2022 Women’s Worlds: Nine U.S. players score in 10-0 win over Japan
Team USA got out to an early lead in its opening game of the 2022 IIHF Women’s World Championship and never looked back.
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Beth Tweddle excited for 2022 National Lottery Athlete of the Year
British gymnastics icon Beth Tweddle has urged the public to get voting to decide the 2022 National Lottery Athlete of the Year. Ten athletes from the across the UK have made the shortlist after excelling in the past few months across the Winter Olympics, Commonwealth Games and recent European Championships. Ad The National Lottery Athlete of the Year category recognises the performances and legacy of our sporting heroes and showcases the impact of National Lottery funding on elite sport.
Women’s Worlds Storylines: From the USA-CAN rivalry to ongoing contract negotiations
Just six months after the 2022 Winter Olympics concluded, the best women’s hockey teams return to the ice this week for the 2022 IIHF Women’s World Championship. It marks the first time the top division women’s world championship will be held in the Olympic year since women’s hockey debuted at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games.
Lueckenkemper strikes again to help Germany top Euro athletics medals table
MUNICH: Newly-crowned European 100m champion Gina Lueckenkemper won a second gold as she spearheaded Germany to a decisive victory in the women’s 4x100m relay in Munich on Sunday.
Japan makes arrests on bribery suspicions in Tokyo Olympics
A former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee board member and three people from a clothing company that was a surprise sponsor of the 2020 Games were arrested on bribery suspicions Wednesday.
Ex-member of Tokyo Olympics organising committee arrested on bribery suspicions
A former board member of the Tokyo Olympics organising committee and three people from a clothing company which was a surprise sponsor of the 2020 games were arrested on suspicion of bribery on Wednesday.
Germany may consider Olympic bid after European Championships in Munich
Germany is considering bidding for the Olympic Games, a top official suggested, building on the success of an international event in Munich featuring nine sports and using many of the venues built for the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Knight and Coyne headline U.S. women’s hockey roster for 2022 Worlds
USA Hockey on Sunday announced the 23-player roster for the 2022 IIHF Women’s World Championship later this month. The team is headlined by four-time Olympic medalist Hilary Knight, who will make her 12th appearance at a women’s world championship (a USA Hockey record), and three-time Olympic medalist Kendall Coyne Schofield, who will compete at her ninth Worlds.