Organisers of the 2021 World Games in Birmingham in Alabama have held a workshop to raise awareness of the event in schools across the state.
Birmingham 2021 chairman Jonathan Porter hopes the World Games will increase the visibility of the city and establish it as a sport destination.
German fistballer Patrick Thomas has been named as The World Games athlete of the month for September.
World Lacrosse have appointed Nicola John and Tom Lewis as the sport's competition managers for the 2021 World Games in Birmingham, United States.
Chengdu has been officially been confirmed as the host city of the 2025 World Games, the 12th edition of the multi-sport event.
Bodybuilding has been given hope in its bid to return to the programme of the World Games.
Chengdu, already awarded the 2021 Summer Universiade, has now launched a bid to host the 2025 World Games, it was announced today.
The International World Games Association (IWGA) Executive Committee has claimed it is "satisfied" with the progress made by organisers of the 2021 event in Birmingham as the body revealed it expects to name a host city for the 2025 edition in May.
Russian acrobatic gymnastics duo Marina Chernova and Georgii Pataraia have been named the World Games Athletes of the Year for 2018.
A total of 25 athletes have been nominated for the World Games Athlete of the Year 2018 award prior to the opening of voting on January 1.
Alabama Power, Protective Life and Regions Bank have been unveiled as the first three corporate sponsors of the 2021 World Games in Birmingham in Alabama.
Ten-pin bowler Danielle McEwan has been named as The World Games athlete of the month for November.
The United States’ Jennifer Thompson has been named as the World Games Athlete of June in recognition of her women’s under-63 kilograms open category triumph at last month’s World Classic Powerlifting Championships in Calgary.
World Games staff met with local organisers of the 2021 edition in Birmingham, Alabama, as preparations for the event continue.
The official sports programme for the 2021 World Games in Birmingham has been revealed during the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the International World Games Association (IWGA) here at SportAccord Summit.
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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