Confirmation that esports will making its debut as a medal event at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games, with the Asian Electronic Sports Federation (AESF) as sole partner for management of the tournament, has been welcomed by the AESF's member federations.
The Samoa Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (SASNOC) has partnered with the National Bank of Samoa (NBS) to support elite athletes' preparations for multi-sport events such as the Olympic Games.
Chinese courier company YTO Express has signed up as a sponsor of the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games.
Mixed doubles squash will be contested at the Asian Games for the first time at Hangzhou 2022, it has been reported.
Organisers of the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi and Nagoya have released a series of videos to mark 2,000 days until the event.
An extra sailing event has been added to the programme for the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, bringing the total up to 12.
The International Testing Agency (ITA) is set to carry out an anti-doping programme at the Kraków-Małopolska 2023 European Games after securing a partnership with the European Olympic Committees (EOC).
The Santiago 2023 Pan and Parapan American Games organisers have signed a resolution that approved lots ahead of the construction of the Athletes' Village in the Chilean capital.
The Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games Organising Committee has confirmed its sailing venue, the Zhejiang Ocean Sports Center, has been completed.
Chinese Taipei's women's softball side is to lock horns with a men's team as they continue to prepare for the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games.
Sport climbing will make its first European Games appearance at Kraków-Małopolska 2023, when triathlon is scheduled to return to the programme.
International Floorball Federation (IFF) secretary general John Liljelund hopes the 2022 World Games in American city Birmingham will help boost the sport in the United States.
Signage for the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games has been praised by Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) director general Husain Al-Musallam.
The International Bowling Federation (IBF) and the International World Games Association (IWGA) have welcomed the decision to install Edge String technology into the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex (BJCC) ahead of Birmingham 2022.
Chinese state company China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) has won a bid to build the seven major projects, including the main stadium, being funded by the Government in Beijing for the 2023 Pacific Games in the Solomon Islands.
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.
Commonwealth Games Federation - Sport Manager - London, United Kingdom
The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) is the international governing body that oversees the quadrennial Commonwealth Games and Commonwealth Youth Games. The CGF is a small passionate team, wholeheartedly committed to its vision, mission and values. Based in our central London headquarters and reporting to the CGF’s Sports Director, this role will play a key role within the team, providing operational and strategic support across all areas of the sport programme, including bespoke projects and events.
Tributes from across sport have been paid following the death of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, at the age of 99. Philip Barker recalls the Prince's deep connection to sport and his influence on it.
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