The Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) has launched a content-sharing partnership with online platform sportanddev in a bid to promote its members' sustainable development initiatives.
The International Judo Federation (IJF), International Skating Union (ISU) and World Rugby are among the International Federations to have marked International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP).
World Karate Federation (WKF) Athletes' Commission members have joined celebrations for International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP), participating in the white card campaign.
Acting Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) President Robin Mitchell has talked up the value of sport in supporting the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic as the organisation joined those marking International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP).
The World Karate Federation's (WKF) call to participate in the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace was heeded as athletes took to social media to show their support.
Sporting bodies and the World Health Organization (WHO) have encouraged the population to be healthy at home during the United Nations' (UN) International Day of Sport for Development and Peace amid the coronavirus pandemic.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has encouraged people to stay active, strong and healthy during the coronavirus crisis, before celebrating Tokyo 2020 as a festival of resilience and solidarity.
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.
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The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are not the first to be impacted by quarantine rules. Philip Barker tells the story of the Melbourne 1956 Games, where the equestrian events were held in Stockholm.
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