SportAccord President Marius Vizer has apologised for the manner of his outburst against the International Olympic Committee (IOC) here this week, but defended his content before arguing how "everyone in the world of sport must be free to have an opinion".

SportAccord President Marius Vizer tonight accused the International Olympic Committee (IOC) of putting pressure on Federations to withdraw from his organisation following his explosive speech here yesterday.

International organisation Peace and Sport has launched a new virtual forum here, aimed at fostering the development of the peace through the sport movement and offering its stakeholders a neutral, relevant and daily digest of the latest news.

Marius Vizer officially declared the 2015 SportAccord Convention World Sport & Business Summit open at a spectacular Ceremony here tonight. 

After several attempts at arriving in Sochi yesterday were halted by uncompromising weather, our plane was forced to land 200 kilometres to the east in the wonderfully named Mineralnye Vode airfield, before resuming its journey four hours later once the conditions had calmed.

The next three editions of the SportAccord Convention are to take place, like the 2015 event, in Russia, Marius Vizer, SportAccord President, announced here today.

Sochi will play host to the first edition of the World Beach Games in 2019, it was announced here today at the General Assembly of the SportAccord Convention, but the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) has implied it will organise its own event separately.

The Sport Accord Convention in Sochi is now less than two days away as organisers get ready to host its unique Village for the very first time, as well as a Sports Demo Zone. 

SportAccord Convention has welcomed back the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) as a Silver Partner for this year’s World Sport & Business Summit in Sochi.

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has been officially announced as the latest Bronze Partner of this year’s SportAccord Convention in Sochi.