Last Friday (May 29), National Hockey League star Evander Kane called on athletes to speak out against racism following the tragic death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. "We need so many more athletes that don’t look like me speaking out about this, having the same amount of outrage that I have inside, and using that to voice their opinion, to voice their frustration. Because that’s the only way it’s going to change," Kane said on ESPN’s First Take.

his sporting career, joined the protests, releasing a statement condemning "ingrained racism" in the United

States.

Kurt Thomas, the first American man to win a World Gymnastics Championships gold medal, has died at the age of 64.

won a total of seven world medals, including three golds, during his career.He also represented the United

States at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal and decided to turn professional after the boycott of the 1980

The International Sambo Federation (FIAS) has announced its theme for this year's World Environment Day will be biodiversity, one of the most important parts of the planet's ecosystem.

FIAS noted that recent events such as bushfires in Brazil, the United States and Australia as well as

pandemic show the need for cooperation between humans and nature.World Environment Day was started by the United

Colin Kaepernick last played in the National Football League (NFL) at the end of the 2016 season. After leaving the San Francisco 49ers, he became a free agent but has since remained unsigned. 

situation has been catapulted back into the limelight as anti-racism protests take place across both the United

States and the world.

Olympic-related matters by the Fundamental Principles of the Olympic Charter, in particular Principle 6, which states

long will it be before the IOC is exposed for hypocrisy over podium protests in the same way that the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) is being exposed so publicly at the moment?

The World Squash Federation (WSF) has confirmed that the World Masters Squash Championships have been postponed to 2021 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

deaths of over 399,000 people.The last edition of the Championships took place in Charlottesville in the United

States in 2018.

Ice dancer Asher Hill has accused Skate Canada of hypocrisy regarding the governing body's statement on racial equality as protests take place across the world. 

Skate Canada had posted a statement in response to the ongoing protests in the United States and other

 "As protests in the United States and here at home in Canada have shone a spotlight on racial injustice

year, hammer thrower Gwen Berry and fencer Race Imboden were sanctioned with a year's probation by the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) after they protested on the podium at the Pan American

Fencer Race Imboden - who was placed on probation by the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee

determined to work as hard as I can to make things better for the black and brown communities in the United

States.

Another Concours Complet International (CCI) five-star eventing competition has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, leaving only one left on the 2020 calendar.

year.Five-star events at Badminton and Burghley in England, Luhmühlen in Germany, Lexington in the United

States and Adelaide in Australia have already been cancelled.According to Horse and Hound, organisers

Monika Malik has said that "to do well at the Olympics" is the primary aim of both her and the Indian women's hockey team.

2018 Asian Games, the first Tokyo 2020 qualifying tournament for Asian nations, before defeating the United

States 6-5 in a last-chance qualifier over two legs to claim their spot."

New dates for the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Under-15 Baseball World Cup have been announced, with the event scheduled to take place in Tijuana in October and November of this year.

Americas.The Under-15 Baseball World Cup is now due to begin in October ©WBSCThey are hosts Mexico, the United

States, Panama, Cuba, Venezuela and the Dominican Republic.South Africa, Japan, Chinese Taipei, Germany

golf world rankings are set to resume as the Professional Golf Association (PGA) Tour restarts in the United

States next week.

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland, number two Jon Rahm of Spain and number three Brooks Koepka of the United

States are expected to compete.

The upcoming resumption of play in the United States marks the welcome beginning of the recovery of elite

Two-time Olympic gold medallist Haley Irwin has announced her retirement from international ice hockey.

her team to silver at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games, losing in a dramatic final to the United

States.

Haley Irwin was part of Canada's dramatic loss to the United States in the women's ice hockey final at

Tamás Aján took more than $600,000 (£472,000/€530,000) in cash to successive International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) electoral congresses, and spent much of it on bribes to buy votes, according to the McLaren report on corruption in weightlifting.

In the latter group was Ursula Papandrea, the IWF’s Interim President from the United States who voted

some delegates voted when they were not allowed to, because of non-payment of membership fees.It also states

The women's 400 metres world champion, Bahrain's Salwa Eid Naser, has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for whereabouts failures.

— Athletics Integrity Unit (@aiu_athletics) June 5, 2020Olympic 200m finalist Deajah Stevens of the United

States was also provisionally banned for the same violation of the rules recently, as was compatriot

Zambian captain Barbra Banda revealed the team are aiming for the semi-finals in the Olympic women's football contest in Tokyo next year.

Australia, Brazil, New Zealand, Britain, The Netherlands, Sweden, Canada and defending champions the United

States at Tokyo 2020.