Turkey's Merve Dinçel won a dramatic women's under-49 kilograms final to deny Olympic champion Panipak Wongpattanakit of Thailand a third gold at the World Taekwondo Championships here, and there were victories in the men's events for South Korea's Kang Sang-hyun and Italy's Simone Alessio.

stage.World number one Simone Alessio of Italy, left, won a low-scoring men's under-80kg final against the United

States' Carl Nickolas, right ©World TaekwondoMen's under-80kg world number one Alessio won all of his

just six points across his semi-final against Colombia's Miguel Trejos Salas and final against the United

States' Carl Nickolas.As he did in his semi-final, Alessio won a scoreless first round on hits against

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has claimed that "naysayers" are being proven wrong over the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes as neutrals in global sporting competition.

in Ukraine when defending the IOC’s stance.Leaders from upcoming Olympic hosts France, Italy and the United

States as well as Britain, Canada, Germany and Japan and the European Union stated that it was "focused

on ensuring that Russian and Belarusian athletes are in no way appearing as representatives of their states

This declaration gives us another strong foundation so let us stand together on this strong foundation united

Canada's Sports Minister Pascale St-Onge has ordered a financial audit and review of Canada Soccer as a condition for future Government funding after concerns were raised over a lack of equality.

Australia in Melbourne on July 31.Canada is also co-host of the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup with the United

States and Mexico.

Serbia and France got their respective men’s and women’s title defences off to flying starts at the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) 3x3 World Cup in Vienna.

-18.The Czech team then claimed a comprehensive 21-10 victory over Mongolia to go top of Pool C.The United

States, Canada and Hungary also got off the mark as they all won one of their first two games.Competition

The Kosovo Olympic Committee (KOK) has called for disciplinary action to be taken against Novak Djokovic for "raising the level of tension and violence between the two countries, Serbia and Kosovo". 

violence" on a courtside camera lens after his first round victory against Aleksandr Kovacevic of the United

States in the first round of the French Open and subsequently elaborated on his comments at a media

  2017 Summer Universiade, Taipei: men's taekwondo last 16.

reigning Olympic champion, had to settle for a bronze.The other bronze medallist, Jonathan Healy of the United

States, would win gold at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima.Silver medallist Maicon Andrade, who had

Novak Djokovic began his quest for a record 23rd men's Grand Slam singles title with a commanding victory at the French Open.

The Serbian, who is a two-time champion at Roland Garros, cruised past the United States' Aleksandar

The 3x3 basketball qualification journey for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games begins tomorrow with the eighth edition of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) 3x3 World Cup.

runners-up Brazil and Africa Cup winners Madagascar.Two-time AmeriCup victors and 2019 World Cup winners United

States are the second seed but face a challenging Pool B in Vienna's town hall square.They will meet

Canada's Philip Kim and Colombia's Luisa Fernanda Tejada Pulgarin won gold medals at the Pan American Breaking Championships in Santiago.

known as Phil Wizard, won the b-boys crown in Chile's capital after beating Jeffrey Mike Louis of the United

States - known as Jeffro - in the final at the Hotel Cumbres Lastarria.All nine judges gave the first

A high quality field has assembled for the World Surfing Games in El Salvador, where Olympic qualification for Paris 2024 will be on the cards.

Association's (ISA) flagship event in El Salvador.They include women's gold medallist Carissa Moore of the United

States and men's silver medallist Kanoa Igarashi of Japan.Japanese women's bronze medallist Amuro Tsuzuki

Canada's swimming team is set to take part in a training camp from July 13 to 22 before next year's Olympic Games begins in Paris four days later.

 This put the country seventh in the overall swimming standings while neighbours the United States

Britain's 14-year-old world champion Sky Brown was in stunning form again as she won the first leg of the World Skateboarding Pro Tour 2023 season in Argentina.

90.83 points - similar to the 90.83 she tallied when winning the world park title in Sharjah in the United

recorded a fine score of 85.74 after his first run to claim a maiden Pro Tour victory.Tom Schaar of the United

States landed a run of 84.51 to finish second, with Australia's Olympic gold medallist Keegan Palmer

USA Track & Field (USATF) have pledged their full support to the Los Angeles Grand Prix as part of its strategy to help raise interest in the sport before the 2028 Olympic Games in the Californian city.

Athletics under its President Sebastian Coe have long had the aim of making the sport more popular in the United

States and have joined forces with USATF on a series of initiatives called "Project America"."

to LA 2028, so we’re excited about coming back here next year and several other markets here in the States

Gambia were the standout qualifiers for the last-16 at the FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Argentina after a sensational win over France helped them to the top of Group F.

finished as runners-up and New Zealand did enough to go through in third as Guatemala exited.United States

the Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona.Uruguay and Tunisia both qualified as Iraq went out.United States

leading into the last-16.Gambia are now due meet Uruguay with Argentina set to take on Nigeria and the United

States meeting New Zealand.Uzbekistan are scheduled to play Israel, Brazil will meet Tunisia, Colombia

Local hero Soufiane El Bakkali, the world and Olympic 3,000 metres steeplechase champion, lived up to his billing once again at the Rabat Diamond League meeting as he broke his own meeting record with a personal best of 7min 56.68sec, the fastest time this season.

 Devon Allen of the United States, back on track after his exertions for National Football Leaguers