Cathy Freeman’s gold medal winning 400m race at the Sydney 2000 Olympics has become the first Australian sporting moment to be preserved using "Synthetic DNA" technology in what a leading official has described as a "Space Odyssey."
A sportscar manufactured by Honda to commemorate Italy’s Alex Zanardi winning the Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) in 1997 and 1998 has been sold for a record $277,017 (£217,752/€236,623) on the internet.
The jersey worn by Colin Kaepernick, the man who was the catalyst for the Black Lives Matter movement, on his National Football League (NFL) debut for San Francisco 49ers nine-years-ago is being put up for auction.
A bus used in the Closing Ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games in London has been put up for sale on the auction site eBay for £2,000 ($2,600/€2,200).
Kobe Bryant's childhood home in the suburbs of Philadelphia has gone on the market.
A medal from the first modern Olympic Games at Athens in 1896 has sold for $65,625 (£51,000/€55,375) at auction.
Trading cards for women’s softball are to be produced by the Topps Company for the first time in its 82-year history.
The second edition of the Football Association (FA) Cup trophy, which cost £25 ($33/€28) to make, is set to go on sale later this month and could fetch nearly £1 million ($1.3 million/€1.1 million).
Los Angeles 2028 have rolled out a series of new merchandise, including a set of pins, featuring its new logo launched earlier this month.
A project has been launched in Japan to create a network dedicated to protecting the country’s Olympic heritage.
An Olympic gold medal won at Antwerp 1920 by Britain's goalkeeper Harry Haslam has been loaned to The Hockey Museum to help mark the centenary of the team's triumph.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach hailed Estonia as an "Olympic powerhouse" after the country commemorated 100 years since its first gold medal by issuing a special silver stamp.
A piece of the floor signed by the late Kobe Bryant after his last match in the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 2016 is set to be auctioned next month, with an estimate it could fetch as much as $500,000 (£375,000/€420,000).
A special celebration is planned on Saturday (September 5) to mark the centenary of Britain’s hockey team winning the Olympic gold medal at Antwerp 1920.
Olga Korbut’s accreditation tag and a ponytail band from the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich has sold for $1,680 (£1,250/€1,400) at auction.
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.
Liverpool City Council - Project Director, World Gymnastics Championships 2022 - United Kingdom
The City of Liverpool is host to the World Gymnastics Championships in 2022. The World Gymnastics Championships 2022 will be one of the largest international sporting events ever to be held in Liverpool. Held at M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool from 29 October to 6 November 2022, more than 550 gymnasts from 75 countries are expected to compete. We are looking for a freelance Project Director to lead the team as maternity cover for an initial 6 month period (with the possibility of extension and potential of Championship role in due course). This is a fantastic role for an experienced Project Director to continue the planning of the 2022 Championships, offering an opportunity to shape a unique and prestigious, world-class major international sport event.
The unprecedented delay to Tokyo 2020 meant the dreams of some athletes were stopped in their tracks. Mike Rowbottom reports on the men and women who could not wait another year.
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