Hollywood actor Gerard Butler is expected to carry the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch when it visits Sparta on day two of its journey around Greece tomorrow.

the Future and Titanic Actor Billy Zane is also expected to carry the flame.Although born in the United

States, his family originate from the area around Sparta.Organisers insist that the itinerary for the

The National Basketball Association (NBA) have suspended their season after it was reported that Utah Jazz centre Rudy Gobert had tested positive for coronavirus. 

the first time this year off the back of two consecutive NBA Defensive Player of the Year awards.The United

States is the eighth-most infected country to date with more than 1,300 coronavirus cases and 38 deaths

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) have announced the schedule for the Tokyo 2020 softball competition, which is due to begin in Fukushima on July 22.

which will also mark softball's first appearance at the Games since Beijing 2008.Italy and top-ranked United

States will play the second match of the day, before Mexico face Canada.The first six games of the Olympic

British athletes competing at this year's Olympic Games in Tokyo will have increased opportunities to thank sponsors as part of a compromise agreement the British Olympic Association (BOA) has reached with a group of competitors to avoid legal action.

Countries including the United States and Australia are among those to have relaxed Rule 40 guidelines

Double world champion Rafael Alba booked his place at Tokyo 2020 on day one of the Pan American Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament in Costa Rica.

Carlos Rivas at the Palacio de los Deportes de Heredia, before booking his spot with success over the United

States' Lima 2019 Pan American Games champion Jonathan Healy.Mexico's Carlos Sansores also survived

Edival Pontes, who got the better of Canadian Andrew Park in his pivotal bout.Anastasija Zolotic of the United

States also claimed a Tokyo 2020 spot ©Getty ImagesTwo women's classes were also contested today with

Lima 2019 champion Anastasija Zolotic of the United States earning an Olympic spot in the women's under

Two students from Colorado Springs in the United States are set to carry the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch

after a competition run by Young Champion Ambassadors (YCA), a programme run in conjunction with the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Museum to encourage young people to be ambassadors of Olympic and Paralympic

values.As the home of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee, Colorado is twinned with Ancient

Katie Ormerod of Britain earned her first crystal globe after the International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard Slopestyle World Cup season ended early due to the coronavirus outbreak.

 She achieved 2,600 points, finishing third in Laax in Switzerland, Mammoth Mountain in the United

States, and Calgary in Canada, before recording a second-place finish in the Italian resort of Seiser

with a total of 1,616.New Zealand's Tiarn Collins was second on 1,340, while Dusty Henricksen of the United

States scored 1,290 to come third.

European champion Esme Visser earned gold in the women's 3,000 metres at the International University Sports Federation (FISU) World University Speed Skating Championship in Amsterdam.

⛸❄ (@FISU) March 10, 2020Fellow Dutch skier Jeroen Janissen took bronze, while Ethan Cepuran of the United

States finished in between the two for silver.

Nearly 150 athletes from 22 countries are set to compete at the International Surfing Association (ISA) World Para Surfing Championships, due to open in La Jolla in California tomorrow, surpassing the record of 120 that was set in 2018.

well as event supporters that make the World Championship possible," the statement added.In 2018, the United

States took the overall team gold medal for the first time in the event's history, breaking a two-year

Reigning world champions Oleg Stoyanovskiy and Viacheslav Krasilnikov hit their stride early as they won two from two in Pool A on the first day of the main draw at the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Beach World Tour event in Qatar's capital Doha.

Koekelkoren and Tom Van Walle 12-21, 21-14, 15-9 and then rounded off their day’s work by overcoming the United

States' Stafford Slick and William Allen 21-15, 21-17."

Zambia are set to make their Olympic debut this year in Tokyo after winning the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Women's Olympic qualifying tournament. 

hosts Japan, Brazil, New Zealand, Britain, The Netherlands, Sweden, Canada and defending champions United

States at Tokyo 2020.

The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) has postponed its pre-Tokyo 2020 media summit

Costa Rica is poised to host the Pan American Taekwondo Qualification Tournament for Tokyo 2020 over the next two days.

year.Pan American Games champion Anastasija Zolotic has been named in the US squad ©Getty ImagesThe United

States have picked two winners from the Games in Peru, Jonathan Healy in the men's over-80kg and Anastasija

Charles Barkley, one of the most recognisable names in basketball, has announced he plans to sell the Olympic gold medal he won at Atlanta 1996 as part of a major sale of memorabilia from his career to help pay for new houses for the disadvantaged in the town he grew up in.

not be selling the gold medal he won at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona as part of the revered United

States "Dream Team" because his daughter asked him not to."

 Charles Barkley was a member of the United States Dream Team at Barcelona 1992 and his daughter

United States won six freestyle gold medals on the final day of the Pan American Wrestling Championships