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R&A launch COVID-19 golf funding package

  • Golf

The R&A has set-up a £7 million ($8.6 million/€7.8 million) funding package to help the sport deal with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fund, it is largely aimed at national associations within Britain and Ireland.Many courses around the United

was confirmed that the event would not be re-arranged.Professional golf is set to start again in the United

States next month, with the Charles Schwab Challenge in Fort Worth on June 11.


Guerrero elected United States International University Sports Federation President

  • Universiade

United States International University Sports Federation (USIUSF) has elected Dan Guerrero as the organisation

flourish under Dan’s leadership and his influence and connections will create many new opportunities for United

States student-athletes," said Delise O’Meally, International University Sports Federation Executive

competed at the 1970 Summer World University Games in Turin, where as a UCLA student he competed on the United

States baseball team at the event.He went on to play four seasons of Major League Baseball in the Italian


Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong admits doping may have caused testicular cancer

  • Cycling

Disgraced American cyclist Lance Armstrong has claimed that his years of doping could have been a factor in him developing testicular cancer.

enhancing drugs at the age of 21, four years before being diagnosed.He was once renowned as one of the United

States' greatest athletes after winning the Tour de France every year between 1999 and 2005, but was

he had even won a major event.In 1991 he had won the National Junior Road Race Championships in the United

States before turning professional a year later at the age of 21.He won his first yellow jersey at the


USA Baseball publishes revised schedule of events

  • Baseball and Softball

USA Baseball has published a revised schedule of events as the organisation attempts to adapt its calendar amid the coronavirus pandemic.

As the national governing body for baseball in the United States, we feel it is in the best interest



2016 Rio

  • Best Judoka since Olympic Debut at Tokyo 1964

Kayla Harrison - United StatesKayla Harrison was born on July 2, 1990 in Ohio in the United States and


Interim British women's wheelchair basketball coach steps down

  • Wheelchair Basketball News

Dan Price, the interim lead coach of the British women's wheelchair basketball team, has announced that he is leaving the performance programme ahead of the postponed Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.

European Championships.Price had joined British Wheelchair Basketball after a period working in the United

States in the sport.He announced his decision to the British women's team via a video conference call


Hernandez criticises USA Gymnastics for delay in investigating abuse claims against former coach

  • Gymnastics

Olympic gold medallist Laurie Hernandez has criticised USA Gymnastics for taking too long to investigate abuse claims made against her former coach Maggie Haney.

that Haney had screamed, threatened, bullied and harassed American gymnasts.Hernandez, a member of the United

States squad which won the team gold medal at Rio 2016, said USA Gymnastics could have stopped other


World Rugby to host Hall of Fame week online

  • Rugby Sevens

World Rugby will host a series of podcasts, features, interviews, documentaries and classic match footage this week, centering on past inductees from the sport's Hall of Fame.

Knight will look back on the 2010 Rugby World Cup fifth place play-off between regional rivals the United

States and Canada.Knight played at three World Cups in 2002, 2006 and 2010, picking up 35 caps for the


World champion Lyles donates kit to World Athletics Heritage Collection

  • Athletics

Noah Lyles donated his kit from the 2019 World Championships in Doha to the World Athletics Heritage Collection.

World Athletics Championships Heritage exhibition, situated in a city-centre shopping mall next to the United

States' team hotel.Uniforms of sprint legends and compatriots  Jesse Owens and Carl Lewis were


Sports sponsorship predicted to fall by $17 billion in 2020

  • News

Global sports sponsorship rights fees are set to fall by more than $17 billion (£14 billion/€15.5 billion), or 37 per cent year-on-year, according to a new projection.

income for its current financial year running to March 2021.By contrast, Procter & Gamble, the giant United

States-based household products company that is another TOP sponsor, disclosed last month it was experiencing


LPGA launches eTour Live esports competition

  • Golf

The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) has launched an online esports matchplay competition.

nine holes, with two taking place per week.South Korea's Jenny Shin goes up against Tiffany Joh of the United

States in the third contest on Wednesday (May 20), before American Lucy Li plays compatriot Jane Park



US Olympic and Paralympic Museum unveils new logo

  • Olympics

The United States Olympic and Paralympic Museum (USOPM) has revealed its new logo to coincide with its

is reported to be $90 million (£74 million/€83 million) and it will open nearly six years after the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee signed a deal in July 2014 for the facility to be built in the