By Tom Degun at the Lenexpo Exhibition Complex in St PetersburgMay 29 - Aquatics and gymnastics are set for a big financial boost at Rio 2016 after the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) ruling Executive BOard today announced a new controversial system which will determine how much money each sport receives from the Games.

canoeing, equestrian, fencing, handball, taekwondo, triathlon, sailing and wrestling.Group E has modern pentathlon

By Tom Degun at the Lenexpo Exhibition Complex in St PetersburgMay 28 - Ukraine's Sergey Bubka, Ireland's Pat McQuaid and Taiwan's C K Wu have secured their spots on the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) Council in a four-horse race that saw Germany's Dr. h.c. Klaus Schormann miss out at the organisation's General Assembly here.

votes.However, International Cycling Union (UCI) President McQuaid and International Union of Modern Pentathlon

By Emily GoddardMay 26 - Klaus Schormann, President of the International Union of Modern Pentathlon (

By Tom DegunMay 23 - Ukraine's Sergey Bubka, Ireland's Pat McQuaid, Germany's Dr. h.c. Klaus Schormann and C K Wu of Taiwan will stand against each other for just three places on the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) Council at the organisation's General Assembly in St Petersburg next Tuesday (May 28).

four-year terms.International Boxing Association (AIBA) President Wu and International Union of Modern Pentathlon

doping scandal that has plagued his sport.Schormann, though, will be confident having helped modern pentathlon

By Tom DegunMay 22 - The line-up has been unveiled the 2013 Modern Pentathlon World Cup Final in Nizhny

and France’s Jean Maxence Berrou (R) are all major contenders of the men’s title at the 2013 Modern Pentathlon

June 1 and the mixed relay brings the show to a close on June 2.The full line-up for the 2013 Modern Pentathlon

By Emily GoddardMay 17 - Klaus Schormann, President of the International Union of Modern Pentathlon (

I have been President of modern pentathlon for 20 years already so I know the movement under the leadership

By Tom DegunMay 13 - Hungarian pair Leila Gyenesei and Adam Marosi collected their second World Cup Series Mixed Relay gold this season with victory on home soil in Budapest.

By Tom DegunMay 12 - Britain's Jamie Cooke has won the first UIPM World Cup event of his career by taking a superb gold medal in Budapest in Hungary.

Cooke also received special praise from Pentathlon GB performance director Jan Bartu."

It was an amazing performance by Jamie and a massive milestone for Pentathlon GB."

By Tom DegunMay 11 - Ukraine's Ganna Buriak took her second successive victory in the women's final of the fourth event in the UIPM World Cup at Budapest in Hungary as compatriot Victoria Tereshuk took silver.

By Duncan MackayApril 20 - A major earthquake failed to stop the men's event in the third round of the UIPM World Cup taking place in Chengdu.

Cup event went ahead as scheduledBut the UIPM event went ahead at the Pierre de Coubertin Modern Pentathlon

having to settle for seventh.The earthquake did not affect the UIPM World Cup in ChengduFor Jan Bartu, Pentathlon

By Duncan MackayApril 19 - Ukraine's Ganna Buryak won the women's final of the third event in the UIPM World Cup at Chengdu in China.

The event, held at the Pierre de Coubertin Modern Pentathlon Stadium, saw Buryak clinch her first

"The purpose built facilities for modern pentathlon at the Pierre de Coubertin have made this competition

By Duncan MackayApril 16 - The Pierre de Coubertin Modern Pentathlon Stadium in Chengdu will host

 "The rule changes will help modern pentathlon," said Shiny Fang, general secretary of the

By Alan HubbardApril 6 - Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson is set to be installed as chair of one of Britain's top two major multi-sports organisations next week but it is likely to be to be Sport England, and not UK Sport as widely expected.

Britain's former yachting supremo Rod Carr, financier and Gulf War veteran Mark Hanson, a Cambridge modern pentathlon

By Tom DegunApril 5 - Rio 2016 have hosted six International Federations as delegations from each met with the Organising Committee to visit their competition venues and exchange ideas on the project.

International Cycling Union (UCI), the International Sailing Federation (ISAF), the International Modern Pentathlon

By Duncan MackayApril 4 - Women are to play a greater role in decision making at the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) after the number of female representatives on the ruling Executive Board was doubled to improve the gender balance. 

Mission at London 2012, where she earned many plaudits for her approach, and has been President of Modern Pentathlon