The United States today put a spanner in the works of Russia’s title defence by overcoming last year’s Winter Olympic hosts at the Men’s Ice Hockey World Championship in the Czech Republic.
The Baku 2015 European Games flame is continuing its journey across Azerbaijan and has now reached Jalilabad one week after it was captured in Ateshgah.
Ottobock UK has signed up to become the first official sponsor of the United Kingdom’s first ever stand-alone mass-participation disability sports event, Para Tri.
United World Wrestling has reinstated the five-point throw for Greco-Roman competition and brought in a number of rule revisions, including increased penalties for illegal actions and the elimination of one-point exposure.
Gwangju 2015 has taken Seoul Tent Corporation on board as an official partner to provide temporary construction for this year’s Universiade.
The Asian Table Tennis Union (ATTU) will be brought under the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) umbrella following the signing of a historic agreement.
The international Women and Sport Seminar has taken place at the Polish Olympic Committee headquarters in Warsaw with the nearly 70 participants reflecting back on how far gender equality in sport has come in recent years.
Russian world champion Yana Kudryavtseva will be looking to defend her European crown as she leads a stellar line up of athletes competing at this year’s European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Minsk.
Fiji hosted a series of Oceania National Olympic Committee (ONOC) workshops and meetings ahead of the regional sporting governing body’s General Assembly.
Olympic medallists Dimitrij Ovtcharov and Ai Fukuhara have made their surprise exits from the International Table Tennis Federation World Championships after suffering defeats at the hands of lower ranked opponents in Suzhou, China.
The class of 2015 have graduated from the International Coaching Enrichment Certification Programme (ICECP) with a special ceremony at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) headquarters in Lausanne.
Paralympic table tennis silver medallist Will Bayley has become the first ever Paralympian to be inducted into the English Institute of Sport (EIS) Hall of Champions.
The World Equestrian Games looks set to undergo a series of changes as the International Equestrian Federation’s (FEI) flagship event came under the spotlight on the opening day of the FEI Sports Forum in Lausanne.
Emmanuelle Assmann, President of the National Paralympic Committee of France, has been awarded the Légion d'Honneur, the nation’s highest decoration.
Rio 2016 has marked the 500 days to go until the Paralympic Games milestone with celebrations and a flash mob on Copacabana beach.
Canadian show jumper Ian Millar holds the record for the most Olympic appearances by an athlete in any sport. When he competed at London 2012 at the age of 65 it was the tenth time he had competed in the Games since making his debut 30 years earlier at Munich 1972. He had won his only Olympic medal at Beijing 2008 when he was part of Canada’s team that took silver in the team jumping event. Millar won a gold medal in the Pan American Games team jumping event at Toronto 2015. He announced his retirement in 2019.
Liverpool City Council - Project Director, World Gymnastics Championships 2022 - United Kingdom
The City of Liverpool is host to the World Gymnastics Championships in 2022. The World Gymnastics Championships 2022 will be one of the largest international sporting events ever to be held in Liverpool. Held at M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool from 29 October to 6 November 2022, more than 550 gymnasts from 75 countries are expected to compete. We are looking for a freelance Project Director to lead the team as maternity cover for an initial 6 month period (with the possibility of extension and potential of Championship role in due course). This is a fantastic role for an experienced Project Director to continue the planning of the 2022 Championships, offering an opportunity to shape a unique and prestigious, world-class major international sport event.
The unprecedented delay to Tokyo 2020 meant the dreams of some athletes were stopped in their tracks. Mike Rowbottom reports on the men and women who could not wait another year.
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