It is now two years and four months since Muhammad Ali passed away aged 74 , but the memories of his magic linger on, evoked every time the final bell tolls for one of his opponents.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach channelled his inner Donald Trump as he gave a glowing assessment of the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires.
I admit that I am currently a fan of the Nations League format adopted by UEFA and followed by the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF). However, it is only tentative support.
I didn't quite know what to expect from the 11th edition of the Peace and Sport Forum, this year held on the Greek island of Rhodes rather than in its usual home of Monaco.
It is not without a certain irony that Africa will become the last of the five continents to stage a sporting event under the Olympic banner.
I do love autumn. The air freshens. The leaves turn, and drop, reminding us of life’s cyclical nature. Although this task is also served by the world of sport…
I make no apology for adding to the torrent of words devoted to Swiss International Olympic Committee (IOC) member - and much, much more - Patrick Baumann since his unexpected death in Argentina a few days ago.
This weekend Billy Joe Saunders was due to be defending his World Boxing Organization (WBO) middleweight belt in Boston against American Demetrius Andrade.
My column this week was initially going to take a rather different direction.
The Youth Olympic Games has been viewed as much as a "sports lab" as an elite level competition for upcoming young athletes.
It is sad to admit, but if I have learnt one thing from my first four months at insidethegames, it is that money and politics are ruining the Olympics.
Sport climbing is part of the ongoing Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires as a prelude to its appearance on the 2020 Olympic programme in Tokyo. But it will not be the first time that Olympic medals have been awarded for climbing.
Regrettably. Momentarily. Obviously. I think we pretty much know the story from these key words, don't we?
Here's the thing: the now notorious Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games made a profit of $53 million (£34 million/€47 million) at then ruble exchange rates.
Amateur boxing - at least, that is what it used to be called when the combatants wore headguards and vests - is in a right old pugilistic pickle over the Olympics.
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.
British Olympics Authority - Commercial Partnerships Manager - London, UK
Day to day management of BOA relationships with a selected portfolio of Olympic sponsors. Responsible for all relationship, activation and contractual issues arising within the specific sponsors and their agencies. Manage and advise on sponsor activations to ensure all activations are in line with the agendas of the numerous stakeholders. Project manage ad-hoc commercial event programmes and related campaigns.
The 2018 Wrestling World Championships beginning in Budapest this week is the latest in a string of major events being hosted in the Hungarian capital. Mike Rowbottom explores a city with huge sporting ambitions.
Do the Youth Olympic Games have a future in their current guise?
Vote on this poll
