The United States launched their defence of the FIFA Women’s World Cup with a 3-0 victory over debutants

Farid Gayibov, Azerbaijan's Minister of Youth and Sports, has met President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach in Lausanne, to discuss the Olympic Movement.

the Baku Declaration by the Non-Aligned Movement, chaired by Azerbaijan, which unites 120 of the 193 United

The IOC warmly welcomes the support by the 120 member states of the Non-Aligned Movement," Bach said.

The International Sambo Federation (FIAS) are planning to seek compensation for athletes whom it loses to professional organisations such as Bellator and Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

One potential idea is using the leverage of the Bellator and the UFC in the United States to help sambo's

The Chengdu 2021 International University Sports Federation (FISU) World University Games Village has opened its doors to athletes, with representatives from hosts China the first to enter.

 Representatives from the United States, Brazil, France, Argentina and South Africa are expected

Online chess platform Chess.com has announced that its penultimate event of this year’s $2 million (£1.5 million/€1.8 million) Champions Chess Tour season will be sponsored by Swiss private bank Julius Baer.

Chess TourThe world number one heads the entry list for this year’s event and is due to be joined by United

States star Wesley So and two up-and-coming youngsters, 18-year-old Uzbek Nodirbek Abdusattorov and

Brian Harman of the United States took a five-shot lead at the midway point of golf’s The Open Championship

©Getty ImagesLater on the hole, members of the Just Stop Oil protest group, who are calling for the United

three-over-par, just making the cut which fell at four-over-par.Former Open champions Collin Morikawa of the United

States, the winner in 2021, and Shane Lowry of Ireland, the champion in 2019, were among the high-profile

Olympic champions Canada were held to a goalless draw by Nigeria in their FIFA Women's World Cup opener in Melbourne, with legendary captain Christine Sinclair having a penalty saved.

World Cup match against Japan in the other Group C opener tomorrow, with back-to-back champions the United

States starting against debutants Vietnam in Group E.European champions England are set to face debutants

Faith Kipyegon earned her third world record in less than two months at the Monaco Diamond League meeting as she ran the women’s mile in 4min 07.64sec, obliterating the mark of 4:12.33 set by her long-time rival Sifan Hassan on the same Stade Louis II track in 2019.

of 4:15.24.Behind her Australia’s Jessica Hull set an area record of 4:15.34 and Nikki Hiltz of the United

States also recorded an area record of 4:16.35.Once again, as they had following her 1500m breakthrough

States. won the women’s 100m hurdles in a personal best and meeting record of 12.30 to finish just 0.01

States - in what her coach Bobby Kersee described as a precautionary measure due to some slight knee

States in Hungary earlier this week and clocked 22.08 to finish in front of Britain’s 2019 world champion

Puerto Rico and The Netherlands sealed the remaining two playoff places on the final day of round-robin action in Group B of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Women's Softball World Cup in Valencia.

trounced South Africa 10-0.The playoff matches in Valencia are due to be played tomorrow.Hosts Italy, the United

States and Australia from Group A have already secured three of the available eight places in next year's

Swiss Sports Minister Viola Amherd has expressed her support for the country bidding for the Winter Olympics and Paralympics - as long as the Games are "sustainable, tailor-made for Switzerland and widely supported".

potential candidacy had the support of the country’s winter sports associations.The letter also reportedly states

Vancouver in Canada and the Catalonia region in Spain have also fallen by the wayside.Salt Lake City in the United

States, which hosted the 2002 edition, is a possible choice for 2030 but would prefer 2034 to avoid

FIFA has claimed it has sold out of partnership packages for the Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, with its programme featuring 30 companies following a series of late deals.

legendary Carli Lloyd, who won two Olympic gold medals and back-to-back Women's World Cups for the United

States before retiring in 2021.Booking.com was among the Women's World Cup partners announced by FIFA

Octavian Morariu has stepped down as chair of the International Olympic Committee's Future Host Commission for the Olympic Winter Games, and has been replaced by Austria's Karl Stoss.

system under consideration to safeguard the multi-sport event.Sapporo in Japan, Salt Lake City in the United

States and Vancouver in Canada were the known interested parties in the 2030 edition last year, but

National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) executive director Marty Walsh has stressed his determination to ensure participation at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo.

director of the NHLPA in February, succeeding Donald Fehr who had held the position since 2010.He was the United

States’ Secretary of Labor for two years until March 2023 and served as Mayor of Boston between 2014

Day one of the Open Championship ended with three players sharing the lead at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club.

day of threes at Hoylake as Antoine Rozner of France, Adrián Otaegui of Spain and Brian Harman of the United

States tied for fourth.Meanwhile, 2014 champion Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland did not have the best

Cameron Smith of Australia managed to stay in contention.World number one Scottie Scheffler of the United

States tied 19th with a one-under.

China and Cuba have both sealed playoff spots in Group B of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Women's Softball World Cup in Valencia, despite the latter suffering their first defeat to Puerto Rico.

tomorrow, with the playoffs scheduled for Saturday.The teams are aiming to join hosts Italy and the United

States and Australia from Group A at next year's WBSC Women's Softball World Cup Finals.Two teams can