The first proposals for the replacement for riding as the fifth discipline in modern pentathlon at the Olympic Games after Paris 2024 have been presented by the working group tasked with overseeing the process to find the new event.

Prosecutors in Potsdam have dropped an investigation into German modern pentathlete Annika Schleu and coach Kim Raisner over the horse-abuse scandal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in return for a charitable donation.

Ivar Sisniega has retained his position as chairman of the International Modern Pentathlon Union's (UIPM) Innovation Commission, the group which made the controversial recommendation to axe riding from the sport after the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

Ukraine’s three-time Olympian Pavel Tymoshchenko has speculated that obstacle racing is being lined up by the Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) in place of the riding element so controversially axed last month.

Ten Olympians have been added to the International Modern Pentathlon Union's (UIPM) 5th Discipline Working Group, while it has been announced that UIPM President Klaus Schormann will act as chair.

The International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) has appointed four experts in media and marketing to its 5th Discipline Working Group, as the organisation pushes forward with finding a replacement for riding. 

Para cycling lead Jon Pett has left his role at British Cycling, having been appointed the new performance director at Pentathlon GB.

The International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) is to set up a new working group to help determine the replacement for riding as its fifth discipline after the sport was left off the initial sports programme for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

Skateboarding, surfing and sport climbing are set to be added to the core Los Angeles 2028 Olympic programme - but boxing, weightlifting and modern pentathlon have been left off the list of guaranteed sports for the Games.

International Sports Broadcasting (ISB) has been announced as the new television and digital content partner of the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM).

Departing African Confederation of Modern Pentathlon (ACMP) President Nundkishor Fakun has challenged the process of the continental body's elections this year, alleging interference from the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM).

Secretary general of Panam Sports, Ivar Sisniega, has questioned whether some of modern pentathlon's athletes know what is best for the sport amid criticism received for dropping riding from the programme.

The National Federations (NFs) of Denmark, Sweden and Finland have written a joint letter to the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) President Klaus Schormann lambasting the way the organisation's Congress was conducted, calling it "farcical".

The International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) has approved a motion to remove riding from modern pentathlon today at the UIPM Congress, despite an ongoing Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) case against the Board's use of force majeure to make the decision.