The International Luge Federation (FIL) has signed an agreement with the Chinese officials of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, pledging they will help to organise and run the Olympic luge events.
The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has held its 2018 Star Awards ceremony ahead of the season ending World Tour Grand Finals in Incheon in South Korea.
The World Chess Federation (FIDE) has named grandmaster Judit Polgar as their honourary vice-president.
The Australian Olympic Committee’s (AOC) Olympics Unleashed program held its 100th school visit, helping to inspire the next generation of athletes.
England and Australia have become the first teams to reach the semi-finals at the International Hockey Federation Men’s World Cup in Bhubaneswar.
Swimmers from the United States dominated the second day of action at the International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Short Course Championships in Hangzhou to win five gold medals and set two more world records.
Thailand is preparing to extradite former Bahraini national footballer Hakeem al-Araibi back to his home country, despite international calls for them not to do so.
International Sambo Federation (FIAS) President Vasily Shestakov has said it will be "difficult" for the sport to gain a spot on the Olympic programme, but that chances to achieve that goal still remain.
Ukraine’s Olena Chynka has won the Allianz International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athlete of the Month award for November.
Gothenburg in Sweden will host the 2021 European Karate Championships, it has been announced.
The first International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Snowboard World Cup of the season will get underway in Italy tomorrow, as the world’s best boarders battle it out once again for the title of World Cup champion.
The largest Youth School Games ever held in Brazil has taken place in Natal, featuring around 5,000 athletes from over 2,000 schools.
Naples 2019 Commissioner Gianluca Basile has again spoken of the challenges of organising the event but stressed they are now more aware of what is required.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) will chose the replacement for Cameroon as hosts of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in January, the body has announced.
England Netball have released new coaching and officiating strategies following “extensive research and consultation across the netball and sporting landscape".
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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