India hosting a shooting competition around the time of Birmingham 2022 and allowing medals won there to count towards the overall Commonwealth Games table is among the options being considered as part of plans to involve the sport at the event.
Melbourne, Düsseldorf and Durban have all submitted final bids to host the 2023 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Table Tennis Championships Finals.
Vin Lananna has been reinstated as President of USA Track & Field (USATF) following an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), nearly two years after being put on "temporary administrative leave".
Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) President Yasuhiro Yamashita is hopeful Yuki Ota can join him in becoming a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), after the fencer was confirmed among the 30 candidates for election to the Athletes' Commission.
Surfing will add "huge value and excitement" to the Summer Youth Olympic Games when it makes its debut at the event at Dakar 2022, International Surfing Association (ISA) President Fernando Aguerre has claimed.
Eurosport has been confirmed as France's official broadcaster of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Keykavous Saeidi has been officially appointed as permanent secretary general of National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Brazilian football legend Ronaldinho thanked teqball fans for a "warm welcome", as the World Championships got underway here.
Home surfer Roger Casugay was hailed as a hero today at the Southeast Asian Games in the Philippines as he sacrificed what appeared to be a sure-fire gold medal chance to save his Indonesian competitor, Arhip Nurhidayat from drowning.
World champions France failed to progress to the main round at the International Handball Federation Women's World Championship in Kumamoto, Japan, losing their final group match today.
Germany's Erik Heil and Thomas Ploessel extended their lead over home pairing and Olympic champions Peter Burling and Blair Tuke on the first day of finals racing at the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships in Auckland.
India's Tejinder Pal Singh Toor was in record-breaking form, as he claimed the men's shot put gold medal at the South Asian Games in Nepal today.
Australia won both the men and women's competition's at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Oceania Tokyo 2020 team qualification tournament to book their place at the Olympic Games.
Hungary’s triple Olympic champion and nine-times world champion Katinka Hosszú won two gold medals on the third day of the European Short Course Swimming Championships in Glasgow today.
China’s Wenjing Sui and Cong Han won the pairs title tonight at the International Skating Union (ISU) Grand Prix Final in Turin.
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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It was 63 years ago on December 1 that France's Alain Mimoun finally got the better of his big rival Emil Zatopek to win the Olympic gold medal he coveted so much by winning the marathon at Melbourne 1956. Mike Rowbottom tells the fascinating story of the French runner.
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