Russia's absence from the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Youth World Championships, which finished last week in Las Vegas, was a direct result of the United States' failure to issue visas for the team, the Russian Weightlifting Federation (RWF) President Maxim Agapitov said.
FIFA has received a record nine expressions of interest in hosting the Women’s World Cup in 2023 with a joint effort from North and South Korea among them.
A strong performance gave Russia victory in the 10 metre air rifle mixed team competition at the European Shooting Championships in Osijek in Croatia.
Ten-time winners China have been drawn alongside India and Malaysia for the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Sudirman Cup, due to be held in Nanning in China from May 19 to 26.
Taekwondo New Zealand (TNZ) has informed its members it is almost ready to hold an election having established an Interim Board last year following an investigation into an internal dispute within the governing body.
FIFA has told insidethegames it is “concerned “about the arrest of Council member Mahfuza Akhter Kiron in Bangladesh, after she was detained for allegedly defaming the country’s Prime Minister.
The World Karate Federation (WKF) has confirmed Irish athletes will be allowed to participate at this month's European Championships, with the international governing body claiming a solution to a national-level dispute seems unlikely to be found in the near future.
FIFA's bosses received aggregate remuneration of a combined $4.12 million (£3.1 million/€3.63 million) in 2018, according to a newly-published governance report from the world football governing body.
The logo for the inaugural European Taekwondo Beach Championships has been revealed.
Finland's Satu Makela-Nummela set a new world record in women's trap qualifying at the International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup in Acapulco, but then failed to medal in the final after finishing fifth.
Rwanda’s Uhiriwe Byiza Renus and Eritrea’s Danait Tsegay were today’s winners as the junior road races took place at the African Continental Cycling Championships in Bahir Dar in Ethiopa.
Denmark’s Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus has been seeded first for the men’s singles competition at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Orléans Masters, where action is scheduled to begin tomorrow.
Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime is one win away from making his main draw debut at the Miami Open after coming from behind to beat Italy’s Luca Vanni in the first round of qualifying today.
Quick-Step rider Julian Alaphilippe won stage six of the International Cycling Union Tirreno-Adriatico World Tour race today after a dramatic sprint for the line.
The Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Weightlifting Federation has set up a GoFundMe page in a last-ditch effort to ensure it has a team at the 2019 Pacific Games and Oceania Championships in Samoa.
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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