The twice postponed Francophone Games are at last set to open today in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo amid heightened security in the host city.

three gold medals at the Rome Olympics in 100m, 200m and the 4x100m relay.She had been sent by the United

States State Department."

An entertainment and data technology firm has predicted the United States to top the medals table at

Paris 2024 according to Nielsen Gracenote predictions ©Nielsen GracenoteThe company has predicted the United

States to win 128 medals overall, 15 more than their tally at Tokyo 2020.The Americans have also been

Swiss Olympic has revealed that it is taking a "national approach" as it sets its sights on securing the hosting rights for the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

the frame after former favourite Japan and Canada all but dropped out of the bidding race, while the United

States expressed its preferred choice to host 2034.The Swedish Olympic Committee (SOK) announced last

France’s Marie-Florence Candassamy and Eli Dershwitz of the United States won the first gold medals of

Seven-time Olympic champion Katie Ledecky of the United States claimed a record-equalling 15th individual

On the waterfront in Port of Spain, not far from where many of the officials and teams for are set to stay during the Commonwealth Youth Games, which are due to open on Friday (August 4), there is a frieze which pays tribute to every Olympic medallist from Trinidad and Tobago with outsize reproductions of the medals won.

at half way in the 400 metres final, but was caught 10 metres from the line by Mike Larrabee of the United

States and was forced to settle for silver.Earlier in the Games, Edwin Roberts had claimed a bronze

2006 in Germany when their captain in all three matches was Dwight Yorke, a member of the Manchester United

Santiago 2023 has announced LATAM Airlines Group as an official level one sponsor of the Pan American and Para Pan American Games.

Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.LATAM runs international flights from Latin America to Europe, Oceania, the United

States and the Caribbean."

A second tie between a Russian fencer competing as a neutral and a Ukrainian athlete has been set-up at the International Fencing Federation (FIE) Fencing World Championships in Milan, after Anna Smirnova progressed to the round-of-64 to meet four-time Olympic medallist Olha Kharlan.

the other neutral Russian athlete competing in the women's sabre, but lost a knockout tie 15-5 to the United

States' Tatiana Nazlymov.Reigning women's sabre world champion Misaki Emura of Japan is set to face

Chinese athletes impressed at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Championships in Changwon, winning 12 of the available 48 gold medals.

Championships, with Ukraine on five the next-best performer after China and India.Kazakhstan, Italy and the United

States all earned four golds, with South Korea taking three at their home event.France, Switzerland,

More than 6.2 million television viewers in the United States watched the back-to-back winners beat Vietnam

Qin Haiyang and Zhang Yufei delivered swimming golds for China to strengthen the Asian nation’s position at the top of the overall standings at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka.

year-old won by 0.03 as Nicolò Martinenghi of Italy, Arno Kamminga of The Netherlands and Nic Fink of the United

States all touched the wall at 58.72 for tied second."

sealed silver in 22.80.He was followed by France’s Maxime Grousset who secured bronze in 22.82.The United

States’ hopes of a fifth successive women’s water polo crown were dashed following a 8-7 defeat to Italy.The

Italy enjoyed another successful World Rowing Under-23 Championships as they topped the medal table with five golds in Plovdiv.

as they clocked a winning time of 6min 9.19sec to see off defending champions Great Britain and the United

also defended their men’s eight title as they climbed from fifth at 500m to win in 5:26.51, while the United

States sealed silver in 5:28.90 and Germany bagged bronze in 5:28.99.🚩 A-FINAL: Under 23 Men’s Single

Hamza Khan became the first Pakistani winner of the men’s singles title at the World Junior Squash Championships in 37 years, while Egypt’s Amina Orfi defended her women’s singles crown in Melbourne.

Netherlands was the defending champion in the men’s singles but was stunned by Hollis Robertson of the United

States in the last 16.Robertson’s run was ended in the quarter-finals before eventual winner Hamza Khan

The United States captured the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Under-19 Women’s Basketball

Finals hosts Poland beat the leaders after the group stage the United States to win the International