By Daniel Etchells and Florence Almond at the National Gymnastics Arena
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Executive Committee has defied the outcry from athletes and other organisations by comfortably voting 9-2 in favour of the reinstatement of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) at a meeting in the Seychelles today.
The European Olympic Committees (EOC) announced here today that it has confirmed the opening of the candidature process for the 3rd edition of the European Games in 2023.
A leading representative of cycling’s team organisation, the AIGCP, has claimed that David Lappartient, the International Cycling Union (UCI) President, is "very positive" about its ideas for the sport’s reform, including bundling rights and increasing, rather than diminishing, the size and number of teams involved in the WorldTour.
The Japanese Government has launched a consultation process in case Mount Fuji erupts.
Celebrations are taking place across Japan to mark the one-year milestone to their hosting of the 2019 Rugby World Cup, and Bill Beaumont, World Rugby’s chairman, predicted at a special ceremony in Tokyo that the event would be "the most impactful ever".
International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) President René Fasel has claimed the opening of the Chinese Ice Hockey Association's (CIHA) new offices marks a "landmark moment" for the development of the sport in the country prior to the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing.
Security, renovation work and "sanitary services" were discussed at a Naples 2019 directors’ meeting at the Campania region headquarters in the city, it has been reported.
The International Ski Federation (FIS), its education entity FIS Academy and the Chinese Ski Association (CSA) plan to jointly launch the Get into Snow Sports (GISS)-China grassroots programme from the 2018-2019 ski season, it has been announced.
Athletes from 179 different countries are set to compete in track and field at the next month's Summer Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires as part of a programme that will include several “innovations” the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) have announced.
The Karate 1-Series A season is due to resume tomorrow with Chile’s capital Santiago set to play host to a three-day event at the Polideportivo Estadio Nacional.
Odemira in Portugal is set to play host to the third and final round of the Mountain Bike Orienteering (MTBO) World Cup from tomorrow.
Zimbabwe's first Olympic Chef de Mission Mark Manolios has died at the age of 78, it has been announced.
Jamaica's influence in bobsleigh is about to increase following the selection of Dudley Stokes Jr, pilot for the historic 1988 Winter Olympics team in Calgary which inspired the hit Hollywood movie Cool Runnings, as a part of the International Bobsleigh Skeleton Federation Development Committee.
Former Moscow Laboratory director turned whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov has claimed the expected reinstatement of Russia by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) would be a "a catastrophe for Olympic sport ideals" as American Travis Tygart warned the opposition from athletes would only get stronger after tomorrow's vote.
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.
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David Lappartient is approaching his one year anniversary as President of the International Cycling Union. Mike Rowbottom speaks to the Frenchman about a first 12 months which has not been short of incident.
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