On Sunday, Sky Sports Statto tweeted a truly breathtaking statistic.

On August 7, 1992, in Barcelona's Montjuic Stadium, two athletes, far ahead of the rest of the field, contended for the women's Olympic 10,000 metres title. 

As someone who has not watched his national side qualify for the tournament since he was in nappies, my passion for the FIFA World Cup goes far beyond who lifts the trophy.

It's hard to imagine a clearer indication of flag football's rise to prominence than this week's announcement that the Pro Bowl - the National Football League's (NFL) iconic annual All-Star game - is to become a flag football showcase.

In the last few days, it has come as a welcome respite from grim tidings in world news to hear of the evident joy of 2012 women's basketball silver medallist Émilie Gomis on her visit to Ancient Olympia in Greece.

Earlier this month, the biathlon family gathered together in-person for the 15^th Ordinary International Biathlon Union (IBU) Congress.

Maybe it was a robbery in Rio which finally pushed the International Olympic Committee (IOC) into thinking that boxing’s days were numbered on the Games programme.

This is a column about longevity, political and personal.

Relaxation techniques are now hammered into elite athletes throughout world sport. It seems oxymoronic. "Relax! Relax I say!" But of course it works.

A few minutes after the International Boxing Association (IBA) Extraordinary Congress had voted not to hold a vote, a group of delegates gathered by the side of the stage and begun chanting "Umar! Umar! Umar!" while punching their fists excitedly in to the air.

Changing lives for the better - inspire, engage and unite the youth and young people of the Commonwealth - is the theme for the seventh Commonwealth Youth Games which will be held in the twin island republic of Trinidad and Tobago during the month of August in 2023.

A significant potential update to the Olympic sport agenda is the prospective inclusion of an obstacle sports event as the new fifth discipline in modern pentathlon.

Fifty years ago this month, 60 leading tennis players formed an organisation to "promote and protect " their interests.

My drive has always been to achieve all you can - sometimes against the odds. I tested positive for the genetic mutation that gives Huntington’s disease in my twenties, so I know I’m likely to get ill from that at some point.