#International competition

Articles (17)

• 🇬🇧 Venezuela v United States: World Baseball Classic final – live updates — 18/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <ul><li><p>USA host Venezuela in WBC championship game</p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/mar/17/world-baseball-classic-venezuela-usa-final">Political tensions underlie fin...

  Related: #Sports diplomacy, #Geopolitical tensions
• 🇺🇸 Donald given historic third stint as Europe's Ryder Cup captain — 04/03/2026 [USA]

  Luke Donald will captain Team Europe for a third consecutive Ryder Cup after being named in the role again for the 2027 contest at Adare Manor in Ireland.

  Related: #Sports leadership, #Historical achievement
• 🇺🇸 Czech manufacturing sector stabilises as output growth accelerates — 02/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Economic indicators, #Manufacturing sector, #Business confidence
• 🇺🇸 Durant’s LA 2028 hopes land on Spoelstra’s desk, and the US Olympic coach is listening — 28/02/2026 [USA]

  Erik Spoelstra says it's incredible to think of Kevin Durant on the 2028 Olympic team if Durant still wants to play

  Related: #Olympic basketball, #Player legacy
• 🇺🇸 Olympics-Ice hockey-United States beat Canada in overtime for men’s gold — 22/02/2026 [USA] Related: #Olympic sports, #Historic achievement
• 🇺🇸 South African golfer Casey Jarvis wins Kenya Open for first European tour title — 22/02/2026 [USA]

  South African golfer Casey Jarvis has won the Kenya Open by three shots to clinch his first title on the European tour

  Related: #Golf, #Sports achievement
• 🇬🇧 Winter Olympics 2026: bobsleigh, curling and Canada v USA ice hockey final on last day – live — 22/02/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/ng-interactive/2026/feb/04/winter-olympics-2026-latest-medal-table-milano-cortina">Medal table</a> | <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/ng...

  Related: #Athletic excellence, #National pride
• 🇺🇸 U.S. breaks record for its most gold medals won at a Winter Olympics — 21/02/2026 [USA]

  The U.S. Olympic team won its record-breaking 11th gold medal of the Winter Games on Saturday, with at least one more possibility tomorrow when the U.S. men's hockey team wraps up the action ahead of ...

  Related: #Winter Olympics, #American athletic achievement, #Sports records
• 🇺🇸 Team USA men’s hockey team advances to gold medal game — 20/02/2026 [USA]

  The U.S. men’s hockey team dominated Slovakia, moving on to the gold medal match for the first time since 2010. They will take on Canada. NBC News’ Molly Hunter reports.

  Related: #Olympic sports, #Team USA achievement
• 🇬🇧 Nasa targets early March to send humans back around the Moon — 20/02/2026 [United Kingdom]

  Nasa sets the launch date following a successful "wet dress rehearsal" of the Artemis II mission.

  Related: #Space exploration, #Lunar missions
• 🇬🇧 Winter Olympics women’s ice hockey final: USA v Canada – live — 19/02/2026 [United Kingdom]

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  Related: #Winter Olympics, #Women's ice hockey, #Sports rivalry
• 🇺🇸 Muller scores women's hockey bronze-clinching goal in Switzerland's win over Sweden — 19/02/2026 [USA]

  Alina Muller scored 9:09 into overtime to clinch Switzerland its second Olympic women&rsquo;s hockey bronze medal in a 2-1 win over Sweden at the Milan Cortina Games

  Related: #Olympic hockey, #Women's sports
• 🇺🇸 Connor McDavid is ready to take Canada's leadership mantle from Sidney Crosby — 19/02/2026 [USA]

  Sidney Crosby has been Canada's captain in international hockey tournaments for more than a decade

  Related: #Leadership transition, #Canadian hockey legacy, #Player development
• 🇺🇸 From the sports desk: The ‘Blade Angels’ take the ice — 17/02/2026 [USA]

  Hello from Milan and Cortina, where Team USA’s “Blade Angels” began the women’s figure skating competition.

  Related: #Sports, #Figure skating
• 🇺🇸 Germany beats France, Switzerland tops Italy to reach men's hockey quarterfinals — 17/02/2026 [USA]

  Leon Draisaitl and JJ Peterka scored in a three-goal first period and Germany beat France 5-1 to set up a quarterfinal game against Slovakia

  Related: #Hockey tournament, #Team performance
• 🇺🇸 Netherlands’ Jutta Leerdam on winning silver — 15/02/2026 [USA]

  Netherlands’ Jutta Leerdam on winning silver

  Related: #Sports achievement, #Personal determination
• 🇺🇸 Cricket-US keep Super 8 hopes alive with 31-run win over Namibia in T20 World Cup — 15/02/2026 [USA] Related: #Sports development, #Cricket growth