Having won the men's Olympic volleyball title on home soil in Rio five years ago, defending champions Brazil are determined that their fifth consecutive medal will be another golden one.
Tomorrow, one day after carrying her nation’s flag at the opening ceremony and 7,616 days after making the first lift by any woman at the Olympic Games, Dika Toua will be on the weightlifting platform again.
A Chilean weightlifter who was third in her weight category rankings on performance has had to withdraw from Tokyo 2020 because of a serious shoulder injury.
A record-equalling low round of 61 helped South Korea’s Jongeun Lee6 take a three-shot lead at the halfway point of the Ladies Professional Golf Association Amundi Evian Championship at Evian Resort Golf Club.
French riders Kevin Staut and Julien Epaillard hold a one-two in the standings after the first of two rounds in the CSI5* individual classification at the Global Champions League leg in Berlin.
Three Americans were crowned world champions in women's freestyle on the fifth day of the World Cadet Wrestling Championships, taking place in Budapest.
Slovakia will look to keep its 100 per cent win record tomorrow in the final of the 2021 European Lacrosse Challenge, where they face hosts Poland for the crown in Wrocław.
France's seventh seed Maxime Vachier-Lagrave is the highest-profile name to reach the fifth round of the Chess World Cup in Sochi, after beating Indian prodigy Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa.
The World Mountain Running Association (WMRA) Mountain Running World Cup is set to return to Poland for the Tatra SkyMarathon for the fourth round of the season, which features a testing 40-kilometre route for some of the best in the world.
Approximately 1,500 volunteers will be needed for the Lake Placid 2023 Winter World University Games according to organisers at a town council meeting, where they provided updates on the planning of the event.
Troy Grant, chair of the International Rugby League, has underlined his sport’s Olympic ambitions in congratulating Brisbane on the news that they will host the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The President of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Andrew Parsons has led tributes to the vice-president and general secretary of the Vietnam Paralympic Association (VPA) Vu The Phiet, who has died at the age of 71.
The Organising Committee of the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games has vowed to ensure many of the sports venues for the 2022 Asian Games are available for public use following the conclusion of the event.
Canada's sitting volleyball squad for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics has been confirmed, with members of the Parapan American Games squad in 2019 returning to the fold.
The first batch of affordable homes in the Perry Barr area of Birmingham are set to be completed earlier than expected - in early 2023 - shortly following next year's Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
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.
Fedeation Equestre International - Sport Content & Social Media Manager - Lausanne, Switzerland
Formed in 1921, the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) is the governing body for all international events in Jumping, Dressage and Para Dressage, Eventing, Driving and Para Driving, Endurance, Vaulting and Reining. It establishes the regulations and approves equestrian programmes for Championships, Continental and Regional Games as well as the Olympic & Paralympic Games. The FEI is looking for a Sports Content & Social Media Manager with 100% rate of activity for its Digital and Content Department. The position is based in Lausanne and is available immediately.
Brisbane, a thriving state capital with an "irresistible" candidacy is set to be formally awarded the 2032 Olympics at this week's IOC Session. Philip Barker profiles the city due to be confirmed as hosts, and also looks at the changing nature of the host city selection process.
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