The Nigerian Olympic Committee (NOC) has granted full recognition of the national governing bodies for teqball, curling, and bobsleigh and skeleton.
The German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) has launched a new initiative to help clubs struggling to stay afloat because of the coronavirus pandemic to crowdfund support.
The 2020 edition of the Fiji Sports Awards (FSA) - an annual gala partly organised by the Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (FASANOC) - has been cancelled in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Vanuatu Association of Sports And National Olympic Committee (VASANOC) organised sporting activities for a Christmas event at Saralana Park.
Mexican Olympic Committee President Carlos Padilla Becerra congratulated the Association of Mexican Olympians (AOM) for the organisation’s achievements during its virtual General Assembly.
A delegation from the Ethiopian embassy visited the headquarters of the Sudan Olympic Committee (SOC) in a bid to boost sporting ties between the bordering African nations.
The President of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) and the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), Narinder Dhruv Batra, has visited one of the venues for the 2023 FIH Men's Hockey World Cup, which is set to take place in his home nation.
The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) has stated that a potential 2030 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics bid could be complex due to the small timeframe between the Winter Games and the confirmed Los Angeles 2028 Olympics.
The Mauritius Olympic Committee (MOC) has organised the launch of the country's national teqball federation as another African nation looks to develop the sport.
Mayor of Helsinki Jan Vapaavuori has been elected as the new President of the Finnish Olympic Committee.
The Cameroon National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSC) and Commonwealth Sports Cameroon have held a two-day camp for internally displaced children.
The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) has announced 10 projects led by retired Olympians which will benefit from the OLY Canada Legacy Grant programme.
The New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) has helped set up an international advocacy network to enhance the country's "influence in the global sporting sector".
Claude-Alain Schmidhalter has been elected to the Executive Council of Swiss Olympic and is set to take up his position at the beginning of 2021.
Olympic gold medallist and former canoeist Norman Bellingham is reportedly among the appointments to a Congressional committee tasked with overseeing reforms to the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) and the state of the organisation.
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.
Commonwealth Games England - Media and Communications Executive - London, United Kingdom
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The coronavirus pandemic forced a near global shutdown of sport across the world, but sports governing bodies have staged successful events despite the COVID-19 crisis. Mike Rowbottom speaks to those who have been able to do so.
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