Kenyans Eliud Kipchoge and Gladys Cherono have been named Best Marathon Runners of 2018 by the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS).
New financial statements give an idea of the scale of the revenue hole that the International Boxing Association (AIBA) might be left facing if it loses its Olympic funding as a consequence of Gafur Rakhimov’s expected election as President in Moscow today.
The Winter Olympics needs to get back to its roots, according to Swedish double Olympic champion Pernilla Wiberg, underlining how much she would like to see the Games return to her home country after more than a century.
The risk that lack of suitable waves will spoil the inaugural Olympic surfing competition at Tokyo 2020 in two years' time is "minimal", according to French surfer Justine Dupont.
La Liga President Javier Tebas has hit out at opponents of the Spanish league’s plans to play a top-flight match in the near future in the United States, accusing them of “Puritanism”.
Next month will bring the end of a sports broadcasting era, with Francis Tellier set to step down as chief executive of Host Broadcast Services (HBS) after nearly two decades.
Above-budget spending on litigation and investigations did not prevent the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) from reporting a surplus for what was a difficult 2017.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has been handed a welcome boost by a European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling that its procedures largely comply with the right to a fair hearing, as defined by the European Convention on Human Rights.
Only one in ten sport industry leaders questioned in a recent survey believes esports should become part of the Olympics as a matter of urgency.
The International Council of Arbitration for Sport (ICAS) has played down the significance of a ruling by the Brussels Court of Appeal that has been reported as calling into question the ability of football bodies, and potentially counterparts in other sports, to insist that disputes go to the Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
More than 30,000 people lined up today for races associated with the Minsk half marathon, the crowning event of one of the busiest sports weekends of the year in the Belarus capital.
One of the most famous wrestlers of the 20th century, the triple Olympic gold medallist Aleksandr Medved, is to be added to the list of Star Ambassadors for Minsk 2019.
The tender process for the third European Games could be launched as soon as this month at a meeting of European Olympic Committees (EOC) top brass in Stockholm.
European Olympic Committees (EOC) Coordination Commission chairman Spyros Capralos has heaped praise on the venues that will be used for the second European Games in Minsk next year, while urging organisers to accelerate the process of local recruitment.
The newly-refurbished Dinamo Stadium is set to host a test event for Dynamic New Athletics (DNA) later this month, in an early trial for the new format that originators hope will appeal to a younger audience.
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.
Formula E Operations - Event Technology Manager - London, UK
The ABB FIA Formula E Championship is the electric street racing series and the world’s first fully-electric international single-seater category in motorsport. Your role is to plan, co-design, coordinate and partly implement track technology infrastructure with our providers during all of Formula E ePrix. This includes Timing, CCTV, Event Security CCTV, Track Backhaul, WiFi for Media Centre, Offices, Hospitality and Activations, Track internal communication.
As people across the globe remember the fallen from World War One, Philip Barker tells the story of some of those who were lost from sport, 100 years since the guns fell silent.
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