Two years ago this weekend, the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games got underway. As the Commonwealth and the world stands now, it has the feel of a golden age.

The article then cited as an example the disqualification of the United States men’s 4x100m relay team

Organisers of the United States Olympic trials for athletics are working with partners to refine the

She was the first woman ever to represent Iran in a weightlifting World Championships, and now Poupak Basami is making her mark again - in helping the medical effort against COVID-19.

mobile hospitals.Another weightlifter on medical duty is Mary Peck, the 63kg national champion in the United

States in 2016, who competed at continental level.Peck is on a nursing externship at Johns Hopkins Hospital

FIFA's Marketing and Television Committee before pleading guilty in a corruption probe, has died in the United

States.

Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) has confirmed that its Nations League Finals tournament will not go ahead as planned because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Due to be played from June 4 to 7 in Texas the United States, the tournament was scheduled to feature

Former International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Patrick Baumann and double Olympic gold medallist Kobe Bryant, are both to be posthumously inducted into the Naismith Basketball Memorial Hall of Fame.

posthumous entry into the Hall of Fame is double Olympic gold medallist Kobe Bryant, a member of the United

States basketball team.Bryant, 41, who died in a helicopter crash in California in January 2020, played

States men's team at Sydney 2000.Ex-San Antonio Spurs player Tim Duncan - now an assistant coach at

basketball coach at Baylor University, is also inducted.In her playing days, Mulkey was part of the United

States team that won gold at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.The other two inductees are Barbara Stevens

The US Nordic Olympic Women (US NOW) came together for their second reunion virtually due to restrictions put in place by Governments due to COVID-19.

 It features the 53 women who have represented the United States in cross-country skiing at the

Two International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) affiliated events - the Pan American Youth Championships and the African Championships have been postponed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

medal at Rio 2016 ©Getty ImagesIt was originally scheduled to take place from June 23 to 28 in the United

States at the Benton Convention Center in Winston-Salem in North Carolina.Due to the lack of training

Thailand and Malaysia have been officially banned from sending weightlifters to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games because of multiple doping offences, the Independent Member Federations Sanctions Panel has announced.

 The panel, which comprises legal and anti-doping experts from the United States, Germany, Canada

The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) has created a mental health taskforce to help

The US Women's Open has been pushed back until December as the coronavirus pandemic continues to wipe out the golfing calendar.

Jeong-eun - often referred to as "Jeongeun Lee6" - is the reigning champion.In confirming the news, the United

States Golf Association, which organises the tournament, revealed that the first two rounds would now

Meijer LPGA Classic, which was set to be played from June 11 to 14 in Grand Rapids in Michigan.The United

States, where all of these events are taking place, has more confirmed coronavirus cases than any other

Work has started in Ancient Olympia on a ‘’desperately needed facelift“ for the International Olympic Academy (IOA).

with six leading universities in Europe and the Hellenic Studies Centre at Harvard University in the United

States.

date set by the International World Games Association (IWGA) for the World Games in Birmingham in the United

States after it was postponed a year.

The opening day of Japan’s elite baseball league will not take place on April 24, as previously hoped, due to the coronavirus pandemic.

trio were the first NPB players to have tested positive for coronavirus.Major League Baseball in the United

States has also delayed the start of its season indefinitely, with the league considering options for

Championships, which have been running since 1935, have been cancelled due to the ongoing crisis in the United

States surrounding COVID-19.