The United States’ Jennifer Thompson has been named as the World Games Athlete of June in recognition of her women’s under-63 kilograms open category triumph at last month’s World Classic Powerlifting Championships in Calgary.
World Games staff met with local organisers of the 2021 edition in Birmingham, Alabama, as preparations for the event continue.
The official sports programme for the 2021 World Games in Birmingham has been revealed during the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the International World Games Association (IWGA) here at SportAccord Summit.
A Brazilian kickboxing gold medallist is among three doping cases to have emerged following last year's World Games in Wrocław, it has been announced here today.
José Perurena has been re-elected unopposed President of the International World Games Association (IWGA) here today for a new four-year term.
The International World Games Association (IWGA) have will be holding board elections at their Annual General Meeting tomorrow on day one of the SportAccord Summit here.
Suriname's korfball side has been named as team of the month for March by the International World Games Association (IWGA).
Sport climber Reza Alipourzenashandifar has been announced as the World Games Athlete of the Year following a public vote.
The International World Games Association (IWGA) has officially opened the bidding process for the 2025 edition of their flagship multi-sport event.
Organisers discussed budgets and sports programmes as Birmingham, Alabama, gears up to host the 2021 World Games.
The Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung has adopted the logo used for the 2009 World Games as its official flag.
Poland's air-sports gold medallist Wojciech Bógdał has been selected as the International World Games Association's (IWGA) athlete of the month for August.
International World Games Association (IWGA) President José Perurena has officially declared the 2017 World Games here in Wrocław closed.
Ukraine sealed a sensational hat-trick of gold medals in muaythai as sporting competition concluded at the 2017 World Games here in Wrocław today.
Kyren Wilson claimed snooker gold in an all-British final on the last day of competition at the Wrocław 2017 World Games here.
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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