Gibraltar plan to use a meeting of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) here this week to seek support to be able to compete in more international events.

"Oh shut up, silly woman," said the reptile with a grin
"You knew damn well I was a snake before you took me in"’

From The Snake by Al Wilson

A study has found the United States to be the most influential power in international sports politics, with North America and Europe continuing to dominate world governing bodies. 

Reassignment surgery will not be required for transgender athletes to compete at major sporting events, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have proposed in new guidelines ahead of this summer's Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Tokyo's new stadium being built for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics will be completed two months ahead of schedule in November 2019, according to Japanese organisers, but will not be ready in time to host Rugby World Cup matches.

Norwegian Alpine skiing World Cup leader Aksel Lund Svindal has expressed his disappointment that he will not be able to crown his career with an appearance at an Olympic Games in his own country in 2022, blaming the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for feelings of apathy about the Games in his country.

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi insisted Rome is currently the leading candidate in the race for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics here today, amid a plea for European leaders to increase their spending on sporting events. 

Stricter measures than ever before will be in place to combat any potential match-fixing attempts at Rio 2016, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have promised following the introduction of their new code on competition manipulation.

Swiss International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Denis Oswald has questioned the involvement of betting companies in the sponsoring of tournaments following the latest allegations of match-fixing in tennis.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Shamil Tarpischev has claimed tennis should ignore the allegations about match-fixing.

Part two of the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) Independent Commission report revealed a nepotistic cabal surrounding former International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Lamine Diack, which, instead of taking on the parasitic culture of doping eating away at the sport, reacted by bribing and extorting their way to a personal fortune.

It stuck another dagger into the already-punctured heart of athletics but also the entire structure of global sports administration.

A hundred years ago the Olympics were scheduled for Berlin, but they never took place because of war. The 1916 Games were the first to be cancelled in the modern era.

NBC are confident of topping London 2012 and achieving record advertising revenues at this Summer’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) President Alexander Zhukov has claimed the report published here yesterday by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Independent Commission lacks credibility after it linked Vladimir Putin to the the country's doping scandal.

Evidence suggesting an athletics sponsorship deal may have unfairly influenced Tokyo's victory in the race for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics will be studied by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to "better understand" the claims being made, insidethegames has been told.