The last American to lead the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) before this year was Clarence Johnson, a devoutly Christian accountant who spent 50 years of his life serving the sport in various administrative roles.

was lucky to find the sport available to her at university in 1987, coincidentally the year when the United

States hosted the first-ever IWF Women’s World Championship.Her first coach was a Hungarian, Mike Huszka

She was working with two of the very best United States coaches, John Coffee and Ben Green, and she was

There was incredible diversity about how to approach coaching in the United States because everybody

Israeli bank Hapoalim has agreed to pay $30million (£24million/€27.2million) after admitting money laundering as part of a high profile FIFA corruption case.

The United States Justice Department announced that the bank, the largest in Israel, had pleaded guilty

corruption case ©Getty ImagesThe scheme reportedly took place through Hapoalim's Miami branch in the United

States, with many of the payments linked to marketing rights for the Copa America, as reported by insideworldfootball.Eugenio

The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) has pledged its support and commitment to

mental health taskforce to help athletes, coaches, officials and administrators during the crisis.The United

States has reported the highest number of deaths and infections from COVID-19 ©Getty Images"Mental health

Sir Bill Beaumont has won a second term as World Rugby chairman, seeing off the challenge of Agustín Pichot.

drain.Fiji and Samoa are among the seven unions given one vote in the election, along with Canada, the United

States, Uruguay, Georgia and Romania.Each of the 10 Tier 1 unions in the Six Nations and Rugby Championship

American sprinter Deajah Stevens and Kenyan road runner Alex Korio Oliotiptip have been provisionally suspended for whereabouts failures by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU).

suspensions by the AIU, which handles doping cases for World Athletics.Gabrielle Thomas, also of the United

States, has also been handed a provisional ban for whereabouts failures, while Oliotiptip's compatriot

An unequal pay claim by the United States women's national team in their lawsuit against US Soccer has

The Uganda Olympic Committee (UOC) has advised athletes who have qualified for Tokyo 2020 to train "as much as possible" from their homes as it braces for budget cuts in relation to the coronavirus pandemic.

The rower Kathleen Noble is based in the United States and is carrying out limited training."

The result of the election for World Rugby chairman is to be announced tomorrow after only one round of voting was required.

associations, plus Japan gets two votes and there is one vote for each for the seven unions from Canada, the United

States, Uruguay, Georgia, Romania, Samoa and Fiji.

The United States Ski and Snowboard team has organised the collection of more than 270 pairs of ski goggles

, which will be used as part of the United States Goggles for Docs programme.

Forty years ago, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Lord Killanin was only a few weeks from retirement, but he found himself at the centre of a bitter Olympic crisis as the campaign to boycott the 1980 Moscow Olympics raged around him.

demanded an Olympic boycott.At the IOC session held before the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United

States Secretary of State Cyrus Vance made a politically charged speech and even forgot to actually

The election for the chairmanship of World Rugby, which is being contested by Sir Bill Beaumont and Agustin Pichot, is being described as "too close to call" as voting closes tonight.

electronically and is being audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers closes this evening and reports in the United

associations, plus Japan gets two votes and there is one vote for each for the seven unions from Canada, the United

States, Uruguay, Georgia, Romania, Samoa and Fiji.Not all unions have declared which way they have voted

Anouck Jaubert of France and Michael Piccolruaz of Italy qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) reallocated two unused quotas. 

Chanourdie, Bassa Mawem and Mickael Mawem, making France the third country, along with Japan and the United

States, to have four climbers qualified for the Games.Michael Piccolruaz of Italy became the third Italian

The National Hockey League (NHL) has said that there is no timeline in place yet for a return to activities due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

In the United States, where the league primarily operates, there have been more than 1.06 million confirmed

Renowned judo coach Yoshihiro Uchida has celebrated his 100th birthday.

Uchida is a legend of judo in the United States and was the first US Olympic judo team coach when the

The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) has announced it has backed Sir Bill Beaumont in the World Rugby leadership election.

associations, plus Japan gets two votes and there is one vote for each for the seven unions from Canada, the United

States, Uruguay, Georgia, Romania, Samoa and Fiji.Although voting closes tomorrow, the result will not