About seven years ago, the wife of the former Emir of Qatar wowed a global audience when presenting her country’s bid to host the 2022 World Cup with a simple question along the lines of ‘When will it be the right time for the Middle East to host the World Cup?’
With all votes cast, the successful bidder for 2020 Gymnasiade - jewel in the crown of the rapidly expanding International School Sport Federation (ISF) - had yet be announced.
So now we know: not even Innsbruck wants to host the Winter Olympics.
Politicians and pugilism have not always gone hand in boxing glove, so it is heartening to see that the sport has another new champion fighting its corner in the political ring after the departure of the admirably feisty Charlotte Leslie as chair of the All Parliamentary Boxing Group.
I was intrigued by two anti-doping related stories last week.
A friend asked me to provide a sporting quiz question earlier this week. Naturally, I decided to make it as tricky as possible for the part-time sports fan.
Richard McLaren could be forgiven for having a wry smile when casting his eye over the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruling on Russian triple jumper Anna Pyatykh.
Visits to Olympic host cities so close to Games-time are vital for us at the British Olympic Association (BOA) as they play a key role in helping us shape and fine-tune our final preparations for the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games.
Call me perverse - you wouldn't be the first - but when I see branding all over sport it sharpens my consumerism. I resolve to avoid the brand in question.
What do Richard Peterkin, Barry Maister and Hayley Wickenheiser have in common?
"If you look across sport, it is very clear to me that football is the worst governed sport in this country, without a shadow of a doubt."
Last week's arrest of Brazilian sporting bigwig Carlos Nuzman on charges of "corruption, money laundering and criminal organisation" relating to Rio de Janeiro's successful 2016 Olympic and Paralympic bid has shone an ever-intensifying spotlight on the integrity of the Olympic world.
Given that their place in the 2018 FIFA World Cup looked almost certain prior to their tie with Albania, the majority of the focus placed on the Spanish team surrounded whether their central defender Gerard Pique would be booed by their own fans. He was.
When it eventually came, the International Weightlifting Federation's (IWF) decision to suspend nine countries for a year for their poor doping records was the right one.
Reaction to the decision here today that Birmingham's bid to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games needed a bit more work was, dare I say it, a little bit hysterical.
During the Italian rowing team's celebration after winning the quadruple sculls at Seoul 1988, David Tizzano was thrown into the water and lost his Olympic gold medal on the muddy bottom of the Han River. A South Korean diver, working as a security guard at the regatta course, retrieved it after a 50-minute search. Eight years later, in Atlanta, Tizzano won a second gold medal in the double scull.
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With numerous roles, Uğur Erdener is one of the busiest people in sport. Mike Rowbottom speaks to the newly re-elected World Archery President on the eve of the World Championships to delve into a hectic lifestyle.
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