The Faroese Confederation of Sports and Olympic Committee (FCSOC) has outlined the country’s plans for significant investment in sports infrastructure as their effort to gain Olympic recognition continues.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has announced more "young change makers" will be included on the organisation's Commissions in 2019.
Calgarians will go to the polls on Tuesday (November 13) to cast their ballot and decide if residents are for or against the Canadian city hosting the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2026.
Today marks 100 years since "the war to end all wars" came to an end. The guns fell silent at the 11th hour of the 11th day in the 11th month in 1918.
Legends has been announced as the sponsorship sales agency for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate on the delivery of their respective Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Former professional athlete and USA Skateboarding Executive Committee member Neal Hendrix has been suspended from his role following allegations of sexual misconduct.
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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Elections in any industry are often bitter affairs, where the officials involved put politics ahead of the needs of the people they are supposed to service.
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.
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.
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) - Deputy Director, Education - Montreal, Canada
Reporting to the Director of Education and Communications, the Deputy Director, Education will be responsible for leading the development and implementation of WADA’s strategic education priorities, programs and activities; including, managing WADA’s Social Science Research Grant Program and coordinating the activities of WADA’s Education Committee.
FINA is facing an unprecedented threat with the top swimmers taking legal action against them after they were barred from competing in the new International Swimming League. But FINA President Julio Maglione claims the new concept would represent a threat to the future wellbeing of the sport, as he tells Mike Rowbottom
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