The German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) and German Football Association (DFB) have started a joint petition calling for amateur sport to be allowed to resume in the country.
The International Surfing Association (ISA) has said preparations are on track for the upcoming World Surfing Games in El Salvador after assessing latest plans over health and safety amid the pandemic, with the event serving as the final qualification event for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
The Executive Committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) confirmed the postponed African qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup are now set to be held between September and March, following its latest meeting today at Kigali in Rwanda.
Construction firm Galliford Try has been awarded a £10 million ($14 million/€12 million) contract to build a new railway station in Perry Barr - which will be a key transport link at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Lidia Valentin has earned her place at a fourth straight Olympic Games without making a lift in her final qualifying competition, the Open de Colombia in Cali.
The Global Esports Federation (GEF) has announced that the first three editions of the Global Esports Games are to take place in Singapore, Istanbul and Riyadh, in that order and starting from this year.
With the impending Tokyo 2020 Olympics in mind, the Guam National Olympic Committee has conducted its first virtual team manager course under the Oceania sport education programme.
Jack Capuano, an associate coach for National Hockey League (NHL) side Ottawa Senators, has been named head coach of the United States men's national team and will lead the side at the upcoming International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championship.
Norway’s Olympic speed skating gold medallist Sverre Lunde Pedersen has undergone surgery after sustaining injuries in a bike accident in Nesvatn.
Botswana's Minister of Youth Empowerment, Sport and Culture Development has encouraged citizens to take part in the Botswana National Olympic Committee's (BNOC) running initiative to celebrate Olympic Day.
British pair Tom Daley and Matthew Lee claimed men’s 10m synchronised platform gold on the penultimate day of diving events at the European Aquatics Championships in Budapest.
Frenchman Valentin Prades claimed his third gold medal at a Modern Pentathlon World Cup final after winning the men's final in Szekesfehervar.
France’s Victor Lafay triumphed from a breakaway on the eighth stage of the Giro d’Italia in Guardia Sanframondi.
Norway's Kristian Blummenfelt and the United States' Taylor Knibb claimed victories in the men's and women's races at the season-opening World Triathlon Championship Series leg in Yokohama in Japan.
Spain claimed two-man canoe and kayak golds on day two of the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Canoe Sprint World Cup in Szeged in Hungary.
Canadian show jumper Ian Millar holds the record for the most Olympic appearances by an athlete in any sport. When he competed at London 2012 at the age of 65 it was the tenth time he had competed in the Games since making his debut 30 years earlier at Munich 1972. He had won his only Olympic medal at Beijing 2008 when he was part of Canada’s team that took silver in the team jumping event. Millar won a gold medal in the Pan American Games team jumping event at Toronto 2015. He announced his retirement in 2019.
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As Tokyo 2020 mark 100 days to go until the opening of the Paralympics, IPC President Andrew Parsons tells Mike Rowbottom why he feels the Games in the Japanese capital will be the most important edition in the event's history.
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