Palestine Olympic Committee (POC) President General Jibril Rajoub has praised the contribution of the organisation's female staff.
Salima Souakri of Algeria said she was "very proud" to receive the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Women and Sports Award for Africa.
Paralympics Australia was honoured by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) for its leadership in the pursuit of gender equality.
The plethora of comment, support, celebration and information marking yesterday’s International Women’s Day included, as one would expect, a huge amount of material in the sporting realm.
Football Federation Australia (FFA) is celebrating women's football across the country with a week of events and activities that start today, which is International Women's Day.
Australian Paralympian Madison de Rozario has inspired a Barbie doll made to mark International Women's Day.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) have recognised Jordan’s Maha Bargouthi, Poland’s Paulina Malinowska-Kowalczyk and Paralympics Australia as part of International Women’s Day celebrations.
Former Grand Slam champions Billie Jean King and Lindsay Davenport are among the female role models lending their support to the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Advantage All gender equality initiative, appearing in a new campaign video released on International Women's Day.
This time last year I was covering the Krasnoyarsk 2019 Winter World University Games, which meant I spent International Women’s Day (IWD) in Russia.
Members of England's women's rugby team met with British Airways staff to celebrate International Women's Day.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced the winners of its six Women and Sport Awards, with one a world award and the others each representing one of the five Olympic regions.
Liverpool Football Club (LFC) have invited a number of inspirational women to Anfield tomorrow to celebrate International Women's Day.
World champion sprinter Dina Asher-Smith has been made into a Barbie doll to mark International Women’s Day.
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
The Media and Communications Executive will work closely with CGE’s Media and Communications Manager to support the delivery of the organisation’s communications strategy. They will assist on the delivery of CGE’s external communication through media outlets and digital platforms with an aim to share our values, athlete stories and celebrate success to inspire the nation.
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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