Volunteers for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games are receiving training via livestream classes amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) elective General Assembly will be held in September, it has been announced.
International Judo Federation (IJF) President Marius Vizer says the world governing body is currently analysing the available solutions and possibilities for defining a new Olympic qualification system following the decision to postpone Tokyo 2020 to next year.
Belarusian tennis star Aryna Sabalenka has taken part in a ceremony to present some of the country's leading wheelchair tennis players with national master of sport certificates.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has revealed record digital and broadcast viewing figures for its 2020 Women’s T20 World Cup, which has become one of the most-watched women’s sporting events in history.
The opening day of Japan’s elite baseball league will not take place on April 24, as previously hoped, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
German bobsleigh pilot Richard Oelsner, a five-time junior world champion in the two-man event, has added push athlete Paul Krenz to his team.
The Olympic women's football qualifier between China and South Korea has been postponed indefinitely after Tokyo 2020 was pushed back to next year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
New Zealand’s Olympic bronze medal-winning rower Eric Verdonk has died at the age of 60.
World Sailing has cancelled its 2020 World Cup Series Final due to the coronavirus pandemic.
World Para Swimming has decided to put its 2020 season on hold until September due to the constantly changing landscape and the disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
The 2019-2020 Basketball Champions League (BCL) season will resume and conclude with the hosting of a "Final Eight", single-game knock-out competition after it was concluded that the campaign will not be finished as planned due to the coronavirus pandemic.
World Rugby chief executive Brett Gosper has said the international governing body will give €1 million (£878,000/$1.1 million) in financial support to cash-strapped USA Rugby and will also offer administrative assistance.
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has decided to extend the deadline for Member Associations to submit their "expression of interest" for hosting the 2027 AFC Asian Cup from March 31 to June 30, 2020.
The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) has put in place a new policy for calculating its world rankings, from April 1 until the sport's calendar returns to normal.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022 - Senior Legal Counsel - Birmingham, United Kingdom
The Senior Legal Counsel will support across both the Festival 2022 team and the Ceremonies, Culture & Queen's Baton Relay (CCQ) division of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC). The individual will provide day-to-day legal input and support across a range of creative projects from artistic commissioning to preparing a range of commercial contracts. Festival will take place across England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales throughout 2022. It will deliver a programme of ground-breaking large-scale new commissions with the ambition of reaching millions; achieving the projects two objectives of bringing people together and promoting the UK's creativity to the world.
Rising Phoenix, a documentary about the Paralympic Movement set to be released later this month, promises a more complete look at the lives of champions including Tatyana McFadden, Jonnie Peacock and Bebe Vio. Mike Rowbottom reports.
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