The Australian women’s softball team’s hopes of winning gold at Tokyo 2020 have received a boost thanks to a "generous" donation from members of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) Softball Association.
Softball Australia has confirmed plans to hold a national selection camp early next year to decide its squad for the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Softball Australia has unveiled two new indigenous-inspired tops that aim to celebrate athletes’ journeys from all parts of the country to the top of the sport.
Softball Australia has rescheduled all national events that were set to be held in December 2020 and January 2021, including National Championships.
Softball Australia has announced that Peter Jon Hartshorne is to chair its Board of Directors, with John Hollingsworth departing.
Softball Australia have supported the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) on their stance on the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics.
Australia have announced their 20-strong preliminary softball squad ahead of Tokyo 2020, with head coach Laing Harrow calling the selection process "difficult".
Japan won softball's Australia Pacific Cup for the second time after defeating home side Aussie Spirit 7-0 in the final.
Japan are continuing to dominate softball's Asia Pacific Cup in Blacktown, Sydney, registering two more wins on the second day of competition.
Japan have made an impressive start to softball's Australia Pacific Cup in Blacktown.
Laing Harrow has been confirmed as the head coach of Australia’s national softball team for next year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo and beyond after he agreed to a new contract.
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.
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The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) offers the position of a full-time Paralympic Games Brand Manager (f/m/x) in an international and multicultural team at the IPC Headquarters in Bonn, Germany, starting in early 2021. The IPC is the global governing body of the Paralympic Movement. We supervise the organisation of the Paralympic Games and Paralympic Winter Games and serve as International Federation for 10 Para sports. The Paralympic Games Brand Manager is accountable to the Head of Brand and Engagement and will be responsible for ensuring the Paralympic brand is represented in a consistent and impactful way at the Paralympic Games.
Last month saw confirmation that breaking would feature at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Opinion is divided on whether breaking merits an Olympic place but World DanceSport Federation President Shawn Tay has been telling Mike Rowbottom how he believes the doubters will be silenced.
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