World Skate President Sabatino Aracu has claimed the organisation's name change from the International Roller Sports Federation (FIRS) "officially enshrines the new path" the sport will take in the future.
A name change from the International Roller Sports Federation (FIRS) to World Skate has been officially approved at a Congress in Nanjing.
London-based advertising and brand creation specialists MATTA have partnered with Skateboard England as the sport prepares to make its debut on the Olympic programme at Tokyo 2020.
Skateboarding faces a damaging split if a proposed merger with the International Roller Sports Federation (FIRS) goes ahead before the sport makes its debut on the Olympic programme at Tokyo 2020, it has been claimed.
International Roller Sports Federation (FIRS) and the International Skateboarding Federation (ISF) are set to merge, the organisations have announced.
International Roller Sports Federation (FIRS) President Sabatino Aracu has met with a delegation from Barcelona in Italian capital Rome to the discuss the progress of preparations for the 2019 World Roller Games.
Relations between the two bodies responsible for running skateboarding at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are facing a first major test after an apparent difference of opinion over a Brazilian governance dispute.
Six-time Summer X Games park champion Pedro Barros has vowed to boycott the skateboarding competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games if a dispute surrounding the designated national governing body in Brazil is not resolved.
Sochi 2014 snowboarding gold medallist Iouri Podladtchikov has announced his intention to participate in the first-ever Olympic skateboarding competition at Tokyo 2020.
Controversial International Skateboarding Federation (ISF) President Gary Ream is to chair the new Tokyo 2020 Skateboarding Commission set-up following the sport’s acceptance onto the Olympic programme, it has been confirmed.
Skateboarding's bid to be added to the Olympic programme for Tokyo 2020 has hit a fresh crisis two days ahead of the final decision after it emerged the two rival organisations suppoed to organise the competition in the Japanese capital are involved in a legal dispute.
Skateboarding legend Tony Hawk believes the sport will provide a major boost to the Olympic Games should it be added to the sport programme for Tokyo 2020.
Further problems have emerged over the governance of a potential Olympic skateboarding competition at Tokyo 2020, insidethegames has been told, with a crisis meeting due to be held in Lausanne on Monday (May 30).
A four-person International Roller Sports Federation (FIRS) Commission chaired by Gary Ream, the American President of a rival body, has been proposed to oversee a potential skateboarding competition at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, insidethegames understands.
A key stage in the Tokyo 2020 sport inclusion process took place today with a first meeting of the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Programme Commission in Lausanne.
When Liechtenstein made its Olympic debut at Berlin in 1936 they discovered that the country's flag of two equal horizontal bands of blue on the top and red was identical to that of Haiti. It led to a crown being added to the top left hand corner of Liechtenstein's flag the following year to differentiate it. But it was not until 1976 that it got hoisted at an Olympic medal ceremony when Hanni Wenzel won a bronze in the giant slalom at the Winter Games in Innsbruck.
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To mark the 60th anniversary of the European Football Championship, UEFA EURO 2020 will be organised as a truly pan-European event for the first time.
Brian Cookson won a bitter election against Pat McQuaid four years ago to be elected the new President of the UCI but now he is the one having to defend his record against French challenger David Lappartient.
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