Sapporo appears close to delaying its bid for the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, after the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) discussed plans to approve the city as a candidate for 2034 or later.

country could submit a combined effort from Rhône-Alpes and the Southern Alps.Salt Lake City in the United

States has declared it would prefer to stage the 2034 Winter Games over 2030 to avoid a clash with Los

Australia’s Olympic silver medallist Nicola Olyslagers joined Yaroslava Mahuchikh of Ukraine at the top of this season’s women’s high jump world rankings as she cleared 2.01 metres to win at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku in Finland.

hurdles in 12.97sec in a race won by Switzerland’s Ditaji Kambundji in 12.79.Cravont Charleston of the United

States won the men’s 100m in 9.95sec from Britain’s Reece Prescod, who clocked 10.14.Sarah Healy of

of 14.03m.Benjamin Robert of France won the men’s 800m in 1min 44.40sec from Clayton Murphy of the United

States, the Rio 2016 bronze medallist, who recorded 1:44.91.Jamal Britt of the United States won the

An opinion poll conducted in the Solomon Islands which is about to host the 2023 Pacific Games seems to reveal concerns over the extent of Chinese influence in the islands.

Island Police were invited to Australia to observe operations by Federal Police.The re-opening of a United

States Embassy on the Islands is widely seen as a signal of concern about growing Chinese influence.

A deal is reportedly close between FIFA and British broadcasters to show this year's FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, after the governing body's President Gianni Infantino warned it could be one of the countries facing a television blackout due to "very disappointing" offers.

broadcast deals have still not been finalised in five of football's leading European nations in the United

Women's World Cup in France in 2019, and in the UK England's semi-final defeat to eventual winners the United

States attracted an audience of 11.7 million.A peak of 17.4 million watched England beat Germany in

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach is hoping for the body's Let's Move campaign to inspire the world to be more active.

minutes of activity into their day.Participants will be able to work out along athletes such as the United

States' Allyson Felix, Spanish IOC member Pau Gasol, and Indian badminton player PV Sindhu."

While two Americans tried to improve their Olympic qualifying prospects on day five of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Grand Prix here, their former team-mate Mattie Sasser made huge strides towards a place at Paris 2024.

 Her parents still live there and she is planning to go next year.In 2018, she switched to the United

States, and the following year, she made a career-best total of 232kg to win silver at the Pan American

The United States Senate has begun an investigation into the Professional Golfers' Association (PGA)

Brazilian players stole the show at the latest Teqball Tour event in Los Angeles, with Leonardo Lindoso de Almeida winning men's and mixed doubles golds with his compatriots and Rafaella Fontes triumphing in the women's doubles with Hungary's Gabriella Kota.

impressive 12-4, 12-7 win against another Brazilian player in Bruno Milhomens, who was playing with the United

States' Frankie Diaz.The pairs had also met in the group stage, with Santana and Lindoso de Almeida

Japan were the only team who finished the first week of the men's Volleyball Nations League (VNL) with a 100 per cent record, but defending champions and Olympic gold medallists France endured a difficult start with just one win from four.

Slovenia and Japan, mean they occupy the last top eight place.Olympic silver and bronze medallists the United

States and Argentina were the top performers in Pool One in the first week, both notching three wins

The United States claimed double gold at the hockey5s Pan American Cup, winning the men’s and women’s

The axiom that athletics is an individual sport is true. That is, true up to a point. That is, true up to the point where it isn’t…

time in adding a second gold to his Split tally.Team spirit helped Britain defeat defending champions United

States to win the 1991 world 4x400m title in Tokyo - celebrating, from left: Derek Redmond, Roger Black

Championships in Tokyo.He played a key part in the victory over the Olympic and defending champions United

States, getting the baton from Derek Redmond and handing over to Kriss Akabusi, switched late to the

A decision on whether Ireland quits the International Boxing Association (IBA) and joins rival body World Boxing will not be taken until October.

 But so far, only two countries, the United States and Switzerland, have pledged to join them, although

Greenland claimed a rare sporting success on the international stage as they won the North America And Caribbean Handball Confederation (NACHC) Women's Championship title on home soil.

finished third and Cuba fourth to qualify for the bronze medal game, which the Mexicans edged 29-27.United

States lost all of their round-robin games to finish bottom of the group.Greenland, a Danish territory

Phoenix Mercury are set to make changes to their travel arrangements to ensure the safety of players after two-time Olympic champion Brittney Griner was harassed by a YouTuber at an airport in Dallas.

Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, nicknamed the "Merchant of Death", in a prisoner swap between the United

States and Russia in December.Stein asked Griner whether it "was a fair trade for the Merchant of Death

Indonesia’s Eko Yuli Irawan posted the best numbers of his career at the age of 33 at the International Weightlifting Federation Grand Prix here and is on course to set a weightlifting record for the ages.

surprise defeat at 73kg when he failed with all three clean and jerk attempts.Ryan Grimsland of the United

States won, ahead of Muhammed Özbek from Turkey and Andrei Fralou, the Belarusian competing as an Individual

the A Group, the Italian Mirko Zanni, also withdrew without lifting.America's Ryan Grimsland of the United

States, centre, came out on top in the 73kg category ©ITGJuniansyah, who holds all three junior world