World Athletics and World Masters Athletics have reached an agreement to feature masters races at the World Athletics Cross Country Championships for the first time in Bathurst in Australia.
Russia's Alexander Terentev won the men's under-23 sprint events at the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in Vuokatti.
The Norwegian team won all six International Ski Federation Cross-Country World Cup medals on offer in Lahti as they dominated the skiathlon races.
And so, after much palaver, the main takeaways regarding the Paris 2024 sports programme boil down to this: breakdancing is in; cross-country running isn't.
European cross country champion Robel Fsiha has been banned for four years by the Swedish Anti-Doping Board after testing positive for artificial testosterone in November at a training camp.
Three-time world junior cross-country silver medallist Santiago Llorente has died at the age of 61 after contracting coronavirus.
Therese Johaug became the outright record holder for women’s Cross-Country World Cup distance victories after triumphing in Lahti.
Kenya's Richard Yator Kimunyan and Lydia Jeruto Lagat will lead the charge in the men's and women's races at the World Athletics Cross Country Permit finale in Albufeira in Portugal.
Denver were awarded the 1976 Winter Olympic Games ahead of Sion in Switzerland, Tempere in Finland and Vancouver in Canada at the International Olympic Committee Session in 1970. But in a Colorado referendum in November 1972, voters rejected funding for the event. It is the only time a city has been awarded the Olympics but pulled out. The IOC then offered the Games to Whistler in Canada, but they too declined owing to a change of Government following elections. Salt Lake City offered to host the Games, but the IOC, still reeling from the Denver rejection, declined and selected Innsbruck, the 1964 host city, as a replacement.
Commonwealth Games Federation - Sport Manager - London, United Kingdom
The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) is the international governing body that oversees the quadrennial Commonwealth Games and Commonwealth Youth Games. The CGF is a small passionate team, wholeheartedly committed to its vision, mission and values. Based in our central London headquarters and reporting to the CGF’s Sports Director, this role will play a key role within the team, providing operational and strategic support across all areas of the sport programme, including bespoke projects and events.
Tributes from across sport have been paid following the death of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, at the age of 99. Philip Barker recalls the Prince's deep connection to sport and his influence on it.
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