ventures into uncharted territory on Saturday as the first-ever major tournament to be staged in the United

States gets underway in Texas, The ICC sees it as a launch pad towards the sport's return to the Olympics

opening skirmish of the first major International Cricket Council (ICC) event to be held in part in the United

Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados.While cricket is widely played at a recreational level in the United

States, with strong presences in all three of the states that have been chosen for games, organisers

T20WorldCupCricket ventures into uncharted territory as the first ever major tournament to be staged in the United

States gets under way in Texas with the opening game of the T20 World Cup.https://t.co/66fKdtjVb9— News18

The meeting of the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of the countries of West Asia, organised by the Qatar Olympic Committee in cooperation with the Olympic Council of Asia, took place last Wednesday and was attended by representatives of 12 NOCs of the West Asia region, from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Yemen, the Emirates, the Sultanate of Oman, Iraq, Bahrain, Kuwait and Syria, in addition to the host country Qatar.

;The meeting also discussed the main events to be organised by the Olympic Committees in the Member States

also decided to set up a planning and coordination committee with experienced members from the Member States

The Council discussed the final report of the first GCC Youth Sports Games organised by the United Arab

that prevented her from having contact with at least a dozen athletes without adult supervision, the United

States Center for SafeSport sanctioned the Olympic pairs figure skating coach on Wednesday.

Major League Baseball’s record books are finally set to be re-written, as it officially announced on Wednesday that statistics from the racially segregated Negro Leagues will be added into its official history to confronts the sport's racist past.

In 2020 however, with the United States plunged into nationwide soul-searching over racial injustice

The 2024 Prefontaine Classic, held this past weekend at Hayward Field at the University of Oregon, achieved an impressive 96,053 points in the World Athletics Competition Performance Rankings. This is the highest score ever recorded for a single-day meet and the fourth-highest for any professional invitational meet.

Since its establishment in 1975, the Prefontaine Classic has stood as the United States' foremost track

The preferred candidates for the 2030 and 2034 Winter Olympics, French Alps and Salt Lake City-Utah (SLC-UT), presented their bids to Winter Olympic Federations (WOF) on Tuesday, followed by question and answer sessions.

United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee Chair Gene Sykes praised the SLC-UT leadership and "a

After setting a trend in boxing and seeing World Athletics follow through for the upcoming Olympics, the International Boxing Association (IBA) announced on Wednesday it plans to pay medallists while also guaranteeing them rights to future title fights, a groundbreaking decision in the sport.

gone further than World Athletics in this athlete-empowerment initiative that is also reflected in the United

States’ recent landscape shift in College sports, where a settlement was reached Thursday between the

The former heavyweight champion had suffered nausea and dizziness on a flight to California, causing concern less than two months before his return to professional boxing after nearly two decades and at the age of 58. "I feel 100% now, although I don't need to be to beat Paul".

unfortunate medical mishap that has led to speculation about the future of the fight in the southwestern United

media-savvy actor turned boxer, which guarantees the success of the television audience so important in the United

States.

Former Australian Test opener Joe Burns will play for Italy as they aim to qualify for the 2026 T20 World Cup as a tribute to his late brother.

qualifying resulted in their exclusion from the 2024 T20 World Cup, scheduled to commence on 1 June in the United

States and the Caribbean.

Issamade 'Issam' Asinga, who blamed his positive drug test on "eating recovery gummies", will be stripped of his titles as South American double sprint champion and world U20 100m record holder for an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) and banned for four years from 9 August 2023 by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU).

 Rule 2.1.2c of the ADR states: "Sufficient proof of an anti-doping rule violation under Rule 2.1

 'Issam' Asinga, who lives in the United States, argued that the positive test was caused by a contaminated

Cricket's highly anticipated ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 gets underway from 2 June until 29, with hosts USA taking on Canada in the tournament's opening match.

Additionally, this will be the first major ICC event partially hosted in the United States, a nation

including India, Pakistan, Australia, England, Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa, Sri Lanka, hosts United

States and West Indies, along with Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Ireland, Scotland, Papua New Guinea, Canada

the semi-finals will compete in the final match scheduled for 29 June.Venues:For the matches in the United

States of America, four venues have been confirmed: Central Broward Park in Lauderhill, Florida; Church

National League MVP Ronald Acuña Jr will miss the rest of the Major League Baseball season after tearing an anterior cruciate knee ligament on Sunday.

The side went out 9-7 to eventual runners-up United States in the quarter-finals.

The Czech Republic were crowned world champions on home ice with a 2-0 victory over Switzerland. David Pastrnak scored a third-period goal in the final against Switzerland, while Sweden took bronze at the tournament in Prague.

Sabres, among other big-name NHL players.The Czechs reached the final after beating Sweden 7-3 and the United

States 1-0 in the quarterfinals (a poor performance despite having all 23 of their players in the NHL

With a victory in the 100m butterfly in California, five-time world champion Leon Marchand continues his preparations for the Olympic Games, which will be held in his home country at the end of July.

Arena in Nanterre from 27 July to 4 August.Marchand, who enjoyed a stellar collegiate career in the United

States under the tutelage of former Phelps mentor Bob Bowman, will head into his home Olympicsas the

Al Ain of the United Arab Emirates, led by former Argentina striker Hernán Crespo, thrashed Yokohama

Al Ain, the most successful club in the United Arab Emirates, turned the series on its head and crowned

aggregate victory after Yokohama goalkeeper William Popp saw red on the stroke of half-time.Al Ain, the United

turns.The win also secured Al Ain's place in next year's revamped Club World Cup, which will be held in the United

States from 15 June to 13 July 2025.