World Rowing has confirmed a member of the Sri Lankan team has tested positive for coronavirus at the Asia and Oceania Olympic and Paralympic qualifier in Japanese capital Tokyo.
Kazakhstan secured a hat-trick of Tokyo 2020 quotas on the opening day of the Asian canoe sprint Olympic qualifiers in Pattaya in Thailand.
Calgary in Canada has been awarded the rights to stage the 2023 International Skating Union World Junior Figure Skating Championships.
The National Olympic Committee of Zambia (NOCZ) has been urged to back Morocco’s Kamal Lahlou’s bid to become vice-president of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) by an Moroccan Embassy official.
Indian Premier League (IPL) organisers have vowed to complete this year’s tournament and pick up from where it left off.
UEFA has confirmed squads for this year’s European Championship will be increased from 23 to 26 players in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
A German gymnastics coach has been dismissed from the country’s Olympic training centre following a bullying investigation.
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is searching for a new host city for this year’s Billie Jean King Cup Finals after cancelling its agreement with Budapest.
Nine Japanese Governors believe the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games should be either cancelled or postponed depending on the state of the COVID-19 pandemic, as Japan considers extending emerging measures to combat a rise in infections.
Cameron Leslie is set to become the first New Zealander in 33 years to compete in more than one sport at a Paralympic Games after being named in both the swimming and wheelchair rugby squads for Tokyo 2020.
Three-time champion Petra Kvitová emerged victorious from a three-set battle against Veronika Kudermetova to advance to the quarter-finals of the Madrid Open.
German Football Association (DFB) President Fritz Keller is facing calls to resign after likening first vice-president Rainer Koch to infamous Nazi judge Roland Freisler.
The top 20 in the men’s and women’s Professional Squash Association (PSA) world rankings for May remains unchanged, with Egyptian duo Ali Farag and Nour El Sherbini continuing to lead the way.
The Athletes' Village for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi is being used as an oxygen plant in response to India’s worsening COVID-19 crisis.
Dave Ryding has spoken of his determination to build on his third International Ski Federation Alpine Ski World Cup podium of his career after being named on Britain’s squad for next season.
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.
2030 World Cup Bid Feasibility - FA - Senior Business Manager - London, United Kingdom
The Football Association (The FA) is the governing body of football in England. We are responsible for promoting and developing the game at all levels; from grass roots through to the professional game, The FA Cup and the England International teams, and has two core assets: Wembley Stadium and St George's Park. This role sits at the centre of the five-association feasibility study into the possibility of the UK&I bidding to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup.
As English football spearheads a boycott of social media to protest online racism and perceived inaction to stop it, could the three-day blackout lead to lasting change or will it fall on deaf ears? Mike Rowbottom reports.
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