The International Boxing Association (AIBA) has been suspended as the Olympic governing body for the sport and will not play any role in organising the tournament at Tokyo 2020, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced today.
Greece's absence on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is set to end with Spyros Capralos being proposed for election as a member here today.
Future hosts of the Olympic and Paralympic Games could be multiple cities, regions or countries and the elections may be held over or less than seven years in advance if changes to the bidding process are approved by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session next month.
Double Olympic short track speed skating gold medallist Yang Yang is set to become vice-president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) after she was nominated as the Olympic Movement representative for the position.
FIFA has abandoned controversial plans to expand the 2022 World Cup in Qatar 32 to 48 teams because of political tension in the region.
It has emerged that the chief executive of Qatar broadcaster BeIn Sports is facing allegations of "active corruption" over Doha's bid for the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships.
Japanese Government officials are hoping the upcoming test events in Tokyo will enable them to test transport plans for next year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Michael Rotich, Kenya's athletics team manager at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, has been banned from the sport for 10 years after the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Ethics Board found him guilty of "dishonest and corrupt" conduct.
Bahrain's Olympic marathon silver medallist Eunice Kirwa has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) after testing positive for erythropoietin (EPO), it has been announced.
Olympic 100 metres breaststroke gold medallist Rūta Meilutytė has announced her retirement from swimming at the age of 22 two weeks after it emerged that she was facing a suspension for missing three drugs tests in 12 months.
India’s Gomathi Marimuthu, surprise winner of the women’s 800 metres gold at last month’s Asian Athletics Championships in Doha, stands to lose her title after her sample taken there tested positive for a banned substance.
Double Olympic champion Angelo Taylor has been provisionally suspended by USA Track & Field (USATF) in an emergency action hours after it was revealed he was coaching at a suburban Atlanta youth track club despite having been arrested in 2005 for child molestation.
Yumenoshima Park Archery Field earned praise from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission on their visit there.
Lima 2019 have launched their observers’ programme for the upcoming Pan American Games, with the initiative aimed at helping future Organising Committees.
Further allegations of misconduct against late figure skater John Coughlin have emerged after one of his former pairs partners claimed he had sexually abused her for two years.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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