Lausanne has emerged as a leading candidate to host the 2016 SportAccord Convention, insidethegames has learned, as a merger between the organisation and SportAccord was approved at an Extraordinary General Meeting here today.

Great Britain’s Greg Rutherford and The Netherlands’ Dafne Schippers have been crowned the men’s and women’s European athletes of the year respectively at the annual Golden Tracks awards in Lausanne.

Sixteen experts have attended a three-day meeting at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) headquarters in Lausanne to discuss research on exercising during pregnancy and after childbirth for elite athletes.

Next month’s European Athletics Convention in Lausanne will involve a full house of keynote speakers following confirmations of attendance from the International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, newly-elected International Association of Athletics Federations President Sebastian Coe and Patrick Hickey, President of the European Olympic Committees.

Olympic silver medal-winning judoka Keith Remfry has died at the age of 67 after a series of long illnesses, the British Judo Association (BJA) has announced.

The Olympic flame will briefly visit the Olympic Capital of Lausanne in Switzerland before heading to Brazilian soil next summer.

No world records were set at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Lausanne on Thursday night, which was held in an old stadium marked out for destruction. And yet people still managed to enjoy themselves hugely. How was this possible?

Mo Farah returned to competition here for the first time since doping allegations emerged about his coach Alberto Salazar, dedicating a thrilling 5,000 metres  win in an outstanding International Association of Athletics Federations’ (IAAF) Diamond League meeting to the man he insists will continue to guide his career.

So anyway, Cuba’s prodigious young triple jumper Pedro Pablo Pichardo was making the point that he should really be called by his full name, Pedro Pablo Pichardo Peralta, because, as he explained, most of his compatriots have two first names and two second names, and thus he takes the second name of his father, Pichardo, and also that of his mother, Peralta.

The International Academy of Sport Science and Technology (AISTS) are welcoming applications from current and former professional athletes for their Athlete Scholarship, to help in their dual and post-sport careers.

There was praise for the The Academy as it wrapped up its successful first edition here today.

The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) has met with representatives of the United Arab Emirates National Olympic Committee and Emirates Equestrian Federation (EEF) at its headquarters in Lausanne to discuss the actions that need to be undertaken before the country's suspension can be lifted.

Sports leaders from around the world have ascended here for the first edition of The Academy, an event organised by TSE Consulting with insidethegames as the exclusive media partners. 

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has announced that Slovakia will host the 2019 World Championship, while Switzerland will stage the event the following year.

Just five places remain for The Academy, a new international sports leaders conference in Lausanne supported by TSE Consulting, with registration set to officially close on Sunday (May 10).