World Karate Federation (WKF) President Antonio Espinós has admitted the sport will struggle to gain a place on the Paralympic Games programme until considerable improvements are made to their classification system.
World Sailing has put forward a mixed two person keelboat offshore event for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet has expressed confidence that their venue plan for the Olympic and Paralympic Games will remain the same but refused to rule out further changes if they can be justified from a cost and legacy standpoint.
Adding a new facility for judo and wrestling and the tweaking of aquatics events were among the key venue changes presented by Paris 2024 to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board here today.
Paris 2024 have partnered with a collective called "For a fit France" to work together on using the Olympic and Paralympic Games to help achieve health objectives.
Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet has claimed the Ryder Cup will help to optimise their plans for the Olympic Games as France prepares to host the event for the first time this week.
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.
World Sailing have expressed shock and disappointment after the sport failed with its bid for reinstatement onto the Paralympic Games programme at Paris 2024.
Sailing has failed with its bid to be reinstated onto the Paralympic Games programme at Paris 2024 after failing to meet the required criteria, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced today.
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo and Los Angeles counterpart Eric Garcetti are hopeful of making the Olympic Games more sustainable, with both cities preparing to stage the multi-sport event.
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.
Double Olympic fencing champion Laura Flessel has announced her decision to resign as France's Sports Minister for "personal reasons" and will be replaced by Roxana Maracineanu.
Los Angeles 2028 has taken its first major steps towards launching its marketing plan to raise $2.5 billion (£2 billion/€2.2 billion) in sponsorship, it has been reported.
Paris, which will host the Olympics and Paralympics in 2024, is staging another major multi-sport event from tomorrow - the 10th edition of the Gay Games, which continues until August 12.
Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet has signed a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT+) engagement charter on behalf of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in the French capital.
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 55-year-old International Equestrian Federation President Ingmar De Vos is becoming an increasingly prominent figure in sports circles as he prepares to embark on a second term. David Owen meets him at the body's imposing headquarters in Lausanne.
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