FIFA President Gianni Infantino is in line to join the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after he was proposed for membership by the Executive Board, but World Athletics counterpart Sebastian Coe will have to wait because of a conflict of interest.
Thomas Bach has confirmed it is mandatory for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to observe any sanctions against Russia handed down by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) at a crunch meeting next week.
Pyeongchang and Gangneung are set to host the 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games and could be awarded the event at the next International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session in January, it was revealed today.
A new chairperson of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will be elected at Tokyo 2020, after Kirsty Coventry decided not to stand for re-election.
Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) Coordination Commission chair Bruce Robertson has praised the "unprecedented" working relationship with partners, putting Birmingham 2022 on course to deliver fantastic opportunities.
Organisers have expressed confidence in the schedule for the three major construction projects for Birmingham 2022, despite the shorter build-up time to the Commonwealth Games.
Birmingham 2022 are hoping to confirm venues for the Commonwealth Games beach volleyball and 3x3 basketball competitions in early 2020.
Gender equality, non-discrimination and anti-doping were among the topics discussed at a joint meeting of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board and International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Executive Committee here.
Luciano Rossi has called on members of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) to reject any attempt to centralise the power onto a single body within the organisation, prior to a vote on its new constitution this week.
The British Olympic Association (BOA) has announced the appointments of Vicky Gosling, Andrew Scoular and Juliet Slot to the organisation's Board.
Botswana National Olympic Committee (BNOC) chief executive Tuelo Serufho says an absence of funding for next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo is likely to affect qualification deadlines for some sports.
The Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee's (FASANOC) Athletes' Commission are hoping to provide greater support and guidance to athletes following the election of their new board.
Max Litchfield triumphed in the men's 400 metres individual medley to earn Britain's first gold medal of the European Short Course Swimming Championships in Glasgow.
The Philippines have moved past the 60 gold-medal mark for just the third time at a Southeast Asian Games, after the hosts added seven more to their tally today to reach 63.
Olympic champions Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze topped 49erFX qualifying at the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships in Auckland.
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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It was 63 years ago on December 1 that France's Alain Mimoun finally got the better of his big rival Emil Zatopek to win the Olympic gold medal he coveted so much by winning the marathon at Melbourne 1956. Mike Rowbottom tells the fascinating story of the French runner.
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