A few days ago, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy issued a challenge to Thomas Bach when he invited the International Olympic Committee (IOC) President to visit the embattled eastern city of Bakhmut where fierce fighting has been going on for several months now. 

A Walk of Fame has opened today to celebrate the feats of those who have hurtled down the icy track at St Moritz reaching speeds of more than 135 kilometres an hour.

Luciano Rossi, newly established as President of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF), is fixing his gaze upon the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics, which he believes will be crucially important to the sport's future.

There was a sense of excitement and anticipation in State Secretary for Budapest Balázs Fürjes’ voice when he spoke about the latest addition to the city’s booming sporting infrastructure.

The flame is set to burn for the International University Sports Federation (FISU) Winter World University Games in Lake Placid next week, half a century after the Winter Olympics were first held there.

December 31 saw a seismic moment for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) - after 44 years, Richard William Duncan Pound will cease to be a full IOC member, having passed the applicable age-limit of 80.

December 31 will bring a seismic moment for the International Olympic Committee (IOC): after 44 years, Richard William Duncan Pound will cease to be a full IOC member, having passed the applicable age-limit of 80.

Canada's team of 17 athletes was one of the biggest at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships that ended in Bogotá, Colombia on Friday (December 16) - only three short of the maximum 20.

How to describe the effect of the sanctions imposed on Russia in response to its orchestrated doping programme and subsequent attempts to cover it up?

March 19, 2022. The Stark Arena, Belgrade. And the winner of the women’s high jump at the World Athletics Indoor Championships is celebrating with intense, almost fierce joy as she brandishes her national flag - the flag of Ukraine.

I blame the hoopoe.

My athletics training group often echoed motivation to each other on Tuesday night sessions when in the doldrums, trying to get through the final 600 metres.

It is a relic from another era, the age of super-powered bidding battles, when political leaders in every major country under the sun were desperate to host marquee sports competitions.

There is a fair case for arguing that fate has not been kind to Leonz Eder since he became International University Sports Federation (FISU) Acting President in March 2021.

Paris 2024 is the next Summer Olympics on the calendar but the first competition for Los Angeles 2028 has already begun.