There is a fair case for arguing that fate has not been kind to Leonz Eder since he became International University Sports Federation (FISU) Acting President in March 2021.

Two regional bids from North Carolina in the United States and the Chungcheong Megacity project in South

Executive Committee and I had really the feeling, and the result of our work proves, that we are really united

including a move to a mixture of online and in-person meetings, contributing to its commitment to the United

States, and for 2029 we still have time."

The United States haven't had our Games since Buffalo 1993, but now they would like to host these Games

The return earlier this week of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a former shoe-shine boy and factory worker, as Brazil's President after 12 years away is the stuff of legend.

Barack Obama had once hailed him as "the most popular president on Earth".The United States President

was unsure about attending the Session but was convinced to go at the last moment after two senior United

States Olympic Committee officials visited him in the Oval Office."

Basketball star and Olympic gold medallist Kyrie Irving has been criticised for sharing an anti-Semitic documentary, which featured Holocaust denial and quotes attributed to Nazi Party dictator Adolf Hitler.

I'm not going to stand down on anything I believe in," said Irving, who won gold with the United States

A new President of the Caribbean Association National Olympic Committees (CANOC) is set to be chosen in Port of Spain this weekend.

  United States Virgin Islands Olympic Committee secretary John Abramson has been a CANOC Executive

A host of Olympic medallists including Serena Williams, Sidney Crosby, Diana Taurasi and Kanoa Igarashi have been announced as investors in technology-focused sports company TMRW Sports.

surfing made its Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020.Serena Williams has won four Olympic gold medals for the United

States and is widely considered one of tennis' greatest players ever.Sir Andy Murray, a Briton and two-time

World number one and top seed Iga Świątek made a winning start to the season-ending Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Finals in Fort Worth.

country's flag banned from WTA events over the war in Ukraine.Meanwhile Coco Gauff of the host nation the United

States, also making her WTA Finals debut, lost her opening match 6-4, 6-3 to France’s world number six

Four athletes deemed the most outstanding at this month's Global Association of Mixed Martial Arts (GAMMA) Asian-Pacific Championships will have the opportunity to take part in a ONE Lumpinee event.

month.The inaugural Under-18 International Championships is due to start tomorrow in Nashville in the United

States.

The United States have won the women's team gold medal for a record sixth consecutive time at the World

Russian oligarch and former professional cycling team owner Oleg Tinkov has publicly renounced his Russian citizenship, again criticising his home nation's involvement in the invasion of Ukraine.

of Ukraine an "insane war".Tinkov was also one of the Russian oligarchs targeted by sanctions in the United

Kingdom in response to the war.He was arrested in 2020 in London on tax evasion charges in the United

States, but was later released on bail and treated for leukaemia.In 2020, he resigned as chief executive

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has called on the support of fellow Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) members to fight back against the banning of the nation's athletes across sport - a sanction implemented following the invasion of Ukraine in February.

The SCO member states are unanimous that sports competitions should remain an effective and accessible

, Qatar and Saudi Arabia are all dialogue partners too; with Bahrain, Kuwait, Maldives, Myanmar and United

The International Boxing Association (IBA) Strategy Committee has met online for the first time, with the governing body's digital transformation among the topics discussed.

four years.It is chaired by IBA President Umar Kremlev, with its other members Barry Siff from the United

States, Slovenian Ana Stražar, Ukraine's Volodymyr Kupchak, Switzerland's Patrick Bosshard and Carole

The second and third seeds Ons Jabeur and Jessica Pegula were beaten on their debuts at the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Finals on the opening night of the season-ending tournament in Fort Worth.

in the Nancy Richey Group on the opening day of the tournament, Greece's Maria Sakkari overcame the United

States' Pegula.Greece's Maria Sakkari overcame the United States' Jessica Pegula on the first day of

United States Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has been urged to impose sanctions on International

The official Welsh anthem for the FIFA World Cup has been revealed as Yma o Hyd, a famous song by a revered Welsh folk singer, and is to be re-released mixed with the singing of Welsh fans and the men's team.

(@Cymru) October 31, 2022Perhaps the most international World Cup song was the 2002 offering Love United

Yma o Hyd have already attracted thousands of social media views across the world.Wales play the United

States in their opening match on November 21, before facing Iran and England in their other group matches.The

Years ago I was asked by the makers of a television programme celebrating great sporting moments to pass comment on a few I had personally witnessed.

him of how that family moment in Olympic history had just been honoured by the then President of the United

States, Barack Obama.Jim Redmond, who died earlier this month aged 81, helps his son Derek finish his

It’s quite impressive to get a mention from the President of the United States.

inspiring they found it to watch my Dad and I in Barcelona, and more than half of them come from the States

In fact one church in the States has turned the scene with my dad and me into part of a religious musical