An electronic detection system project to create a definitive judging system for race walking events in time for the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) 2019 World Championships has now moved to the design stage, the IAAF Council heard on the first of their two days of meetings here.
The Chinese city of Taicang will host the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Race Walking Team Championships in 2018 that were originally awarded to the Russian city of Cheboksary.
A confidential online portal, able to handle six languages, has been launched today by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to encourage the collection of information about suspected doping and malpractice within the sport.
Rune Andersen, head of the Taskforce dealing with Russia’s suspension from track and field competition, will deliver his latest report to the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) on Thursday (December 1) during the second day of the Council meeting here.
The crucial governance reforms that will be voted upon during a special International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Congress in Monaco on Saturday (December 3) have received full backing from the IAAF Athletes' Commission.
World Rugby will reinvest around £245 million ($306 million/€289 million) into the sport before Tokyo 2020, where rugby sevens is expected to consolidate the positive impact it had on its Olympic debut in Rio de Janeiro this summer.
Valentin Balakhnichev, former President of the All-Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF), has denied involvement in new claims that six athletes from the country were involved in paying top officials from the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to avoid having adverse doping results made public.
Embarrassment over anti-doping issues for the hosts of this week’s Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) General Assembly in Doha deepened today with the news that Qatar’s Asian 1500 metres champion Mohammed Al-Garni has received a four-year ban.
Haile Gebrselassie has revealed that one of his first initiatives as the newly appointed President of the Ethiopian Athletics Federation (EAF) will be to change a system which has operated for a generation, requiring athletes who wish to further their careers to live and train in Addis Ababa.
Double Olympic champion Haile Gebrselassie has succeeded in his aim of becoming President of the Ethiopian Athletics Federation (EAF) following an election in Addis Ababa.
Former Olympic 400 metres champion Christine Ohuruogu is one of several leading athletes to have had their National Lottery funding cut for the 2017 season, British Athletics revealed today as it released its new world-class performance programme (WCPP) selections.
Kenya’s world javelin champion Julius Yego says he is lucky to be alive following a car accident yesterday which wrote off his vehicle and left him in a "stable condition" in hospital.
Bruno Grandi, who steps down this week after 20 years as President of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG), has spoken of the "great chance" his sport has to embrace a 3D judging replay system currently being developed in Tokyo.
The International Cycling Union (UCI) Women’s WorldTour - established this year as a replacement for the Women’s World Cup competition set up in 1998 - will expand from 17 to 21 events next season.
Usain Bolt will run his last race on home soil in Jamaica at the Racers Grand Prix in Kingston on June 10 next year, before retiring from competition two months later, he has confirmed.
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.
Last month saw confirmation that breaking would feature at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Opinion is divided on whether breaking merits an Olympic place but World DanceSport Federation President Shawn Tay has been telling Mike Rowbottom how he believes the doubters will be silenced.
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