovic has labelled COVID-19 safety measures set to be implemented if this year's US Open goes ahead as "extreme" and suggested he may not travel to New York for the tournament.

expressed doubts over travelling to the US ©Getty ImagesNadal also raised concern about travelling to the United

States to compete at the event, which organisers currently still plan to hold as scheduled despite the