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Brokamp elected World Archery first-vice president at Congress in Berlin

  • Archery

Germany's Jörg Brokamp has been elected unopposed as first vice-president of World Archery on the second day of the Congress in Berlin.

remaining available Executive Board roles were filled by France's incumbent Jean-Michel Cleroy, the United

States' Mark Miller and Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics sports manager Yuko Okura of Japan in the

re-elected to the Medical and Sports Science Committee along with new member Noora Almarzooqi of the United


O'Callaghan makes swimming history at the World Aquatics Championships

  • Swimming

Mollie O'Callaghan has become the first woman to win both the 100 and 200 metres freestyle titles at a World Aquatics Championships as she prevailed in the shorter discipline today in Fukuoka.

off the previous best while Zac Stubblety-Cook of Australia did enough for silver in 2:06.40 and the United

States' Matt Fallon took bronze 2.26sec off the pace.He was still not completely satisfied with the


US Olympians in Dolly Parton song video promoting NBCUniversal Paris 2024 coverage

  • Paris 2024

Revered American country singer-songwriter Dolly Parton is promoting NBCUniversal ‘s coverage of the next year's Olympic Games in Paris with a year to go through a video of her performing Queen songs We Are The Champions and We Will Rock You which includes clips of well-known Olympians.

Among the United States athletes featured are Olympic all-around gymnastics champions Simone Biles and

Tokyo 2020 bronze medallist Noah Lyles and seven-times Olympic swimming gold medallist Katy Ledecky.The United

States women’s football team, men’s and women’s basketball teams and a host of international athletes


Searches for Paris 2024 accommodation skyrocket on Olympic sponsor website Airbnb

  • Paris 2024

Airbnb searches for accommodation in Paris next year's Olympic Games have increased by more than 30 per cent in the second quarter of this year since the first.

Games which are scheduled to take place from July 26 to August 11.Visitors from Britain, Germany, the United

States, and The Netherlands make up the largest proportion of international searches.Groups of three


South African Reto tops day one at Evian Championship

  • Golf

Paula Reto of South Africa surprised one and all by finishing day one of the Evian Championship on top.

tied for second, including 2015 champion Lydia Ko of New Zealand.Joining her are Alison Lee of the United

States, three-time LPGA Tour winner Céline Boutier of France, and Thai international Wichanee Meechai.Reto

16 are tied for 19th, including National Collegiate Athletics Association champion Rose Zhang of the United

States.


Marini wins host Italy's second gold of FIE Fencing World Championships in Milan and Emura defends title

  • Fencing

Italy's Tommaso Marini won the host nation's second gold medal of the International Fencing Federation (FIE) Fencing World Championships in Milan, while Japan's Misaki Emura defended her women's sabre title.

in the Egyptian capital Cairo to gold at the Milan Convention Centre in the men's event.He beat the United

States' Nick Itkin 15-13 in a closely contested final.Bronze medals went to France's defending champion





Canadian prodigy McIntosh retains world title in Fukuoka with blistering performance

  • Swimming

Canadian teenager Summer McIntosh powered to victory at the Fukuoka 2023 World Aquatics Championships as she retained her women's 200 metres butterfly title.

followed for Australia in the women's 4x200m freestyle relay.The quartet finished in 7:37.50 to beat the United

States and China with respective times of 7:41.38 and 7:44.40.The final swimming triumph of the day


World Archery "quite far away" from return for Russian and Belarusian athletes

  • Archery

World Archery's Working Group chair has revealed the organisation remains "quite far away" from a return for Russian and Belarusian athletes, given responses to the required conditions from both countries' National Federations.

Dielen of Switzerland and Executive Board members Jean-Michel Cleroy of France and Crystal Gauvin of the United

States, who is also chair of the Athletes' Commission.It approved criteria for the return of neutral


Gold medal-winning volleyball player takes part in Turkish Olympic Committee female empowerment programme

  • EOC

Volleyball player Eda Erdem has joined the Turkish Olympic Committee (TOC) to help deliver its Empowering Girls Through Sport Project which took place in Gaziantep and Şanlıurfa.

squad which earlier this month lifted the Volleyball Women's Nations League title at Arlington in the United

States, beating China 3-1 in the final.She had previously been part of the squads that won the silver


Japan and Canada secure places at WBSC Women’s Softball World Cup Finals after weather-hit day

  • Baseball and Softball

Japan and Canada secured their places at the World Baseball Softball Confederation Women’s Softball World Cup Finals after a weather-affected final day of competition in Italy.

overcame New Zealand 4-0, helped by a three-run home run from Yuruby Alicart.Defending world champions United

States and Australia qualified from Group A, while European champions Netherlands and Puerto Rico qualified


Ukrainian withdraws from bout against Russian at Fencing World Championships

  • Fencing

Ukrainian fencer Ihor Reizlin withdrew from a bout against Russian opponent Vadim Anokhin on day five of the International Fencing Federation (FIE) Fencing World Championships in Milan, Italy.

Championships in Wuxi, and won Tokyo 2020 team bronze alongside Errigo, earlier beat Lee Kiefer of the United

States 15-13 in the semi-finals.Kiefer secured bronze along with Martina Favaretto, who was beaten by


Henderson set to defend title at golf’s Evian Championship, featuring 19 of world's top 20

  • Golf

Brooke Henderson is set to defend her title when golf’s fourth women’s Major of the year, the Evian Championship, begins at the Evian Resort Golf Club in France, featuring 19 of the top 20 female players in the world.

The one absentee from the top 20 list is Lexi Thompson of the United States, who will be missing from

Korea leads the field, while the winners of the year’s three major tournaments so far - Lilia Vu of the United

States, Yin Ruoning of China and Allisen Corpuz of the United States, all feature.Vu, Ruoning and Corpuz

the 2022 Ladies Italian Open.The three amateurs receiving invitations are Kaitlyn Schroeder of the United

States, the 2022 Rolex Junior Player of the Year, Ting-Hsuan Huang of Chinese Taipei, the winner of