Hosts Britain celebrated team pursuit gold on the opening day of the International Cycling Union Track World Cup as Para-cycling events featured on the programme for the first time.
Spectators will be able to bid farewell to four-time Olympian Erin Hamlin as the American makes a final appearance on the International Luge Federation (FIL) World Cup circuit in Lake Placid.
Davos is the latest stop for skiers as the International Ski Federation (FIS) Cross-Country World Cup season continues.
Ariarne Titmus achieved a world record to double her gold medal tally at the International Swimming Federation World Short Course Championships in Hangzhou.
Canada’s Ivanie Blondin eased into the women’s mass start final on the opening day of the International Skating Union Speed Skating World Cup season in Heerenveen.
International University Sports Federation (FISU) are in talks with the International Testing Agency (ITA) over an agreement for doping controls at the 2019 Winter Universiade in Krasnoyarsk.
An Austrian police investigation into Russian biathletes and officials is considered part of the ongoing probe into the International Biathlon Union (IBU).
Confederation of African Football (CAF) Executive Committee member Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona faces a war crimes trial after being arrested by French authorities.
Aggreko Events Services have become the latest sponsor for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, with the company given the category temporary electricity generation.
World Olympians Association (WOA) have announced the second edition of their Forum will be held in Lausanne next year.
A total of 10 divisions were in action on the second day of competition at the World Adaptive Surfing Championships in La Jolla in San Diego.
Wrestling Canada Lutte (WCL) have vowed to rebuild trust after acknowledging "unhealthy and unsafe practices" were identified in an independent investigation into the organisations’ culture.
International Cycling Union (UCI) President David Lappartient has declared himself impressed with the venues for Tokyo 2020 after visiting the Japanese capital and the city of Izu.
John Coates has insisted the freezing of planning for the Olympic boxing tournament at Tokyo 2020 will not impact organisers prior to the Games.
The Faroese Confederation of Sports and Olympic Committee (FCSOC) has outlined the country’s plans for significant investment in sports infrastructure as their effort to gain Olympic recognition continues.
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.
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) - Deputy Director, Education - Montreal, Canada
Reporting to the Director of Education and Communications, the Deputy Director, Education will be responsible for leading the development and implementation of WADA’s strategic education priorities, programs and activities; including, managing WADA’s Social Science Research Grant Program and coordinating the activities of WADA’s Education Committee.
FINA is facing an unprecedented threat with the top swimmers taking legal action against them after they were barred from competing in the new International Swimming League. But FINA President Julio Maglione claims the new concept would represent a threat to the future well-being of the sport, as he tells Mike Rowbottom.
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