The Hong Kong Sports Stars Awards have been launched with Cathay Pacific confirmed as the title sponsor of the event.
The International University Sports Federation (FISU) has offered to fund the Ukraine team at next year’s Winter Universiade in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, FISU President Oleg Matytsin has told insidethegames.
North and South Korea will meet with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in February to discuss their proposed joint bid for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Tokyo 2020’s budget is expected to stay at ¥1.35 trillion (£9.4 billion/$11.8 billion/€10.6 billion) when the third version is revealed this week, according the Japanese reports.
Belgium have won the International Hockey Federation Men’s World Cup for the first time with a dramatic shoot-out victory over The Netherlands in Bhubaneswar.
The United States dominated the final day of action at the International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Short Course Championships in Hangzhou, winning six of the 10 scheduled finals.
Hosts France added the European Women’s Handball gold medal to their world title tonight as they defeated Olympic champions Russia 24-21 in an enthralling final at the AccorHotels Arena in Paris.
The 2018 World Taekwondo calendar has come to an end with a mixed day for Great Britain in the Grand Slam Champions Series finals in Wuxi, as they picked up two golds and two silvers.
P V Sindhu has become the first Indian to win the women’s singles title at the season ending Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour Finals in Guangzhou.
Japan proved the dominant force at the International Judo Federation's (IJF) World Judo Masters in Guangzhou as the season-ending event concluded.
Japan’s Tomokazu Harimoto, 15 years and 172 days old, today became the youngest singles winner - male or female - of the International Table Tennis Federation’s World Tour Grand Finals, requiring just five games to beat China’s Lin Gaoyuan in Incheon.
Hosts Britain secured double gold on the final day of the International Cycling Union Track World Cup in London.
Austria’s Marcel Hirscher won his sixth straight giant slalom at the International Ski Federation Alpine Ski World Cup Alta Badia in Italy today.
Russia’s Anastasia Morozova won the women’s pursuit today at the International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup in Hochfilzen despite facing three penalties as her compatriot’s Victoria Slivko and Svetlana Mironova completed a Russian clean sweep on the podium.
Therese Johaug continued to extend her lead at the top of the International Ski Federation (FIS) Cross-Country World Cup, following her return from a doping ban, as the Norwegian won the women’s 10 kilometre event in Davos.
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.
As the year draws to a close, the International University Sports Federation is preparing for a busy 2019 with two Universiades to organise in Krasnoyarsk and Naples. Mike Rowbottom speaks to FISU President Oleg Matytsin about how preparations are progressing for the two events.
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