Newcastle and Gateshead has announced its intention to bid for the 2026 European Championships, the third edition of the multi-sport event.
Sustainability is to be the focus of the next year's European Championships in the German city of Munich.
A study has been planned to evaluate whether high-rise buildings could impact’s the application for Munich's Olympiapark to become a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) world heritage site.
Switzerland’s Léa Sprunger will not defend her European 400 metres hurdles title at Munich 2022 after announcing she will retire from athletics at the conclusion of the 2021 season.
A professional football club is playing home matches at Munich's Olympic Stadium for the first time in 14 seasons, with third-tier Türkgücü Munich using it as one of the club's temporary bases.
The Presidents of the German Rowing and Canoeing Associations have led calls for the facility used for the rowing regattas at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich to be renovated prior to the 2022 European Championships in the German city.
Beach volleyball, canoe sprint, sport climbing and table tennis have been added to the Munich 2022 European Championships, organisers have announced.
The European Canoe Association (ECA) has confirmed that canoe sprint will be added to the programme for the Munich 2022 European Championships.
Four new sports could potentially be added to the 2022 European Championships programme following the approval of organisers.
Golf will not feature as part of the 2022 European Championships after the PGA European Tour and Ladies European Tour withdrew from the multi-sport event citing scheduling challenges.
The World Athletics Championships in Oregon have been rescheduled to July 15 to 24 in 2022, World Athletics has announced.
The golf competition at the 2022 edition of the multi-sport European Championships in Munich has been awarded to the Golf Club Valley course.
Munich has been named as host of the second edition of the multi-sport European Championships in 2022.
Glasgow and Scotland were promoted to a television audience of more than 1.4 billion during the staging of last year’s inaugural European Championships, it has been claimed.
International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) President Thomas Weikert has revealed he has "doubts" about the European Games concept and suggested the sport could split from the event to join the rival multi-sport European Championships.
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.
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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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