A CAD5 million (£2.9 million/$3.7 million/€3.3 million) investment into the return of high-performance sport in Canada has been announced by the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC), Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) and Own the Podium (OTP).
European Olympic Committee (EOC) President Janez Kocijančič has died aged 78 following a serious illness, it has been announced.
Ralph Johnson, the vice-president of the Barbados Olympic Association (BOA), has passed away aged 80 after serving on the country's Olympic Board for more than three decades.
The National Olympic Committee of Kosovo has begun a four-part international mental skills seminar with 40 elite athletes taking part over the video conference platform Zoom.
The Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee's (FASANOC) Voices of the Athletes (VOA) programme is set to take part in the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Stay Strong campaign.
The former head of the Burundi National Olympic Committee (BNOC), Evariste Ndayishimiye has been elected as the President of Burundi after winning the country's Presidential election.
The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) hosted an online version of its Olympic Patrol project, which featured some of the country's Olympians talking to children and young people about the Olympic Movement and their own sporting careers.
The Tunisian Olympic Committee (CNOT) has undertaken a series of initiatives to help athletes during the coronavirus pandemic.
The British Virgin Islands (BVI) have been granted permission to use their "territorial song" rather than their national anthem "God Save the Queen" at future Olympic Games, Youth Olympic Games and other events recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Russian Olympic Committee President Stanislav Pozdynakov has described the World Anti-Doping Agency as simultaneously acting as "investigator, prosecutor and publisher" against the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA).
The German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) has warned that the financial damage to German sports organisations as a result of the coronavirus pandemic could run into the billions.
The Singapore Foundation-Peter Lim scholarship is celebrating its 10th year of funding promising athletes with more grants given to under 18s this year.
Athletes in Switzerland will be able to resume training from June 6 after the country's Federal Council announced that restrictions to combat coronavirus will be "largely relaxed" from that date.
The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has acknowledged the work of its Olympians in their communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Uganda Olympic Committee (UOC) held a panel discussion on wellness and health in sports, both during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
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.
Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022 - Overlay Manager - Birmingham, United Kingdom
Birmingham 2022 are looking for an experienced Overlay Manager to undertake the design and management of Games Overlay (temporary facilities and installations). The successful candidate will manage and undertake projects within the Venue Development Programme. In July 2022, Birmingham will host the XXII Commonwealth Games, the largest multi-sport event to be held in England in 10 years. Approximately 6,500 athletes and team officials from 71 nations and territories across the Commonwealth will come together in a 12-day celebration of sport and culture. Events will take place across Birmingham and the West Midlands, entertaining more than one million ticketed spectators and reaching a global broadcast audience of more than one billion.
England’s 50 years of footballing hurt started at the Mexico 1970 World Cup. But, as David Owen writes, the tournament that got under way half a century ago at the Azteca has never been bettered.
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