Iran’s Nima Alamian, Singapore’s Clarence Chew and Kazakhstan’s Anastassiya Lavrova booked their places at Tokyo 2020 after claiming the final three singles quotas on offer at the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament in Doha.
The Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament got underway in Doha today at the Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena as table tennis players from four Asian regions set out in pursuit of a Tokyo 2020 place.
Doha is the venue for the first race of the 2021 Marathon Swim World Series tomorrow.
Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes of Canada and Alix Klineman and April Ross of the United States are set to contest the women’s final of the Katara Beach Volleyball Cup after the top two seeds put their quarter-final and semi-final opponents to the sword in Doha today.
Reigning world champions Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes fought back to beat Heather Bansley and Brandie Wilkerson and advance to the last eight of the Katara Beach Volleyball Cup in Doha in Qatar.
Women’s world number two Mima Ito of Japan reached the last 16 of the World Table Tennis (WTT) Star Contender tournament in Doha, Qatar.
The 2021 season of the Longines Global Champions Tour (GCT) and Global Champions League (GCL) are set to get underway tomorrow in Doha.
The first International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Beach World Tour event of 2021 is set to get underway in Doha in Qatar tomorrow.
Next month's Apparatus World Cup in Doha has been postponed as a result of the coronavirus crisis, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) has announced.
Matches in two qualifying groups for the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Asia Cup are set to be played in Doha after being moved from countries which have implemented travel bans to counter the COVID-19 pandemic.
Doha will host the 2030 Asian Games and rival Riyadh will stage the event in 2034 following a vote at today's Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) General Assembly in Muscat.
Riga talisman Karlis Lasmanis has set his sights on a second successive Doha Masters title as the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) 3x3 World Tour season resumes tomorrow.
Kenya’s Hellen Obiri and Faith Kipyegon registered 2020 world-best times over the relatively unfamiliar distances of 3,000 and 800 metres respectively at tonight’s final Diamond League meeting of the season in Doha.
Hellen Obiri, Beatrice Chepkoech, Conseslus Kipruto and Timothy Cheruiyot will return to action tomorrow in the city where they won world titles last year - Doha - for the last meeting in this season’s Wanda Diamond League (WDL).
Qatar tonight launched its campaign for the 2030 Asian Games, a bid process set to see it go head-to-head with bitter rival Saudi Arabia.
Denver were awarded the 1976 Winter Olympic Games ahead of Sion in Switzerland, Tempere in Finland and Vancouver in Canada at the International Olympic Committee Session in 1970. But in a Colorado referendum in November 1972, voters rejected funding for the event. It is the only time a city has been awarded the Olympics but pulled out. The IOC then offered the Games to Whistler in Canada, but they too declined owing to a change of Government following elections. Salt Lake City offered to host the Games, but the IOC, still reeling from the Denver rejection, declined and selected Innsbruck, the 1964 host city, as a replacement.
The Football Association - Insight & Analytics Manager - London, United Kingdom
The Football Association (The FA) is the governing body of football in England. We are responsible for promoting and developing the game at all levels; from grass roots through to the professional game, The FA Cup and the England International teams, and has two core assets: Wembley Stadium and St George's Park. As the Insight & Analytics Manager you will be part of the Behavioural Insight & Business Analytics (BIBA) team. The primary role of the BIBA team within The FA is to generate insight which inspires, informs and enables evidence-based decision making across the organisation.
The coronavrius pandemic has had a profound impact on sport, but many elite athletes have also made their impact felt during the health crisis, working on the medical frontline and in some cases sacrificing their chances of sporting success for the good of public health. Mike Rowbottom reports.
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