Tokyo 2020 taekwondo prospect Skylar Park will receive CAD10,000 (£5,900/$8,200/€6,800) to aid preparations through a new funding source for Canada's top athletes and Olympic hopefuls.
The Estonian Mixed Martial Arts Federation (EMMAF) has been accepted as a member of the Estonian Olympic Committee (EOC), with mixed martial arts (MMA) being recognised as a sport in Estonia.
Hong Kong is holding an inaugural Teqball Challenge Cup event as it seeks to prepare a team for the rescheduled Asian Beach Games in Sanya.
The goalball draw for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics is now set to take place on Monday (10 May), having been delayed when Algeria pulled out of the competition.
The British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Active programme has attracted 17,411 participants during its three stages of its projects, according to its impact report.
Verona is set to host the opening round of the 2021 International Cycling Union (UCI) BMX Supercross World Cup season this weekend in Italy, with 2018 world champion Laura Smulders one of the favourites in the women's event.
The 2022 World Triathlon Multisport Championships in Townsville in Australia are now due to be held in August, with thousands of athletes expected to participate.
The developers of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine are set to donate doses to athletes heading to the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games after signing an agreement with the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
The International Ski Federation (FIS) has confirmed the four candidates bidding to succeed longstanding head Gian-Franco Kasper as President during its virtual Congress next month.
The "unprofessional" Executive Board of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has been severely criticised by China for putting athletes’ health at risk and forcing National Federations to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars unnecessarily.
Atsuo Hamada, a professor of travel medicine at Tokyo Medical University, has claimed securing medical resources will be key for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games to be held this year.
Canadian boxer Mandy Bujold has said she will challenge a decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after being denied a place at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games because of changes to the qualification process.
Dutch beach volleyball player Madelein Meppelink will be President of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Athletes' Commission for the next four years following the first election for the position.
Shiny Fang has had her contract as secretary general of the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) extended until June 2025.
India's Hockey Pro League matches away to Spain and Germany later this month have been postponed because of travel restrictions imposed in the Asian country to combat the recent surge of COVID-19 infections.
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.
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