Inger Frith was never world or Olympic champion but 60 years ago she broke new ground as President of World Archery, then known by the French name Federation Internationale de Tir a L’Arc (FITA).
“We can change the world and make it a better place. It is in your hands to make a difference”
- Nelson Mandela
Barring another downwards spiral in world affairs, I would be surprised if any major winter sports nation proceeds with a full-scale boycott of Beijing 2022.
Was it really exactly half a century ago next Monday (March 8) that I sat at ringside as one of 760 scribes covering what had been labelled the Fight of the Century, Muhammad Ali versus Joe Frazier at Madison Square Garden in New York, a city throbbing with lip-licking anticipation.
The old insult about "fans with typewriters" was not coined without reason. As a member of the press - I believe I may still use that term? - you are supposed to report the truth - I believe this concept still exists? - without bias. Or at least to try.
Brisbane feels like an excellent pick for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Recent developments in the never-ending fallout to the Russian doping scandal have done little to dispel the theory that the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) verdict was a punishment in name only.
Next month’s International Olympic Committee (IOC) session was to have been in Athens, but will now take place remotely following an IOC Executive Board decision "to respect the strict measures being implemented now all over the world to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and bring the number of cases down".
The news that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board was planning to confirm Brisbane in Queensland as its preferred candidate for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games this week was a surprise, but not entirely unexpected.
The drive for transparency in sport has yet to reach the key area of insurance.
Whether by accident or design it was certainly a smart move by the Japanese Government to bring in a woman to replace a misogynistically-inclined octogenarian to head up Tokyo 2020's Organising Committee.
Hard-line observers will say that Russia deserves to be completely shut out of international competition following the evidence of systematic doping and evasion in recent years, including the belated handing over of data from the Moscow Laboratory that was shown to have been deleted or manipulated.
Naomi Osaka is now the player to beat on the Women’s Tennis Association circuit.
For the second consecutive month a long-running investigation has concluded with a real page-turner.
UEFA club competitions returned this week after the mid-season break, albeit with the now familiar precautions against the pandemic, but 50 years ago a competition which was the predecessor of the Europa League completed its final season.
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.
The City of Liverpool is host to the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in 2022.
The World Artistic Gymnastics Championships is the property of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) which is the governing body of Gymnastics worldwide. The Championships represent the pinnacle of elite gymnastics competition, attracting a substantial worldwide broadcast audience. WGC2022 is looking to engage an individual or agency to deliver the commercial sales process and maximise commercial opportunities for the event.
Almost 35 years after losing out to Barcelona for the 1992 Olympics, Brisbane is poised to stage the Games in 2032. Philip Barker reports on the long history of Australian Olympic bids, with the country still one of only two in the Southern Hemisphere to have hosted the Games.
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