Details of a €65,000 (£56,700/$68,850) fund to help athletes and coaches prepare for the Paris 2024 Games have been revealed by the Olympic Federation of Ireland (OFI) Athletes' Commission.

Vice-chair Natalya Coyle, who competed at three Olympic Games in Modern Pentathlon, added: "We are really

Romania's Olympic swimming champion Camelia Potec believes changing the name of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) to World Aquatics will help the organisation gain further recognition outside of the sport.

medallist in the women’s 200 metre freestyle at Athens 2004 who is head of the Romanian Aquatics and Modern Pentathlon

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board is set to hold a three-day meeting here tomorrow, discussing a host of key issues including the status of the International Boxing Association (IBA).

leading IBA officials arguing that the sport deserves a place on the programme.Weightlifting and modern pentathlon

boxing have a "pathway" for inclusion".Since the IOC Executive Board last met, the International Modern Pentathlon

The Brighton Homes Arena in Springfield has held its opening match in the form of the Australian Football League Women's (AFLW) Grand Final, billed by Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk as "the first completed Olympic venue since the Brisbane 2032 announcement".

The 8,000-capacity stadium is a potential host of modern pentathlon events at the Brisbane 2032 Olympics

Earmarked as potential host for modern pentathlon, the ground is also the first completed Olympic venue

The powerful gesture by the Iranian players in refusing to sing their national anthem and the furore over the rainbow armbands have made it a week to remember at the FIFA World Cup.

samples had been assaulted.The IOC's decision this year to recognise Jim Thorpe as the sole decathlon and pentathlon

the IOC's decision this year to agree that Jim Thorpe to be recognised as the sole champion of the pentathlon

USA Fencing treasurer Sam Cheris has accused individuals of buying votes to influence the International Fencing Federation's (FIE) decision on whether to reinstate athletes from Russia and Belarus, with a vote on this subject now pushed back to March 2023.

are currently banned from competing in FIE-sanctioned competition ©Getty ImagesFinnish Fencing and Pentathlon

Russian and Belarusian fencers will remain banned from global competitions for a further four months following a decision by the International Fencing Federation (FIE) Congress to delay a vote on their participation.

have been barred from competition since March in response to the war in Ukraine.Finnish Fencing and Pentathlon

A cycling group has claimed that 90 per cent of the venues for the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics are inaccessible by bike.

to the capital".The Parc des Expositions de Villepinte which is due to host boxing, fencing, modern pentathlon

At least four National Federations have filed complaints to the International Modern Pentathlon Union

Modern Pentathlon Australia President Maki Takken has compiled concerns from the organisation and its

vote of a majority of 2/3 of the Members present and entitled to vote at the General Assembly".Modern Pentathlon

Congress may not be recognised by their National Olympic Committee as the governing body for modern pentathlon

Association of Denmark President Benny Elmann-Larsen and Modern Pentathlon Federation of Sweden President

The complaints from Australia, Denmark, Sweden and Finland come against a backdrop where modern pentathlon

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events was among the topics discussed on the first day of Host City 2022 ©Rob LindbladeChanges in modern pentathlon

The replacement of riding with the obstacle discipline by the International Modern Pentathlon Union (

Modern pentathlon was created by the modern Olympic Games founder Baron Pierre de Coubertin, and has

criticism of the sport.The UIPM's decision to drop riding in November last year sparked outrage from the Pentathlon

increased its chances of remaining at the Games.The decision to axe riding has proved contentious in modern pentathlon

The proposal has been made to the IOC for a brand-new version of modern pentathlon, which is designed

and that riding was outdated in modern pentathlon.Equestrian is due to remain a component of modern pentathlon

The International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) has announced the winners of its annual awards during

The awards recognise athletes and event organisers who impressed during 2022.The 2022 Modern Pentathlon

event.The best contribution in sport award jointly went to the Korean, Lithuanian and Polish Modern Pentathlon

Associations, for their support for Ukraine.Other accolades handed out included best modern pentathlon

relay team, which went to Italy, and best overall modern pentathlon team, which went to Egypt.UIPM Awards

 In 2024, a Modern Pentathlon World Cup has been awarded to Rome in Italy, with the World Cup Final

The International Federation of Teqball (FITEQ) is set to be represented at the upcoming Host City Conference and Exhibition 2022 here.

Commonwealth Games Federation Athletes' Advisory Commission chair Brendan Williams and International Modern Pentathlon

The International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) Congress has overwhelmingly voted against removing President

to be part of the Olympic programme for Los Angeles 2028.The decision to remove riding from modern pentathlon

change of leadership during a speech at the UIPM Congress ©UIPMErik Lakomaa, a Board member of Modern Pentathlon

;Stull, who is also President of the North, Central and Caribbean (NORCECA) Confederation of Modern Pentathlon

, has himself come under scrutiny for his links to obstacle.He is managing director of USA Pentathlon

©UIPMAthletes from USA Pentathlon have also demanded for Stull's immediate resignation as their chief

Olympics was opened today following a historic - and controversial - vote at the International Modern Pentathlon

equestrian element is hindering the universality of the sport.The decision to drop riding from modern pentathlon

Is it to defend our position in the Olympic Movement, or to keep riding in modern pentathlon?"

Is success defined as being in the Olympic Movement or having equestrian in modern pentathlon?"

process to find a new fifth discipline, further insisted the move was in the best interests of modern pentathlon

As the first vice-president has pointed out, there is no guarantee that this change will keep modern pentathlon