A measure of preparation. In recent days, one of the more pressing topics of discussion for the organisers of the second European Games set to take place in Minsk from June 21 to 30 has concerned the rules over marching in the Opening Ceremony.
International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) President Thomas Weikert has revealed he has "doubts" about the European Games concept and suggested the sport could split from the event to join the rival multi-sport European Championships.
Some eyebrows were raised this week when European Olympic Committees (EOC) President Janez Kocijančič claimed the European Games could be "a massive sports event which would be second only to the Olympics".
Vejle in Denmark has been named as the host city for the 2019 International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF) European Championship Division A.
European Olympic Committees (EOC) President Janez Kocijančič believes that the European Games and the European Championships in their quadrennial multi-sport form can happily co-exist.
The German Football Association (DFB) have announced that former national team captain Philipp Lahm will lead the Organising Committee should the country be awarded the 2024 European Championships.
The recently concluded European Championships proved "hugely popular” with television audiences, according to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), with viewers in the ten key European markets tuning in for a total of more than 567 million hours.
The German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, already planning a potential bid for the 2032 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, today announced an interest in staging the next multi-sport European Championships in 2022.
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Russia’s Artur Dalaloyan claimed the vault and parallel bars gold medals as men’s artistic gymnastics action concluded here today at the Glasgow 2018 European Championships with the apparatus finals.
Russia's Aleksandr Bondar reigned supreme to re-capture his men’s 10 metres platform crown as diving competition concluded today at the Glasgow 2018 European Championships.
Italy’s Matteo Trentin clinched men’s road race gold in a sprint finish from a reduced breakaway at the conclusion of a challenging European Championships course here today.
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By Duncan Mackay and Mike Rowbottom in Berlin, and Daniel Etchells and Michael Pavitt in Glasgow
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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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All eyes will be on Minsk this week as the Belarus capital readies itself to host the second edition of the European Games. Mike Rowbottom explores how preparations are going.
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