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Hamburg renews interest in hosting multi-sport European Championships

  • European Championships

Hamburg has repeated its interest in hosting a future multi-sport European Championships, which will take place for the second time in Munich this August.

The quadrennial event suffered an untimely blow last week when European Athletics announced it would

in hosting a future version after the success of the opening European Championships.Four years ago, athletics

 Four years on Munich will stage nine sports - athletics, beach volleyball, canoe sprint, cycling

, artistic gymnastics, rowing, sport climbing, table tennis and triathlon.However, the removal of athletics


IOC insists no "one short rule" in defence of transgender stance

  • Olympics

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has defended its stance on giving International Federations the responsibility of forming transgender policies, insisting it "cannot come forward with one short rule that fits everybody".

ban transgender players from women's international matches pending further research.FIFA and World Athletics


Oran set to become second Algerian host of Mediterranean Games

  • Mediterranean Games

Oran is ready to take centre stage as its hosting of the Mediterranean Games are on the horizon, making it the second Algerian city to do so after capital Algiers in 1975.

40,000-seater stadium in the Bir El Djir district was completed in 2019 and is set to host football and athletics


Sha'Carri Richardson's shock 100m exit at US trials a blow to Oregon22 drawing power

  • Athletics

Richardson, expected to carry the main home challenge in the women’s 100 metres at next month’s World Athletics

not speak to the media, racing through the mixed zone afterwards.She can still qualify for the World Athletics

Hobbs topped the women's 100 metres heats on the opening day of the United States Trials for the World Athletics

Mitchell, fails to come through over the longer sprint distance it will certainly diminish the World Athletics



Olympic champion Rypakova leads Olympic Day celebrations in Kazakhstan

  • OCA

Olympic women's triple jump gold medallist Olga Rypakova was one of the most notable athletes participating in Kazakhstan's Olympic Day celebrations yesterday, leading sessions with children in the eastern part of the country.

silver at Beijing 2008 and bronze at Rio 2016 - returned to her hometown Oskemen at the Olga Rypakova Athletics


Rwanda

  • Birmingham 2022 Chef de Mission interviews

Sport can be used as a way to mend broken bridges and in Rwanda they certainly hope that is true.

 Mugisha will lead a team of 17 athletes to Birmingham 2022, in athletics, beach volleyball, cycling

African nation".It wants to be among the "top three African countries in basketball, volleyball, cycling, athletics


Wisil and Topal strike gold again for Papua New Guinea at Pacific Mini Games

  • Pacific Games News

Toea Wisil captured her second gold of this year’s Pacific Mini Games as she steered Papua New Guinea to women’s 4x100 metres relay success in Saipan.

Northern Mariana Islands clocked 53.98 for bronze.It was another strong day for Papua New Guinea in athletics

silver with 13.64m and Dennis Borja of the Northern Mariana Islands secured bronze with 12.08mPara athletics



Seiko to install new equipment at Oregon22 World Athletics Championships

  • Athletics

Seiko Holdings Corporation has been named the official timer for the Oregon22 World Athletics Championships

This agreement means that Seiko will continue their partnership with World Athletics for 18 consecutive

image of their own jump on a monitor.Seiko is to release a limited-edition watch for the 2022 World Athletics

Oregon.A special limited-edition watch is to be released by Seiko too to commemorate the 2022 World Athletics


Dighe leaves World Sailing to become World Para Sports deputy director

  • Paralympics

Massimo Dighe has been appointed deputy director of World Para Sports by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), joining the organisation from World Sailing.

poised to assume governance of three Para snow sports ©Getty ImagesThe IPC wants Para Alpine skiing, athletics


Kiribati

  • Birmingham 2022 Chef de Mission interviews

In 2014, David Katoatau won a stunning Commonwealth Games gold medal in weightlifting for Kiribati and, if dancing had been on the sports programme, he probably would have won that as well.

Kiribati's team in Birmingham will compete in boxing, athletics and weightlifting - although David has


Philip Barker: Don't Look Back in Anger at Manchester 2002

  • Inside the Blogs

In a month from now, the Queen's Baton is set to arrive as Birmingham puts finishing touches to preparations for the biggest sporting event ever held in the city.

temporary stand at one end for the Games, held 38,000 and was used for Opening and Closing Ceremonies, athletics

reconfigured for use by Manchester City ©Getty ImagesIn the year after the Games, it was planned that the athletics

had suffered another blow to sporting prestige when the Government pulled the plug on the 2005 World Athletics