Sport climbing is part of the ongoing Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires as a prelude to its appearance on the 2020 Olympic programme in Tokyo. But it will not be the first time that Olympic medals have been awarded for climbing.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has dismissed criticisms of the organisation’s reforms from Chris Dempsey due to the No Boston Olympics co-chairman having had “no experience of organising the Olympic Games”.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) Women and Sport awards were awarded at the Olympism in Action Forum, while two Coaching Lifetime achievement and six Global Active Cities honours were also presented.
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International Cricket Council (ICC) officials have expressed concern that the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) anti-doping stance is impacting their sport’s chances of joining the Olympic programme.
Four-time Olympic medallist Andrea Fuentes of Spain has been named as the new head coach of the United States senior national synchronised team.
With Russia and the World Anti-Doping Agency taking the vast majority of recent headlines, an important week in the race for the 2026 Winter Olympics has felt consigned to the backburner.
French banking group Groupe BPCE has become the first to join Paris 2024's national partnership programme for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, it has been announced.
South Korea's Sports Minister Do Jong-hwan has claimed the country will propose the idea of co-hosting the 2032 Summer Olympics to officials in North Korea.
As the summer holiday ends organisers of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games met with school children in Bondy, Seine-Saint-Denis, as part of their ongoing initiative to promote education and sport.
A busy programme of International University Sports Federation (FISU) World Championship action is due to continue tomorrow with a rowing regatta in Shanghai.
Disciplinary proceedings have been resumed by the International Cycling Union (UCI) against Ekaterina Gnidenko, following the Russian cyclist's failed appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
Tokyo 2020 have insisted that their Olympic test event schedule will go ahead as planned following reports that venue construction delays could lead to an altered programme.
Olympic Games executive director Christophe Dubi has claimed during a visit to Calgary that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have "turned over a page" and want "true partnerships".
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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The 2018 Wrestling World Championships beginning in Budapest this week is the latest in a string of major events being hosted in the Hungarian capital. Mike Rowbottom explores a city with huge sporting ambitions.
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