The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will get another insight into the world of breakdancing at the second leg of the International Festival of Extreme Sports (FISE) World Series in Montpellier.
Jamiu Kofi Salami has quit as head coach of Ghana, citing personal reasons.
Swimmer Federica Pellegrini foresees a great opportunity for Italy as Naples prepares to host the 2019 Summer Universiade.
Maia and Alex Shibutani have extended their break from the competitive figure skating circuit and will take the 2019-2020 season off US Figure Skating has announced.
Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra Cornejo snapped up the first tickets for the 2019 Pan American Games as they went on sale to the general public in Lima.
Italian swimmer Andrea Manzi is hoping he can make home advantage count when he bids for glory at the Summer Universiade in his native Naples in July.
A programme aimed at teaching students about Olympic values got off the mark as Australian athletes Nathan and Josh Katz visited a secondary school in New South Wales.
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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