Ken Babey is to remain as Canada's Para-ice hockey coach for the 2020-2021 season, as Hockey Canada holds an 11-day training camp for the national squad.
The Peruvian Taekwondo Federation (FDPTKD) has a new President, Juan Fernando Roman Tejada.
The Japan Sambo Championships and Russian President's Cup have been postponed until July 25, when the Olympics are due to be underway, because of coronavirus concerns.
The President of the International Fencing Federation (FIE), Alisher Usmanov, has been named on a list of individuals jailed Russia politician Alexei Navalny wants Western Governments to sanction.
World Para Snow Sports reports that 81 athletes and staff from 21 nations are in Swiss resort Veysonnaz for the first event of the World Para Alpine Skiing World Cup season.
Para-taekwondo has been added to the programme for the Brazilian Paralympic Committee's (CPB) flagship tournament for children.
Redmont Distillery has signed up to be the official vodka of the Birmingham 2022 World Games and will produce special bottles to commemorate the multi-sport event.
India Taekwondo is adapting to 2021's new normal by holding its first-ever Online National Speed Kicking Championships.
Hugues Fabrice Zango has set a new indoor triple jump world record and become just the seventh man in history to clear the 18-metre barrier.
Marta Bassino edged out Tessa Worley to win her third giant slalom race of the season as the International Ski Federation (FIS) women's Alpine Ski World Cup circuit visited Kranjska Gora.
The Sports Federation of Jordanian Universities (SFJU) has undertaken a commitment to spreading the sport of teqball across the country's campuses.
The National Olympic Committee of Zambia (NOCZ) has called on all group training for Olympic hopefuls in the country to be halted to guard against athletes contracting and spreading COVID-19.
The England netball side are to face an all-star team from the country's Vitality Netball Superleague in lieu of international games against Jamaica, which had to be called off because of the coronavirus crisis.
Centro Caribe Sports inspection visits to potential new hosts for the 2022 Central American and Caribbean Games have been postponed because coronavirus-related travel restrictions.
Nicole Vogt was a convincing winner of the first of three International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) Women's Monobob World Series races in Park City.
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.
International Paralympic Committee - Paralympic Games Brand Manager - Bonn, Germany
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.
As the International Ice Hockey Federation prepares to decide whether Belarus remains a co-host of its World Championship later this year, Philip Barker recalls other occasions where human rights has been a key topic in the build-up to a country staging a major sports event.
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