A bilateral cooperation agreement has been signed between the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee (CTOC) and National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka, opening up a "new chapter of sports exchange and cooperation".
Hosts Chile thrashed Bolivia 5-0 to ensure they qualified for the Copa América knock-out stages as Group A winners.
American duo Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed are the new leaders of the US Open after both produced excellent displays on day two, while 14-time major winner Tiger Woods missed the cut on 16-over-par at Chambers Bay.
An unofficial world record by Paralympian Cassie Mitchell headlined the opening day of the US Paralympics Track and Field National Championships held at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota.
The German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) have welcomed the adoption of the Prevention Act by the Bundestag, recognising sport as a partner in healthcare.
The United States booked their place in the next round of the Cerebral Palsy Football World Championships as they came from a goal down to beat Scotland 2-1 at St George’s Park in Burton upon Trent in England.
Russia’s Vladimir Sviridov broke his own shot put world record at the Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Sportpark on the opening day of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics Grand Prix but hosts Germany enjoyed plenty of success in Berlin.
Three Turkish cities are reportedly considering a bid for the 2019 European Games after Turkish Olympic Committee (TOC) vice-president Hasan Arat suggested the country may put itself forward to host the event after The Netherlands pulled out two days before the inaugural competition here.
The cost of transforming a patch of run-down East London real estate into the beating heart of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and then a multi-use venue that will serve as football club West Ham United’s leased home is set to exceed £700 million ($1.1 billion/€978 million).
Marketing giants Dentsu Inc. have been appointed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) to orchestrate promotional efforts in Japan for the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo.
TD Garden has been proposed as the host of the Olympic and Paralympic basketball and gymnastics events while Squantum Point Park will stage beach volleyball should Boston be successful in their 2024 bid, it has been announced.
Gwangju 2015 chairman Yoon Jang-hyun has seeked to assure Summer Universiade participants that the host city is safe from the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), claiming each country’s athletes and delegations “will be thoroughly protected” from the moment of their entry into South Korea till their departure.
Vanessa Mae's four year ban from competitive skiing has been lifted following a ruling today by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), although she has failed to have her retrospective disqualification from last year's Winter Olympics in Sochi overturned.
The Japanese Basketball Association (JBA) have been rewarded by the International Basketball Association’s (FIBA) for making progress in restricting the organisation by allowing their national teams to resume preparations for all competitions.
Mo Farah, whose coach Alberto Salazar was alleged to have engaged in past doping violations involving other athletes in his group by a BBC Panorama programme aired earlier this month, has posted a statement on Facebook insisting he has never taken performance-enhancing drugs, and adding that the last weeks have been “the toughest of my life".
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.
Commonwealth Games England - Media and Communications Executive - London, United Kingdom
The Media and Communications Executive will work closely with CGE’s Media and Communications Manager to support the delivery of the organisation’s communications strategy. They will assist on the delivery of CGE’s external communication through media outlets and digital platforms with an aim to share our values, athlete stories and celebrate success to inspire the nation.
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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