A new survey has suggested Tokyo 2020 organisers are still struggling to win public support with more than 70 per cent of Japanese citizens wanting the Games to be cancelled or delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Olympic Flame has been carried through a virtually empty Commemorative Park in Osaka Prefecture in the first major change forced on the Torch Relay by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced a reduction in the number of accredited guests for the rearranged Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Executive Committee has confirmed the World Table Tennis Championships will take place in Houston from November 23 to 29.
Organisers of the Lucerne 2021 Winter Universiade say the event is "back on track" as they announced an alteration to its budget and some venue changes.
Japanese golf star Hideki Matsuyama said it would be an "honour" to light the Olympic Cauldron if he is offered the opportunity at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Organisers of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) Youth World Boxing Championships in Polish city Kielce have announced the late withdrawals of Argentina and the United States.
Massimo Cuttitta, the former Italy rugby union captain, has died from COVID-19 complications at the age of 54.
A series of positive coronavirus tests that led to the World Men’s Curling Championship in Calgary being suspended have now discovered to have been “false positives”, organisers have announced.
UEFA first vice-president Karl-Erik Nilsson is to serve another two years as head of the Swedish Football Association (SvFF) after being re-elected.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has rejected an arrangement that would allow athletes currently deemed ineligible in the classification reassessment process being undertaken by the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) to play in major events, including Tokyo 2020.
Rugby Africa has strengthened its support for gender equality by launching the Women’s Rugby Advisory Committee (WRAC).
China claimed the final place on offer for Asian countries at the women’s football tournament at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics after a dramatic aggregate victory following extra time against South Korea.
Iran earned three Greco-Roman golds and a silver on day one of United World Wrestling’s Asian Championships in Almaty after contesting four of the five finals.
The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) has confirmed the withdrawal of world number two Daniil Medvedev from the Monte-Carlo Masters after testing positive for coronavirus.
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.
Commonwealth Games Federation - Sport Manager - London, United Kingdom
The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) is the international governing body that oversees the quadrennial Commonwealth Games and Commonwealth Youth Games. The CGF is a small passionate team, wholeheartedly committed to its vision, mission and values. Based in our central London headquarters and reporting to the CGF’s Sports Director, this role will play a key role within the team, providing operational and strategic support across all areas of the sport programme, including bespoke projects and events.
Tributes from across sport have been paid following the death of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, at the age of 99. Philip Barker recalls the Prince's deep connection to sport and his influence on it.
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