England Hockey and Great Britain Hockey have secured a three-year deal with health and life insurance company Vitality to boost the women’s game.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) sponsor Intel has appointed a new chief executive.
The National Basketball Association (NBA) has made its COVID-19 protocols stricter after a number of players tested positive for the virus for a second time.
Italy has been confirmed as the host nation for this year's Under-23 European Baseball Championship.
The annual Japanese Sambo Championships, is still set to be held in Tokyo on February 7, despite the state of emergency declared in the city due to COVID-19.
Senegalese capital Dakar is set to stage the first International Federation of Teqball (FITEQ) National Challenger Series event of 2021.
The Russian Handball Federation team (RHF) claimed a draw in their first match of the International Handball Federation (IHF) World Men’s Handball Championship, as seven group games took place on day two of the tournament in Egypt.
Tiril Eckhoff earned a third successive International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup win in Oberhof, with the Norwegian triumphing in the women’s 7.5-kilometre sprint.
World junior champions in the men's doubles, Leo Rolly Carnando and Daniel Marthin of Indonesia, have upset their fifth seed compatriots, Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto, on day two of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Yonex Thailand Open.
Canadian Melissa Lotholz became the third different winner in this season’s International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) Women’s Monobob World Series with victory in Innsbruck.
Former winners Greg Harlow and David Gourlay were among the winners as the open singles matches continued at the World Indoor Bowls Championships at Potters Leisure Resort in Great Yarmouth, England.
Japan’s Watabe brothers took the top two places during the first provisional competition round at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Nordic Combined World Cup in Val di Fiemme.
Former Chilean table tennis player Blanca Durán, who competed at two editions of the International University Sports Federation (FISU) World University Games, has been appointed sports director of the University of Chile.
Young skateboarder Hampus Winberg has been included in the Swedish Olympic Committee's (SOK) Top and Talent programme.
The Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) has organised a webinar with some of the nation's top athletes to mark India's National Youth Day.
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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