One current and four former athletes were inducted as Olympians for Life at a virtual ceremony and panel discussion organised by the World Olympians Association (WOA).

Donna de Varona and John Naber have been elected to the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) Board, with the duo poised to take up their positions officially on January 1.

Double Olympic Games swimming gold medallist Donna de Varona has been named the winner of the United States Sports Academy’s (USSA) 2016 Theodore Roosevelt Meritorious Achievement Award.

Leading up to the US hosted 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup I served as the chairman of the organising committee. As one who had spent decades in the Olympic World it was both a daunting challenge and a privilege to take part in what would become the most successful Women’s World Cup in history.