Sebastian Garvens, International World Games Association (IWGA) head of Games services, remains hopeful qualification events for Birmingham 2022 can be held amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Further disruptions to the World Games 2022, which were moved from 2021 to accommodate the rescheduling of the Tokyo 2020 Games to this summer, have not been ruled out by the chief executive of the International World Games Association Joachim Gossow.
Almost 1,500 young people have already expressed interest in volunteering at the Birmingham 2022 World Games, according to chief executive Nick Sellers.
Scottish pool player Jayson Shaw has been named the International World Games Association's (IWGA) Athlete of the Month for December.
International World Games Association (IWGA) President José Perurena has claimed the organisation has shown itself to be "crisis-proof" in 2020 and described this year as the most challenging in the body's history.
Three new members have joined the Birmingham 2022 World Games Board of Directors - Pamela Cook, Mark Ingram and Tad Snider.
Egyptian squash player Ali Farag has been voted as the World Games Athlete of the Month for November, it was announced today.
Nick Sellers, the chief executive of the 2022 World Games in Birmingham in the United States, has claimed that the event can become a "global moment of reconnection" following the coronavirus pandemic.
The World Games digital archive is be hosted by the Olympic Channel, it has been announced.
More athletes will be able to compete at the World Games and participating International Federations (IF) could receive a cash boost and a "new future strategy" was approved at the International World Games Association (IWGA) Annual General Meeting (AGM).
International World Games Association (IWGA) chief executive Joachim Gossow has admitted the decision to hold the organisation's annual general meeting virtually has created "new challenges".
Wheelchair rugby is set to make its World Games debut after the five invitational sports for the 2022 event in Birmingham were confirmed.
The International World Games Association (IWGA) has confirmed the organisation’s Annual General Assembly will be held remotely on November 6.
International World Games Association (IWGA) treasurer Lukas Hinder has insisted the additional costs stemming from the postponement of the World Games in Birmingham are manageable for the organisation.
International World Games Association (IWGA) President José Perurena has praised the "quick and efficient" decision-making that led to the postponement of the now 2022 Birmingham World Games.
Denver were awarded the 1976 Winter Olympic Games ahead of Sion in Switzerland, Tempere in Finland and Vancouver in Canada at the International Olympic Committee Session in 1970. But in a Colorado referendum in November 1972, voters rejected funding for the event. It is the only time a city has been awarded the Olympics but pulled out. The IOC then offered the Games to Whistler in Canada, but they too declined owing to a change of Government following elections. Salt Lake City offered to host the Games, but the IOC, still reeling from the Denver rejection, declined and selected Innsbruck, the 1964 host city, as a replacement.
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