The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) is seeking bids from potential hosts of its 2017 Freestyle and Overall Flying Disc Championships (WFOC).

The event will feature competitions in freestyle, double disc court, discathon, accuracy, disc golf,

Golf’s Asian Tour has announced a major shake up of its Board of Directors following the resignation of its chief executive Mike Kerr, amid uncertainty surrounding a proposed merger with the European Tour.

the desire and vision to grow the Asian Tour, which is the official sanctioning body for professional golf

Spaniard Sergio Garcia has become the latest player to throw his support behind golf’s inclusion at Rio 2016, claiming the opportunity of being an Olympian “means so much”.

Garcia is currently well-placed to qualify as he currently sits in 10th place on the International Golf

the world and who claimed victories at the Masters and US Open events in 2015, predicted the Olympic golf

tournament would be like a "fifth major".Golf being a part of the Olympics has sparked widespread debate

Seven candidates have been appointed to the World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) Board of Directors following elections. 

number of women on the Board to three out of 14.”The seven successful candidates will join Rauch, Disc Golf

A trailer for the video game Mario and Sonic At The Rio 2016 Olympic Games has been launched by Nintendo.

during the 1990s ©NintendoThe trailer shows several depictions of Rio de Janeiro's beaches, while golf

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has accepted the International Golf Federation (IGF) as

As a result of the agreement, the IPC has pledged to extend its support for Para-golf and to help develop

to apply for Rio inclusion but canoeing and triathlon were eventually selected.The European Disabled Golf

forward to helping EDGA achieve their objectives of encouraging more people with disability to play golf

and ultimately to help golf become a Paralympic sport," said Westwood.Lee Westwood has backed golf's

Paralympics inclusion ©Getty ImagesThe IGF is based in Lausanne in Switzerland and is the governing body for golf

More than two million people packed onto Rio de Janeiro's famous Copacabana beach to ring in a New Year that will see the city host the 2016 Olympics and Paralympics with the world's most spectacular firework display. 

concentration of Games venues, plus the Riocentro exhibition centre that has four pavilions, the new Olympic Golf

The Rio de Janeiro City Government have claimed that the Barra Olympic Park is 95 per cent complete as 2015 draws to a close.

ready, with the Olympic Games due to start on August 5.Located at the Reserva de Marapendi, the Games’ golf

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has a new champion Tweeter.

Golf                                            4,467@OlympicGolf33.

In the case of golf, I selected the account devoted to golf at the Olympics, in particular Rio 2016

where the sport will make its Olympic return, rather than the official International Golf Federation

and wrestling were higher than I would have predicted; by contrast, aquatics, tennis, fencing and golf

Dates and venues have been announced by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) for the regional qualifying events for the 2016 BNP Paribas World Team Cup.

1, before Americas qualification will be decided between March 5 and 8, at the Cuenca Tennis and Golf

Italy will host golf's prestigious Ryder Cup for the first time in 2022, it has been announced today.

tournament, which pits Europe against the United States every two years, will be held at The Marco Simone Golf

team event", Europe has only hosted the Ryder Cup outside of the British Isles once, at the Club de Golf

Valderrama in Spain in 1997.However, France will stage the tournament at Le Golf National in 2018, a

the Eternal City of Rome will provide a wonderful backdrop for one of the great occasions in world golf

all levels of golf in Italy, and we look forward very much to working with the Italian 2022 Ryder Cup

"Good governance and autonomy are strongly linked; they are two sides of the same coin.” This maxim, taken from the background document to the Olympic Agenda 2020 proposals approved almost exactly a year ago by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), meeting in Monaco, encapsulates why 2015 has been such a disastrous year for advocates of maximum autonomy for sports organisations.

publishes accounts only to its members ©Getty ImagesGolf: “I am able to confirm that the [International Golf

By this time next week astronaut Tim Peake should be orbiting the earth on the International Space Station which is due to be launched from Kazakhstan. And on April 24 next year, the date of the Virgin Money London Marathon, this 43-year-old Briton plans - through a combination of a treadmill, a harness and a digital running app – to become the first man to run a marathon in space.

To think that we were once impressed by Alan Shepard playing golf shots on the moon.Incidentally, that

When Daniel Jacobs, a 28-year-old practicing Presbyterian, retained his WBA world middleweight title with a first round stoppage over Peter Quillin in Brooklyn last Saturday, his first words were: ”First of all I’d like to give thanks to the Man above.”

Cink.Each week, the group will study one particular verse, with some players getting it printed onto a golf

The chief executive of golf’s Asian Tour has resigned from his post amid uncertainty surrounding a proposed merger with the European Tour.

Mike Kerr's achievements ©Getty ImagesKerr appeared positive when speaking to AFP at the 2015 HSBC Golf