Francesco Ricci Bitti, President of the Association of Summer Olympic Federations (ASOIF), has urged SportAccord counterpart Marius Vizer to refrain from speaking publicly on behalf of the International Federations, claiming they “do not feel represented” by the union he heads

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The International Fencing Federation (FIE) and the International Cycling Union (UCI) have suspended their memberships with SportAccord, increasing the total number of sports to 20. 

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SportAccord President Marius Vizer has compiled a detailed reform agenda ahead of a proposed meeting with his International Olympic Committee (IOC) counterpart Thomas Bach next month, with the introduction of prize money for Olympic athletes among the most startling items for discussion.

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Equestrian, curling, table tennis and rugby have become the latest Federations to suspend their membership with SportAccord, it has been announced today.

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Modern pentathlon, rowing and volleyball today became the latest world governing bodies to resign or suspend their membership from SportAccord in protest at its President Marius Vizer's controversial comments about the International Olympic Committee.

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Thirteen national sporting federations are supporting a move to see Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President N Ramachandran replaced, by calling for an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) to press for a no-confidence vote.

pressure to call an EGM to discuss his position, with the Gymnastic Federation of India and Indian Weightlifting

SportAccord President Marius Vizer has today called for a meeting to be held with both the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF), claiming there is a need for "open and honest discussions for the benefit of sport".

joins athletics, shooting, archery, canoeing, boxing, taekwondo, wrestling, bobsleigh, triathlon and weightlifting

dates suggested.Related storiesMay 2015: Exclusive: SportAccord exodus reaches double figures as weightlifting

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has confirmed that the forthcoming Asian Championships

“After the two huge earthquakes of 25 and 29 April, the Nepal Weightlifting Federation board officially

nation as well as the Federation being in grief after these tragic events, the IWF assures the Nepal Weightlifting

staged the 2011 World Junior Championships and was last year chosen as host of the 2017 International Weightlifting

more time to recover from the devastation caused by the earthquakes.Related storiesMay 2015:  Asian Weightlifting

Weightlifting has become the tenth sport to suspend its membership of SportAccord, insidethegames has

opening speech of the President of SportAccord at its General Assembly in Sochi", an International Weightlifting

Weightlifting now may not be a part of the World Combat Games following their withdrawal from SportAccord

The Asian Weightlifting Championships look almost certain to be moved from stricken Kathmandu, with

be given the right to stage next year’s event instead.Sanjay Maharjan, joint secretary of the Nepal Weightlifting

Association, told insidethegames that the Asian Weightlifting Federation would make a decision on the

staged the 2011 World Junior Championships and was last year chosen as host of the 2017 International Weightlifting

Cyrille Mainguy has been re-elected secretary general of the Vanuatu Association of Sports And National Olympic Committee (VASANOC) during the body's Annual General Meeting in Port Vila, while it was also confirmed the Pacific nation will host next year's Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) General Assembly.

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"Unanimous" support for the World Combat Games was pledged by 15 of the 16 participating sports last month, SportAccord have declared today following the subsequent withdrawal of up to three of these members.

were three of six Olympic sports scheduled to be on the programme, along with fencing, judo and weightlifting

currently attempting to get a response from the International Fencing Federation, while the International Weightlifting

Chelyabinsk, the latest stop on the Olympic Movement's recent Russian tour, is a city in the Southern Urals most interesting for two rather unusual historical happenings. The first, over half a century ago in 1957, was a nuclear spillage at nearby Ozyorsk rated as history’s worst until Chernobyl in 1986 and Fukushima in 2011. This was followed in February 2013 by the falling of a meteor close to the city, the light of which was reportedly brighter than the sun.

support improves, and if anyone else is brave enough to launch similar criticism.Fencing and possibly weightlifting

Taekwondo and wrestling have become the latest sports to suspend their membership from SportAccord, while taekwondo has also withdrawn from the World Combat Games.

feature at the 2017 Games in Lima, with question marks now hanging over whether two others - fencing and weightlifting

Boxing has become the fifth summer sport to suspend its membership from SportAccord, while the sport will also no longer feature at the World Combat Games, it has been announced today following an Executive Committee meeting of the International Boxing Association (AIBA).

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, wrestling and wushu.Fencing, taekwondo, weightlifting and wrestling, as well as boxing, were

Games.They hope this response will be "defined in the next two weeks or sooner".The International Weightlifting