France's financial prosecutor has recommended that Lamine Diack, the former President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), and his son Papa Massata Diack stand trial for alleged corruption and money laundering.
Interim International Boxing Association (AIBA) President Mohamed Moustahsane says the organisation is confident of remaining the Olympic governing body for the sport after leading an eight-person delegation in a meeting with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne today.
Tokyo 2020 is set to welcome the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission for the eighth time as preparations for next year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games enter the final stages.
Workers building Tokyo 2020 venues are operating in a "culture of fear" amid "alarming" violations of their rights, it has been claimed.
More than 10 top weightlifters, including a 2010 Commonwealth Games gold medallist, have been recalled from the Indian national training camp in Patiala and provisionally banned after testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs.
Badminton World Federation (BWF) secretary general Thomas Lund says he is pleased with the response to the launch of AirBadminton.
Red Square in Moscow will host this year’s Hyundai Archery World Cup final, World Archery announced today.
Swiss Olympic has selected 78 athletes from 14 sports to compete in June's European Games in Minsk.
World Pro Ski Tour (WPST) has appointed Jon J. Franklin, former winter sports vice-president at IMG Media, as its new chief executive.
British biscuit brand McVitie's has become an official partner of Team GB with little more than a year to go until the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Canada Basketball has announced a partnership with energy drinks giant Red Bull.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) Men's Cricket World Cup 2019 winners will receive $4million (£3.1m/€3.6m) in prize money.
Brazilian football legend Ronaldinho will take part in the demonstration of teqball at next month’s African Beach Games on the island of Sal in Cape Verde.
England's netball gold at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games was a "pivotal" moment for the sport, former international Sara Bayman has claimed.
American TJ Buchanan has been appointed as World Lacrosse's first director of sport development.
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.
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