A pair of early spikes handmade by Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman for Canadian sprinter Harry Jerome, including featuring a prototype logo, have been up for sale by Sotheby’s and could fetch up to record $1 million (£723,000/€850,000) when they are auctioned later this month.
Employees working for Aggreko, the company providing electrical services for the delayed Olympic Games here, have been arrested on suspicion of using cocaine, Japanese officials announced.
The Solomon Islands' returning Spanish football coach Felipe Vega-Arango has revealed that winning the gold medal for the first time at the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara is his main target.
New Zealand’s Shirley Hooper has been elected as the vice-president of World Netball during a virtual Congress.
Belarus has appointed convicted drugs cheat Ivan Tsikhan as its team captain for the delayed Olympic Games here, where the country's controversial President Aleksandr Lukashenko warned its athletes would be the target of political pressure.
South Korean Para cross-country skier Vo Ra Mi Seo, who played a leading role at the 2018 Winter Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang, has died at the age of 35.
Britain’s Olympic medallist Adrian Metcalfe has died at the age of 79 after a long illness, it has been announced.
A delay from July to November for the 2023 Pacific Games has been agreed following a request from the Solomon Islands, who asked for more time to prepare due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Székesfehérvár will host next year’s European Modern Pentathlon Championships - a record fifth time the Hungarian city will have staged the event.
Charlotte Scholtz has been appointed as the technical delegate for the 2023 Netball World Cup in Cape Town, it has been announced.
MEDsan UK has been appointed to carry out rapid antigen testing during the Professional Squash Association (PSA) World Championships in Chicago, it has been announced.
Romanian Bobsleigh and Sled Federation secretary general Florian Țicu has died, it has been announced.
Los Angeles 2028 has announced plans to invest $9.6 million (£6.9 million/€8.1 million) to help fund youth sports across the Californian city to get youngsters back to sport and fitness after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Netball Australia is being forced to make changes to its calendar because of the worsening coronavirus situation in the country.
David Beckham’s Guild Esports has signed Olympic partner Samsung as its latest sponsor.
Denver were awarded the 1976 Winter Olympic Games ahead of Sion in Switzerland, Tempere in Finland and Vancouver in Canada at the International Olympic Committee Session in 1970. But in a Colorado referendum in November 1972, voters rejected funding for the event. It is the only time a city has been awarded the Olympics but pulled out. The IOC then offered the Games to Whistler in Canada, but they too declined owing to a change of Government following elections. Salt Lake City offered to host the Games, but the IOC, still reeling from the Denver rejection, declined and selected Innsbruck, the 1964 host city, as a replacement.
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