Bubka, McQuaid and Wu secure ASOIF Council seats as Schormann misses out
By Tom Degun at the Lenexpo Exhibition Complex in St Petersburg
May 28 - Ukraine's Sergey Bubka, Ireland's Pat McQuaid and Taiwan's C K Wu have secured their spots on the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) Council in a four-horse race that saw Germany's Dr. h.c. Klaus Schormann miss out at the organisation's General Assembly here.
May 28 - Ukraine's Sergey Bubka, Ireland's Pat McQuaid and Taiwan's C K Wu have secured their spots on the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) Council in a four-horse race that saw Germany's Dr. h.c. Klaus Schormann miss out at the organisation's General Assembly here.
May 28 - Wrestling has secured a winning 42.2 per cent of votes on the insidethegames poll asking the public to vote for the sport they think the International Olympic Committee (IOC) should vote to include on the Olympic programme for 2020.
May 28 - Derek Mapp has been forced to resign as British Amateur Boxing Association (BABA) chairman following an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) in a move set to have far-reaching repercussions for the sport in the UK.
May 28 - Construction on Istanbul's third Bosphorus Bridge North Marmara Highway has been confirmed to begin tomorrow and will demonstrate the "delivery and capacity our country" Istanbul 2020 bid leader Hasan Arat claimed here today.
May 25 - Britain's Paralympic table tennis player Paul Davies has won the gold medal in the men's class 1 doubles event at the 2013 Slovakian Open to end the tournament on a high.
May 28 - Madrid 2020 bid President Alejandro Blanco delivered a defiant message here today ahead of the Spanish capital's Games bid presentations this week, claiming that those involved in the Operation Puerto doping scandal "will pay for their actions".
May 28 - A total of $522.5 million (£345.8 million/€404.3 million) is set to be shared among the 26 Olympic sports that took part in London 2012, it was announced here today.
May 28 - Sergey Bubka today announced that he is entering the race to become the new President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
May 28 - Glasgow-based product design company 4c Design Limited has today been revealed as designers of the Queen's Baton that is due visit all 71 countries and territories ahead of next year's Commonwealth Games.
May 21 - British swimmer Harriet Lee, winner of a bronze medal in the SB9 100 metres breaststroke, has secured a new sponsorship deal with Vision Express.
May 25 - Britain's Paralympic T44 100 metres champion Jonnie Peacock won on his return from injury at the BT Great CityGames Manchester.
May 24 - Chinese automobile manufacturer Chery has become a partner of the Badminton World Federation, (BWF), it was announced today.
May 27 - Lacrosse headed the sports accepted as a new members of the International World Games Association (IWGA) during its Annual Meeting here today.
May 24 - A £3 million ($4.5 million/€3.5 million) extension to Scotland's National Stadium has completed well ahead of schedule for next year's Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, when it is due to host athletics, it has been announced.
May 27 - Britain's double Olympic champion Mo Farah made a triumphant return to the capital today when he won the Bupa London 10,000 for the fifth consecutive year ahead of a field of 15,000.
