Tributes have poured in from across British athletics following the death of coach Lloyd Cowan, who guided Christine Ohuruogu to world and Olympic 400 metres titles and Andy Turner to European and Commonwealth 110m hurdles gold medals.
The quality of breakdancing’s Olympic debut at Paris 2024 - officially confirmed last month - will be critical in securing the event’s future place within the Games, according to World DanceSport Federation President Shawn Tay.
The life of Ágnes Keleti, the oldest living Olympic champion who is due to celebrate her 100th birthday on Saturday (January 9), has been marked by the publication of an ebook recently translated into English.
Lukhumi Chkhvimiani of Georgia and Ukraine’s Daria Bilodid were named as respective male and female judoka of the year for 2019-2020 at the International Judo Federation Awards, which concluded today’s virtual and inaugural JudoFest event.
It is "almost a certainty" that the postponed Tokyo Olympics will take place next summer, according to the International Judo Federation’s (IJF) chief media and marketing officer, Vlad Marinescu.
Teddy Riner plans to start his quest for a record-equalling third Olympic judo title in 2021 by competing in next month’s Qatar Masters - the opening event of the International Judo Federation (IJF) season.
Peter Dawson, who steps down as President of the International Golf Federation (IGF) at the end of this month, foresees his sport being followed by packed crowds at the Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Olympics.
Russian athletes have been more rigorously tested than the vast majority of their competitors around the world during coronavirus lockdowns, according to the acting director general of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) Mikhail Bukhanov.
The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has insisted it has no jurisdiction over the Moscow Laboratory data that the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has charged it with investigating.
Marisol Casado, who earned a fourth consecutive term as World Triathlon President last month after a bitter election campaign, has dismissed the criticisms made by her beaten rival, Mads Freund, as inaccurate.
Jon Ridgeon, chief executive of World Athletics, has admitted that too many changes at once were proposed to this year’s original Wanda Diamond League programme, but he believes the balance for next year is correct.
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe underlined his support for athletes taking a knee at next year's postponed Olympic Games by giving the annual President’s Award to the trio who famously protested on the podium at the 1968 Mexico Olympics - Tommie Smith, Peter Norman and John Carlos.
Sweden's 21-year-old pole vaulter Armand Duplantis, who set two world records this season, today became the youngest-ever Male World Athlete of the Year winner, with the Female World Athlete of the Year award going to Venezuela’s Yulimar Rojas, who set a world indoor triple jump record.
Acclaimed writer Ian Ridley has declined the £3,000 ($4,000/€3,300) prize for making the shortlist of five in this year’s William Hill Sports Book of the Year award "on moral and ethical grounds" following the decision to name The Rodchenkov Affair: How I Brought Down Putin’s Secret Doping Empire as the winner.
The 2021 Wanda Diamond League (WDL) series will include all the disciplines World Athletics planned to remove from its top tier programme this year before the coronavirus pandemic prompted a radically re-shaped programme.
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.
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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