Auckland City have pulled out of the rescheduled 2020 FIFA Club World Cup due to coronavirus restrictions in place in their home country.
World number one Novak Djokovic’s calls for quarantine conditions to be eased to allow players to prepare for the Australian Open have been snubbed by officials in Victoria.
The International Canoe Federation (ICF) has paid tribute to its late Board member Joao Tomasini Schwertner of Brazil, who has died at the age of 61 following complications related to COVID-19.
Eight teams are set to battle it out for the last two places in the women's water polo competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the final qualifier in Italy this week.
Italy women’s softball team are set to hold their first training camp of the year after announcing a roster of 22 players to gear up for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Hungary were among the teams to reach the main round of the International Handball Federation (IHF) Men’s Handball World Championship after a comprehensive win against Uruguay.
Two-time champions the Democratic Republic of Congo narrowly beat their neighbours from the Congo as Group B of the Total African Nations Championship (CHAN) got underway in Douala.
National performance pathway lead Ali Khalil is determined to help Australian Taekwondo "move with the times" after claiming the governing body had spent much of the past two decades "stuck in the mud".
Denmark's Viktor Axelsen and Spain's Carolina Marin have won the men's and women's singles titles at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Yonex Thailand Open today in Bangkok, the first of three competitions in the Thai capital.
Cape Verde's match against Germany at the World Men's Handball Championship has been cancelled after positive COVID-19 tests from two members of the African team left them short of players.
India's six-time world champion boxer Mary Kom has joined the national training camp as part of her preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
The first World Golf Championship (WGC) event of 2021 has been moved from Mexico to the United States because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) President Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah has praised the organisation of the International Judo Federation (IJF) World Judo Masters in Doha.
Hotel-bound players have been warned they could have a police officer outside their room or face fines if found to be "persistently breaching" strict two-week quarantine rules ahead of the Australian Open.
Greek Olympic sailing gold medallist Sofia Bekatorou has alleged she was sexually abused in 1998 by a high-ranking member of the Hellenic Sailing Federation.
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.
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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.
As the International Ice Hockey Federation prepares to decide whether Belarus remains a co-host of its World Championship later this year, Philip Barker recalls other occasions where human rights has been a key topic in the build-up to a country staging a major sports event.
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