May 13 - Charlie Pereira will lead South Africa's men's hockey team to the Rio 2016 Olympics as the squad's new head coach, the South African Hockey Association (SAHA) confirmed.
May 12 - Tsunekazu Takeda, President of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) and Tokyo 2020, has praised the International Triathlon Union (ITU) Series event which took place in Yokohama yesterday claiming he was "truly inspired" by the competition.
May 14 - Gwangju 2015 have broken ground on the aquatics centre that will host water polo, swimming and diving at the summer Universiade in two years time, which will be South Korea's largest indoor aquatics facility.
May 13 - Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) President Marcel Aubut has offered his congratulations to Gaétan Tardif following his election as the new President of the Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC).
May 14 - The International Boxing Association (AIBA) has confirmed its involvement in the inaugural European Games in Baku in 2015 after its Executive Committee unanimously accepted an invitation to take part in the competition.
May 13 - Television rights for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi have been sold to the Ten Network, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) confirmed today.
May 11 - London 2012 medallists Aaron McKibbin and Paul Davies added to the British gold medal haul at the Slovenian Open as Paralympic silver medallist Will Bayley collected a team bronze having won singles gold won earlier in the week.
May 14 - Crewroom, the specialist sportswear brand who supply kit to Britain's Olympic rowers and canoeists, have signed a deal with London Duathlon to become Official Sportswear Partner for 2013.
May 9 - London 2012 100 metres T44 Paralympic champion Jonnie Peacock is set to head a top British line-up for the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Grand Prix Final in Birmingham next month.
May 13 - More than 200 Canadian Olympic hopefuls, coaches and support staff have taken part in an intensive weekend of preparations for the Sochi 2014 Winter Games as part of the Canadian Olympic Committee's (COC) Olympic Excellence Series (OES).
May 8 - The British Sports Marketing Bureau (BSMB) initiative launched by London 2012 deputy chairman Sir Keith Mills faces being axed just months after being set up due to a lack of support.
May 13 - Vladimir Putin today agreed to introduce a new law which allows foreign athletes to visit Russia to take part in major sports events without needing a visa.
May 7 - Kōhei Uchimura, Japan's first gymnast to win individual all-around gold at an Olympics in 28 years when he secured the title at London 2012, has been crowned the Japanese Olympic Committee's (JOC) most outstanding athlete of the year.
May 13 - A campaign to prevent Pat McQuaid from standing for re-election as President of the International Cycling Union (UCI) is gathering momentum in both Ireland and Switzerland, the only two countries who nominate him.
May 10 - The Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) are set to host the official business lounge at the prestigious SportAccord International Convention later this month when the gathering is staged in St Petersburg from May 26 until 31.
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.
World Skills - Director of Event Operations - Amsterdam, Netherlands
The Director of Event Operations is a member of the WorldSkills International Senior Management Team and hence has a very important role in managing all operational matters for the organization’s flagship event, the WorldSkills Competition, as well as the biennial General Assembly meetings. The Director of Event Operations is required to complete complex tasks and projects, able to make timely decisions with limited guidance, understands strategic priorities, and exercises appropriate levels of urgency and judgement to situations that require a high level of attention. The Director of Event Operations is passionate about the vision and mission of WorldSkills and is proactive, resourceful, dedicated, and works with a high level of integrity.
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