SportAccord have announced a regional conference in the Pan American region with Fort Lauderdale set to host the first edition next year.
China's capital city Beijing has been announced as the host of the 2020 SportAccord World Sport and Business Summit.
Registration has opened for next year's SportAccord Summit in Gold Coast.
Hosts of the 2019 SportAccord Summit have still yet to be revealed, despite Hungary’s capital Budapest widely expected to stage the event.
By Duncan Mackay and Daniel Etchells at the Centara Convention Centre in Bangkok
By Duncan Mackay, Nick Butler, Daniel Etchells and Thomas Giles at the Centara Convention Centre in Bangkok
By Duncan Mackay, Nick Butler, Daniel Etchells and Thomas Giles at the Centara Convention Centre in Bangkok
By Nick Butler, Daniel Etchells and Thomas Giles at the Centara Convention Centre in Bangkok
Riccardo Fraccari has been appointed as secretary general of the Association of Recognised International Sports Federations (ARISF) after a feisty Annual General Meeting (AGM) here at the SportAccord Summit in Bangkok.
By Nick Butler, Daniel Etchells and Thomas Giles at the Centara Convention Centre in Bangkok
Francesco Ricci Bitti has stepped down as President of SportAccord Convention, handing over the reins to Patrick Baumann.
An official signing ceremony has taken place to confirm Bangkok as host of the 16th SportAccord Convention next year.
SportAccord has described the World Mind Sports Games as "by far the most advanced with its concept" out of the three multi-sport events that the umbrella organisation intends to organise in the near future.
By Duncan Mackay, Nick Butler, Daniel Etchells and Liam Morgan at the Scandinavian Center in Aarhus
By Duncan Mackay, Nick Butler, Daniel Etchells and Liam Morgan at the Scandinavian Center in Aarhus
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.
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