Hosts France added the European Women’s Handball gold medal to their world title tonight as they defeated Olympic champions Russia 24-21 in an enthralling final at the AccorHotels Arena in Paris.
Ryoyu Kobayashi underlined his claim to being the world’s best ski jumper at the moment with a towering victory at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Ski Jumping World Cup in the Swiss resort of Engelberg.
Norway’s 17-year-old Vilda Nilsen earned her third cross-country gold medal in three races at the World Para Nordic Skiing World Cup in Vuokatti in Finland on a day of sprint events.
Austria’s Marcel Hirscher won his sixth straight giant slalom at the International Ski Federation Alpine Ski World Cup Alta Badia in Italy today.
The International University Sports Federation (FISU) has offered to fund the Ukraine team at next year’s Winter Universiade in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, FISU President Oleg Matytsin has told insidethegames.
Germany’s Olympic champion Francesco Friedrich won the second of the four-man bobsleigh races at the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation’s second World Cup of the season in Winterberg.
Russia took gold and silver medals on the fourth and final day of the Wheelchair Fencing World Cup in Kyoto.
Japan’s Tomokazu Harimoto, 15 years and 172 days old, today became the youngest singles winner - male or female - of the International Table Tennis Federation’s World Tour Grand Finals, requiring just five games to beat China’s Lin Gaoyuan in Incheon.
Canada's Lonnie Bissonnette completed a double of race wins on Park City's 2002 Olympic course in Utah as the Para Bobsleigh World Cup season got underway - but he had to hold off a strong challenge from Austria’s Andreas Kapfinger.
Edwina Tops-Alexander became the first winner of the Longines Global Champions Tour Grand Prix at the inaugural Prague Playoffs.
France’s Marie Bochet reigned supreme yet again as the third and final day of racing at the Para Alpine Europa Cup in Salastrains, St Moritz saw slalom take over from giant slalom.
German ski jumpers Karl Geiger and Katharina Althaus won World Cup titles today in the respective resorts of Engelberg and Premanon.
Al Ain delighted their home fans once again today as they earned a place against Argentina's River Plate in Tuesday's (December 18) semi-finals of the FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates.
Norway's Aleksander Aamodt Kilde picked up his third career victory in the downhill at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine World Cup in Val Gardena on a day marred by a serious fall by Switzerland's Marc Gisin.
Germany's Olympic champions Francesco Friedrich and Mariama Jamanka had to settle for silver on their home course of Winterberg today as both were beaten by compatriots at the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation's (IBSF) second World Cup of the season.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) - Deputy Director, Education - Montreal, Canada
Reporting to the Director of Education and Communications, the Deputy Director, Education will be responsible for leading the development and implementation of WADA’s strategic education priorities, programs and activities; including, managing WADA’s Social Science Research Grant Program and coordinating the activities of WADA’s Education Committee.
As the year draws to a close, the International University Sports Federation is preparing for a busy 2019 with two Universiades to organise in Krasnoyarsk and Naples. Mike Rowbottom speaks to FISU President Oleg Matytsin about how preparations are progressing for the two events.
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