Iran's Elnaz Rekabi has appeared at her first international sport climbing event since fears for her safety were prompted after competing at the Asian Championships without a hijab last October.

Youth had requested a financial guarantee and house deed before she travelled abroad.The International Olympic

financial guarantees required from athletes and teams to travel abroad during talks with the National Olympic

Seoul without a hijab last October ©Getty ImagesTaekwondo athlete Kimia Alizadeh, Iran's only female Olympic

Islamic Republic of Iran President Hashem Siami quit last month after photos showed women running in a marathon

in Shiraz without hijabs.Iran has previously been accused of breaching the Olympic Charter through Government

Testing of the River Seine has revealed that the water quality is "excellent", a Paris Deputy Mayor has claimed.

Former international rugby player Pierre Rabadan said the results meant test events for the marathon

They reveal excellent quality for the test events this summer, the historic events in the Seine of the Olympic

eventually be opened.Swimming in the Seine has been banned since 1923.The river is also due to host a unique Olympic

Faith Kipyegon and Lamecha Girma provided the Paris Diamond League meeting with respective world records in the women's 5,000 metres and men's 3,000m steeplechase of 14min 05.20sec and 7:52.11.

did the same thing over a distance she had run only twice before - and not since 2015.Kenya's double Olympic

second in 14:07.94.This race was seen as an opportunity to scope out a move up the distances with the marathon

Ethiopia's world and Olympic silver medallist Girma broke the world indoor 3,000m record earlier this

the top of the podium at this year's World Championships in Budapest.Earlier in the evening the men's Olympic

that was not a Diamond League scoring event.There was more outstanding distance running courtesy of Olympic

Prodigious home female talents Sifan Hassan and Femke Bol, produced outstanding victories at the Fanny Blankers Koen (FBK) Games in Hengelo on a day when Mondo Duplantis raised his 2023 men’s pole vault world best to 6.11 metres.

Just six weeks after winning in London on her marathon debut Hassan showed her extraordinary range in

metres, with Kenya’s Nelly Chepchirchir second in 3:58.96.The day before in the FBK Stadium the Dutch Olympic

I had the marathon just six weeks ago and for me, the change was very hard so I wanted to see where I

United States’ 400m hurdles defending champion and world record holder Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone.The Olympic

Coca-Cola, part of The Olympic Partner (TOP) programme, have announced three new appointments for the

Luca Santandrea has been named the general manager, Olympic and Paralympic Games Milano Cortina 2026.

with internal and external stakeholders and lead the strategy and local execution of the 2026 Winter Olympic

responsible for achieving business objectives in Italy with a focus on sustainability ©Getty ImagesThe Olympic

marathon in the French capital will see re-usable cups used for refreshments, helping organisers reduce

Paris is planning to ban single-use plastic when it stages the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games next

We have decided to make the Olympic Games the first major major event without single-use plastic," Hidalgo

only enter competition venues without plastic bottles.Coca-Cola, one of the many brands part of The Olympic

vowed to use re-usable glass bottles for its products, which will be redeployed after the Games.The Olympic

marathon will see re-usable cups used for refreshments.

the amount of vegetarian food and source locally for the Olympics to help the cause.The International Olympic

Iran's athletics head has resigned after women competed at an event without wearing a headscarf.

Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran President following photos which emerged of women running in a marathon

her success to the headscarf law ©Getty ImagesTaekwondo athlete Kimia Alizadeh, Iran's only female Olympic

Organisers of Victoria 2026 have launched their quest for a team to produce "show-stopping" Opening and Closing Ceremonies for the next Commonwealth Games.

Stadium in the Gold Coast by a Volkswagen Kombi, typical of those used by surfers in the area.It was Olympic

televised and too many dignitaries were permitted to make speeches.Australian flag bearer and Para marathon

Be it a democracy or autocracy, politicians and Government officials are almost unapproachable - in my experience - barring a few exceptions.

  Nevertheless, it was a learning experience in what is turbulent times for Olympic boxing

Sports and Health in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and the sporting side as he told me about running a marathon

Thakur for almost one month.Multiple calls and texts so I could get an official opinion about India's Olympic

Commonwealth Games Australia (CGA) has re-elected Ben Houston for a fresh four-year term as President at its Annual General Meeting (AGM), meaning he will lead the organisation at Victoria 2026.

Tennis Australia director.Four-time Commonwealth Games medallist Steve Moneghetti, winner of the men's marathon

four life members announced by CGA ©CGAThe CGA AGM also named four life members, including eight-time Olympic

The Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) and Jamaica Paralympic Association (JPA) has renewed its partnership

continued confidence in their bi-lateral relationship which will witness, among other activations in the Olympic

Tottori have been working in collaboration since 2015, when the latter sent athletes to Jamaica's Reggae Marathon

in Tottori, which lies on the south-west of Japan's largest island Honshu, prior to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic

Finland's International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Sari Essayah has led tributes to Olympic gold

Rantanen became one of the first women to compete in Olympic cross-country skiing when it was finally

individual 10 km, which at the time was still the only other race for women on the programme.Her final Olympic

women athletes, it was easier for us to ski behind," Essayah's social media tribute said.The Finnish Olympic

The Finnish Olympic Committee falls silent to honour the memory of a great Finnish athlete, role model

;Well into her fifties, she was the best female competitor in the "Finlandia Hiihto", an annual ski marathon

Argentina's FIFA World Cup-winning captain Lionel Messi and world champion sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce have been named as the sportsman and woman of the year, respectively, at the Laureus World Sports Awards in Paris.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won a record fifth women's world 100m gold medal in 2022 ©Getty ImagesTriple Olympic

four T53 world records in the 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m disciplines.The 28-year-old also won her debut marathon

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bout ©Getty ImagesGeorgian Giorgi Sardalashvili managed to overcome Belgium's Jorre Verstraeten in a marathon

Koga of Japan proved too strong for France's Blandine Pont as she sealed bronze ©Getty ImagesReigning Olympic

Japan’s Natsumi Tsunoda completed a hat-trick of women’s under-48 kilogram titles with an emphatic victory over France’s Shirine Boukli at the World Judo Championships here.

Abiba Abuzhakynova.Many were expecting a double victory for Japan on the opening day, with reigning Olympic

lower in the world rankings to Garrigos but pushed the two-time European champion all the way.Reigning Olympic

overtime with 19-year-old Georgian Giorgi Sardalashvili overcoming Belgium's Jorre Verstraeten in a marathon