Switzerland’s Mujinga Kambundji won a shock gold from lane eight in the women’s 60 metres final, clocking 6.96sec to move to equal third on the all-time list, as a dramatic opening day of the World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade 22 came to a close in the Stark Arena.

national indoor record of 8.38m.Belgium’s Noor Vidts, fourth in the Tokyo 2020 heptathlon, won the pentathlon

There were three new sports in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic programme:  skateboarding, surfing and sport climbing. Last month, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) confirmed that these would also be included at the Los Angeles 2028 Games.

Take weightlifting, boxing and modern pentathlon.

Officials from Modern Pentathlon Indonesia (MPI) have met with the Olympic Committee of Indonesia (KOI

The World Dance Sport Federation (WDSF) has formed a committee as it pushes towards breaking's inclusion at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.

mid-2023.Other sports yet to be included on the programme include staples of the Games boxing, modern pentathlon

Numerous International Federations (IFs) have confirmed bans on athletes from Russia and Belarus following International Olympic Committee (IOC) recommendations to prohibit participation in the wake of the war in Ukraine.

Equestrian Federation (FEI), International Canoe Federation (ICF), World Sailing, the International Modern Pentathlon

The International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) has suspended the membership of the Russian MMA Union (RMMAU), and the Federation of Hand-to-Hand Fighting and MMA of Belarus following the countries invasion of Ukraine.

World Baseball Softball Confederation, Badminton World Federation, International Ski Federation, World Pentathlon

The International Skating Union (ISU) has joined a growing list of International Federations (IFs) to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes outright from its competitions following the invasion of Ukraine.

Softball Confederation (WBSC), Badminton World Federation (BWF), International Ski Federation (FIS), World Pentathlon

and the Fuyang Yinhu Sports Center Stadium will stage modern pentathlon.Archery, shooting and modern pentathlon

Olympic boxing gold medallist Katie Taylor has expressed grave concern for the future of amateur boxing should it lose its place at the Olympic Games.

included at Tokyo 2020 and has therefore appeared at each of the last 19 Summer Games.Boxing, modern pentathlon

The International Modern Pentathlon Union's (UIPM) deadline for suggestions for a new discipline to replace

#KlausOut2022 #SavePentathlon pic.twitter.com/ZUF5yYH5FJ— Pentathlon United (@PentUnited) February

laser-run with obstacles demonstration event was held at a UIPM World Cup in 2017.However, pressure group Pentathlon

Pentathlon United has led opposition to the plans to introduce a new discipline, also questioning the

Raisner was sent home in disgrace for punching a horse in the women's competition at Tokyo 2020.Modern pentathlon

The International Korfball Federation (IKF) has revived its Olympic Format Taskforce, which aims to determine which of the sport's formats is likely to hold the greatest appeal with the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

skateboarding, surfing and sport climbing added to the core programme and boxing, weightlifting and modern pentathlon

Pentathlon United has ramped up its criticism of a perceived lack of transparency in the International

Modern Pentathlon Union's (UIPM) process to replace riding with an alternative fifth discipline, insisting

that the new discipline could be trialled at the season-opening World Cup in Cairo next month, but Pentathlon

And the insurance covers athletes to compete at Modern Pentathlon, not some unknown 6th sport.Athletes

cannot be expected to take part. pic.twitter.com/MGFyDO79Ig— Pentathlon United (@PentUnited) February

And the insurance covers athletes to compete at modern pentathlon, not some unknown sixth sport."

Pentathlon United was established following the controversial decision to axe the equestrian element

Polish Olympic Committee (POC) leaders have met with European Olympic Committees (EOC) President Spyros Capralos at Beijing 2022 for further discussions about next year's European Games.

basketball, beach handball, beach soccer, boxing, breaking, canoe, cycling, fencing, judo, karate, modern pentathlon

Despite some positive counterpunching from the sport’s new Russian supremo, Umar Kremlev, Olympic boxing remains on the ropes fighting for its future. 

three years hence, we learn that it is not on the list of 28, together with weightlifting and modern pentathlon

already truncated modern pentathlon.Weightlifting has long been saddled with a drugs problem and modern pentathlon

and, yes, the Brits.Boxing is one of the original sports created for the Ancient Olympics along with pentathlon

The International Boxing Association (IBA) has revealed its plans for the election of officials to a reformed and reduced Board of Directors later this year, with an Electoral Congress set to be held at the Women's World Championships in Istanbul on May 13 and 14.

deadline of 2023 to save its Olympic status from Los Angeles 2028.Along with weightlifting and modern pentathlon