International para-taekwondo returns this weekend as the best athletes from Europe that have yet to qualify for the 2020 Paralympic Games meet in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia to seek a passage to Japan.
New Zealand’s Andy Maloney, one of the victorious America’s Cup crew earlier this year in Auckland, took a first-day lead in the 65th Finn Gold Cup at Porto - which double as the Finn World Championships - after placing third and second in the first two races.
Hosts Ecuador won three of the six titles contested in the Pan American Walking Cup, which was held in Guayaquil in tribute to the recently deceased coach Luis Chocho.
Panam Sports has launched a streaming service, the Panam Sports Channel, that will offer live events including the Pan American Games, Tokyo 2020 qualifiers and the Cali 2021 Junior Pan American Games.
Three golds on the final day of the World Para Powerlifting World Cup in Bangkok saw Iran overtake the hosts to finish top of the medal table, although Thailand, in what was their first home World Cup, won the team trophy by a single point.
National Football League (NFL) wide receiver DK Metcalf looks likely to earn the headlines one way or another at tomorrow's USA Track and Field (USATF) Golden Games in Walnut in California.
Former world champion Maciej Kot, whose position in the Polish ski jumping team for the 2021-2022 season was in doubt, has had his inclusion confirmed by the Polish Ski Association (PZN).
The International Esports Federation (IESF) has appointed Immun Active as its long-term official beverage partner, and the two are to provide a drink taking into account "the special needs of esports athletes."
Gymnastics Canada will not send a team to a final Olympic qualifier in Rio de Janeiro because of COVID-19 concerns.
Australia’s hopes of adding to its 15 Winter Olympic medals at Beijing 2022 have been boosted by a new world-class freestyle skiing facility in Brisbane.
France’s Magda Wiet-Hénin and Italy’s world champion Simone Alessio were among those earning places in the Tokyo 2020 taekwondo competition tonight at the European Qualification Tournament in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia.
Hosts Russia finished top of the medals table at the International Judo Federation’s Kazan Grand Slam with four golds - with the most emphatic win coming in the concluding men’s over-100 kilograms category from Tamerlan Bashaev.
Hosts Thailand maintained a narrow overall lead in their first home World Para Powerlifting World Cup after a second day of competition in Bangkok highlighted by a world record from Iran’s Roohallah Rostami.
The host nation dominated the final day of racing at the Asia and Oceania Olympic and Paralympic qualifier on the regatta course due to hold Tokyo 2020 rowing events.
Twenty-year-old home athlete Glenda Morejón will be a focus of attention when she races in the women’s 20 kilometres event at the Pan American Race Walking Cup that starts tomorrow at Guayaquil in Ecuador.
Denver were awarded the 1976 Winter Olympic Games ahead of Sion in Switzerland, Tempere in Finland and Vancouver in Canada at the International Olympic Committee Session in 1970. But in a Colorado referendum in November 1972, voters rejected funding for the event. It is the only time a city has been awarded the Olympics but pulled out. The IOC then offered the Games to Whistler in Canada, but they too declined owing to a change of Government following elections. Salt Lake City offered to host the Games, but the IOC, still reeling from the Denver rejection, declined and selected Innsbruck, the 1964 host city, as a replacement.
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The Football Association (The FA) is the governing body of football in England. We are responsible for promoting and developing the game at all levels; from grass roots through to the professional game, The FA Cup and the England International teams, and has two core assets: Wembley Stadium and St George's Park. This role sits at the centre of the five-association feasibility study into the possibility of the UK&I bidding to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup.
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