Filipino boxing superstar proposed that the age of eligibility for the Olympic Games be raised "from 40 to 50

"Why not an increase in the age limit to 50 years?" Pacquiao said.

GETTY IMAGESAs confirmed by AFP, the IOC based its decision on the rule that bans athletes from competing

Now set for September in Russia. At the Olympics: win a medal. Friendship Games: win, get paid. The number one complaint athletes have about the Olympic movement is that they can't make money.

what the intelligence directors called "more capable non-state actors … challenging the longstanding rule

 In the United States, roughly 50% from London to Tokyo, roughly 31.1 million average in primetime

Recent changes made by football's governing bodies to improve player behaviour did not include the controversial blue card sin bin system. In February, it was reported that blue cards would be tested as part of sin bin trials at higher levels of the professional game.

By 50% to 33%, younger football fans (18-34 years old) are more open to the introduction of blue cards

where the trial is being implemented, goalkeepers will now have a maximum of eight seconds (currently rule

The 50+1 rule was the key to their defeat.

football is characterised by a strong emphasis on fan participation and control, epitomised by the "50

+1" rule.

This rule limits the influence that external investors can have on a club, ensuring that the interests

German fand have launched a series of protests in an independent attempt to overturn, or at least review, the law that allowed the influx of capital into football broadcasting. Various disruptions have been provoked as a sign of protest.

signed last December mainly guarantees the DFL's decision-making power and strict adherence to the 50

+1 rule in terms of club ownership, rather than the group of investors, "fans suspect that this will

The International Skating Union (ISU) has issued a statement regarding the case of Russian athlete Kamila Valieva, confirming the disqualification imposed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). As a result, the Russian athlete has lost her results, which have been annulled.

finding that the representative of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) had committed an anti-doping rule

USA (65 points), 2nd Japan (63), 3rd Russian Olympic Committee (54), 4th Canada (53) and 5th China (50

The Indian tennis team is awaiting government approval to travel to Pakistan for a Davis Cup play-off match. The request comes after the International Tennis Federation's tribunal rejected a proposal to move the match to a third country.

The nuclear-armed neighbours have fought several wars since gaining independence from British rule in

India did not travel to Pakistan for the 50-over Asia Cup in September.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board has today proposed changes to the Olympic Charter that aim to ensure respect for human rights and freedom of expression at the Olympic Games.

of people with a specific passport".Plans have also been tabled by the IOC Executive Board to change Rule

Games with additional wording on athlete expression.The IOC is proposing to add further wording to Rule

at the IOC Sesson, the rule will read: "All competitors, team officials or other team personnel in the

" at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics and Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.It represents a move away from Rule

50 of the Olympic Charter that states that "no kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial

World Aquatics is set to debut an open category at the Swimming World Cup event in Berlin from October 6 to 8 which will welcome "swimmers of all sex and gender identities".

effectively banned from female events by the governing body at last year's Extraordinary Congress.A rule

undergone male puberty would not be allowed in a women's race.The open category will feature races in the 50

Libya has held its first karate competition since the start of civil war in the country in 2011, with athletes from four other nations in attendance.

The First Libyan Civil War in 2011 led to the killing of dictator Muammar Gaddafi, ending his rule which

Championships with 14 golds ©WKFA referee course was held alongside the event, attended by more than 50

The International Fencing Federation (FIE) has eased its rules on a post-match greeting between athletes removing the requirement for a handshake after the controversy surrounding the disqualification of Ukraine's Olha Kharlan.

The handshake rule is a long-established part of fencing, although had previously been eased during the

individual neutral athletes with the necessary degree of sensitivity", while Kharlan had called for the rule

against Russian and Belarusian neutral athletes.Smirnova launched a protest and remained on the piste for 50

Ukraine's Olha Kharlan has been promised an "additional quota place" for the Paris 2024 Olympics by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) if she does not qualify, after yesterday's highly controversial disqualification at the International Fencing Federation (FIE) Fencing World Championships.

Russian neutral Anna Smirnova remained on the piste for 50 minutes after Ukraine's Olha Kharlan refused

suffice instead of a handshake, but Smirnova launched a protest and remained on the piste for about 50

Bulgaria instead handed a walkover.Kharlan, an Olympic team champion at Beijing 2008, called for a rule

There was anger at the International Fencing Federation (FIE) Fencing World Championships in Milan, where Ukraine's four-time Olympic medallist Olha Kharlan was removed from the women's sabre competition after refusing a handshake with Russian opponent Anna Smirnova.

the FIE Fencing World Championships.Smirnova launched a protest and remained on the piste for about 50

disqualifying her from the competition.A black card is the most serious penalty in fencing, and would rule

black card.Anna Smirnova, a Russian athlete competing as a neutral, remained on the piste for around 50

Trinidad and Tobago's Jereem Richards and Saint Lucia's Michael Joseph qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympics in the men's 400 metres at the Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador, and Dominican Republic's Marileidy Paulino secured her place in the women's event.

Larry Aracena.El Salvador's Gabriella Izaguirre beat Colombia's Sofia Cardenas 5-4 for women's under-50

gangs in the country, but has been accused of human rights violations and an increasingly authoritarian rule

Australia topped the medal table at the Oceania Karate Federation’s Senior and Under-21 Championships held in Christchurch, New Zealand.

and won her first continental title by a score of 23.9 to 23.6.Meanwhile, in the female kumite under-50