November 29 - The British sailing team faces a hunt for a new sponsor following the announcement that Skandia is to end its association next March, when the present deal concludes.
November 29 - Russia's Darya Pishchalnikova is set to be stripped of the silver medal she won in the discus at London 2012 after her B-sample confirmed a positive drugs test for anabolic steroids.
November 29 - The power struggle to determine who can and who cannot challenge for the top job in African football is being taken all the way to sport's highest court of law, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
November 29 - Triple Tour de France winner Greg LeMond is the latest leading name to join Change Cycling Now, the new pressure set up to try to force the International Cycling Union (UCI) to reform in the wake of the Lance Armstrong scandal.
November 27 - Ross Halpin has been appointed as the interim chief executive of Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) while Fiona Allan is on maternity leave.
November 27 - Brazilian swimmer Daniel Dias, who is set to be one of the stars of the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, has joined Ottobock as one of its Ambassadors.
November 28 - Fabrizio Macchi, who has been cleared of doping having been dropped from Italy's team for the London 2012 Paralympics, could still face a ban after the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) launched an appeal against the decision.
November 28 - Lance Armstrong should be stripped of his Olympic bronze medal from Sydney 2000 even though technically the International Olympic Committee (IOC) do not have the right to take it away from him, Executive Board member John Coates has claimed.
November 28 - London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe has today joined some of Britian's top politicians in urging Prime Minister David Cameron against imposing any state regulation on newspapers.
November 27 - Victoria Pendleton, who made her exit from Strictly Come Dancing at the weekend, has sashayed into a new deal designing bikes for Halfords - while her fellow Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy has also announced the launch of a new range of personalised bikes in partnership with Evans Cycles.
November 28 - Former Vancouver 2010 President and chief executive John Furlong has launched legal proceedings against the newspaper and reporter who claimed that he abused native students while a volunteer teacher more than 40 years ago, his lawyer has announced.
November 28 - Bhanu Choudhrie, a former Asian Entrepreneur of the Year, has been appointed by Commonwealth Games England as a non-executive director.
November 28 - Sir John Armit, the chairman of the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA), is to take on a new role next year as head of National Express, a multinational public transport company that operates bus, coach and tram services, it has been announced.
November 29 - Premier League club Liverpool have strengthened their backroom team by hiring Steve Peters, the sports psychiatrist who inspired Sir Chris Hoy, Victoria Pendleton and Bradley Wiggins to Olympic cycling success.
November 26 - Five of the eight full-time coaches due to be appointed to the new central hub of UK Athletics at Loughborough University have been named by UK Athletics performance director Neil Black.
Canadian show jumper Ian Millar holds the record for the most Olympic appearances by an athlete in any sport. When he competed at London 2012 at the age of 65 it was the tenth time he had competed in the Games since making his debut 30 years earlier at Munich 1972. He had won his only Olympic medal at Beijing 2008 when he was part of Canada’s team that took silver in the team jumping event. Millar won a gold medal in the Pan American Games team jumping event at Toronto 2015. He announced his retirement in 2019.
International Paralympic Committee - Paralympic Games Brand Manager - Bonn, Germany
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) offers the position of a full-time Paralympic Games Brand Manager (f/m/x) in an international and multicultural team at the IPC Headquarters in Bonn, Germany, starting in early 2021. The IPC is the global governing body of the Paralympic Movement. We supervise the organisation of the Paralympic Games and Paralympic Winter Games and serve as International Federation for 10 Para sports. The Paralympic Games Brand Manager is accountable to the Head of Brand and Engagement and will be responsible for ensuring the Paralympic brand is represented in a consistent and impactful way at the Paralympic Games.
As the International Ice Hockey Federation prepares to decide whether Belarus remains a co-host of its World Championship later this year, Philip Barker recalls other occasions where human rights has been a key topic in the build-up to a country staging a major sports event.
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