Former Indian Olympic Association (IOA) secretary general Lalit Bhanot, who spent 11 months in jail on corruption charges linked to the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games, has today been elected vice-president of the Asian Athletics Association (AAA) for a four-year term.
Anita DeFrantz has announced her resignation as the President of the LA84 Foundation after 28 years in the role.
London-based Vero Communications have been appointed by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) to orchestrate the campaign to return the sport onto the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic programme, it has been announced today.
The Azerbaijan National Olympic Committee (AzMOK) headquarters will be transformed into a “House of Azerbaijani athletes” during next month’s European Games here in Baku.
Toronto 2015 have revealed Toronto Hydro will be the Official Electricity Distribution supplier of the Pan and Parapan American Games, with just over a month to go until competition begins.
Baku 2015 has signed a broadcast deal with New Zealand’s SKY TV ensuring that television viewers in the Oceanic nation will receive coverage of the inaugural European Games.
Australia’s Charlotte Caslick, Sarah Goss of New Zealand, fellow Kiwi Portia Woodman and Russian Nadezhda Kudinova are the four nominees for Women’s Sevens Player of the Year, World Rugby have announced.
Maria Sharapova’s reign as French Open champion came to an end after she fell to a shock straight sets defeat to Czech Republic’s Lucie Safarova at Roland Garros in Paris.
British broadcaster and sailor Hannah White has launched “Project Speedbird”, where she will bid to become the fastest woman ever on water across a distance of one nautical mile.
Two time world champion Douglas Brose was one of four Brazilian gold medallists at the latest leg of the World Karate Federation (WKF) Karate1 Premier League in São Paulo.
Top seeds Great Britain claimed their first men’s World Group title with a 2-0 win against holders France on the final day of BNP Paribas World Team Cup in Antalya.
A further four world records were broken on the final day of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics Grand Prix in Nottwil, taking the total for the event to nine.
Host nation Papua New Guinea has targeted winning more than 120 gold medals at next month’s Pacific Games in Port Moresby.
Marius Vizer has resigned as President of SportAccord, it has been announced today.
Widespread changes in the composition and function of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Commissions have been announced today, with new bodies deliberating on the Olympic TV Channel and Communications having been introduced.
Canadian show jumper Ian Millar holds the record for the most Olympic appearances by an athlete in any sport. When he competed at London 2012 at the age of 65 it was the tenth time he had competed in the Games since making his debut 30 years earlier at Munich 1972. He had won his only Olympic medal at Beijing 2008 when he was part of Canada’s team that took silver in the team jumping event. Millar won a gold medal in the Pan American Games team jumping event at Toronto 2015. He announced his retirement in 2019.
International Paralympic Committee - Paralympic Games Brand Manager - Bonn, Germany
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) offers the position of a full-time Paralympic Games Brand Manager (f/m/x) in an international and multicultural team at the IPC Headquarters in Bonn, Germany, starting in early 2021. The IPC is the global governing body of the Paralympic Movement. We supervise the organisation of the Paralympic Games and Paralympic Winter Games and serve as International Federation for 10 Para sports. The Paralympic Games Brand Manager is accountable to the Head of Brand and Engagement and will be responsible for ensuring the Paralympic brand is represented in a consistent and impactful way at the Paralympic Games.
Last month saw confirmation that breaking would feature at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Opinion is divided on whether breaking merits an Olympic place but World DanceSport Federation President Shawn Tay has been telling Mike Rowbottom how he believes the doubters will be silenced.
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