The European University Sports Association (EUSA) has taken part in an anti-doping project co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union, to continue promoting clean and fair sport.
English boxer Delicious Orie is looking to build on sparring practice with Olympian Frazer Clarke as he ramps up his preparations for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, in his home region.
Ireland's Eve McMahon and Italian Mattia Cesana were crowned the women's and men's champions on the final day of the International Laser Class Association (ILCA) 6 Youth World Championships on Lake Garda in Italy.
Ukraine continued to add to their medal tally at the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) Youth MMA World Championships on the second day of competition with five more golds in the Bulgarian capital Sofia.
Morocco and Cameroon claimed all seven gold medals between them at the African Beach Sambo Championships in Cairo, concluding three days of continental competition in Egypt.
The National Stadium's redevelopment for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Opening and Closing Ceremonies is scheduled to be completed in October, four months before the start of the Games.
Didier Seminet, the secretary general of the French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF), has not ruled out hosting major baseball events in the same year as the Paris 2024 Olympics, despite the sport being omitted from the next Games' programme.
A total of 16 athletes - seven women and nine men - are set to represent Canada at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics in athletics, with half of the team set to make their debut at the Games.
Italy's Mattia Cesana and Ireland's Eve McMahon are one step closer to clinching gold medals in the boys' and girls' races at the International Laser Class Association (ILCA) 6 Youth World Championships in Circolo Vela Arco in Italy on the penultimate day.
Ukraine sit comfortably at the top of the medal table on the opening day of the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) Youth World Championships in the Bulgarian capital Sofia with eight titles, following the conclusion of the Youth C competition.
Russian 10th seed Sergey Karjakin mounted a comeback to progress to the semi-finals of the Chess World Cup following a tiebreaker win over American 31st seed Sam Shankland in Sochi.
Hosts Egypt claimed two gold medals on the second day of the African Sambo Championships in the capital Cairo, while the dominant Moroccans won three more titles and Cameroon bagged two golds.
U SPORTS, the governing body for university sport in Canada, has celebrated four of its former International University Sports Federation (FISU) champions winning medals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
The President of the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) Raffaele Chiulli has praised the success of the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics and celebrated the Games' role in promoting friendship between countries, people and cultures as part of the United Nations (UN) International Day of Friendship.
Canadian-born Olympic bobsleigh champion Kaillie Humphries has won an appeal to have her abuse allegations against a coach investigated again by Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton (BCS), two years since she made the accusations public.
Denver were awarded the 1976 Winter Olympic Games ahead of Sion in Switzerland, Tempere in Finland and Vancouver in Canada at the International Olympic Committee Session in 1970. But in a Colorado referendum in November 1972, voters rejected funding for the event. It is the only time a city has been awarded the Olympics but pulled out. The IOC then offered the Games to Whistler in Canada, but they too declined owing to a change of Government following elections. Salt Lake City offered to host the Games, but the IOC, still reeling from the Denver rejection, declined and selected Innsbruck, the 1964 host city, as a replacement.
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