The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has dropped charges against seven players of National Junior Hockey League (NMHL) team Rossosh Voronezh for the use of prohibited substance meldonium.
Top seed Son Wan Ho has moved one step closer to a home triumph at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Korea Masters in Gwangju after coming through his men’s singles quarter-final clash with Indonesia’s Ihsan Maulana Mustofa today.
The new coach of China’s snowboard big air and slopestyle technique national team is targeting a podium finish for the country in the former discipline at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing.
Japan’s Sara Takanashi topped the individual normal hill qualification standings as action got underway today at the women’s International Ski Federation (FIS) Ski Jumping World Cup event in Lillehammer.
Home favourite Michael Teuber, a five-time Paralympic champion, will perform an attempt for the International Cycling Union (UCI) hour record tomorrow when the third round of the 2018-2019 Track World Cup gets underway in Berlin.
Spain, Japan, Denmark and France have all been awarded future editions of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Championships with the international governing body having unveiled a total of 18 hosts for upcoming major events for the next seven years.
Russia’s Anton Babikov produced a dominant performance to win the men’s 10 kilometres sprint event on the first day of the season-opening International Biathlon Union (IBU) Cup in Idre in Sweden.
Two-time Olympic rower Douglas Vandor has been named as Canada’s Chef de Mission for the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima.
The International Surfing Association (ISA) World Stand-Up Paddle (SUP) and Paddleboard Championship is set to move from Riyue Bay to the shores of Shenzhou Peninsula tomorrow for the last three days of competition in Wanning in China.
Home favourite Sung Ji Hyun’s hopes of claiming a fourth women’s singles title at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Korea Masters have come to an end after she lost to compatriot Kim Ga Eun today.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission chair for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, Juan Antonio Samaranch, has said he is hopeful the Games in four years’ time can be the "most intelligent" in history.
The International Ski Federation (FIS) Nordic Combined World Cup season is set to continue in Lillehammer over the coming four days with the Norwegian town playing host to the first mass start event at that level in almost 10 years.
Daria Obratov, who in February became the first Croatian in history to compete in luge at the Winter Olympic Games, has been honoured by the European Fair Play Movement (EFPM).
UK Sport has held a bespoke technical media briefing here today looking ahead to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics and identifying some of the future stars to watch out for in the lead up to the Games.
South Korea’s Park Jongwoo and Kim Kyungmin clinched the last doubles semi-finals spot after topping the fourth and final squad of preliminaries at the Men's World Tenpin Bowling Championships in Hong Kong.
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.
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) - Deputy Director, Education - Montreal, Canada
Reporting to the Director of Education and Communications, the Deputy Director, Education will be responsible for leading the development and implementation of WADA’s strategic education priorities, programs and activities; including, managing WADA’s Social Science Research Grant Program and coordinating the activities of WADA’s Education Committee.
FINA is facing an unprecedented threat with the top swimmers taking legal action against them after they were barred from competing in the new International Swimming League. But FINA President Julio Maglione claims the new concept would represent a threat to the future well-being of the sport, as he tells Mike Rowbottom.
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