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Michael Pavitt: Reverting to a single host appears the best option for Euro 2020

  • Inside the Blogs

UEFA are among the major event organisers faced with a difficult decision in the coming months, with European football’s governing body having to decide how it can stage the European Championships during a pandemic.

tournament across 12 cities in 12 different countries seems extremely challenging given the current climate



Olympic shooting champion Bindra to speak at Global Sports Week Paris

  • Olympics

Olympic gold-medallist Abhinav Bindra has been confirmed as one of the high-profile guests that are due to speak at next month’s Global Sports Week (GSW) Paris.

for the Europe, Middle East and Africa regions at Adidas and Lindita Xhaferi-Salihu, the sports for climate

action lead at United Nations Climate Change, as guest speakers at the event.The 2021 edition of GSW

strengthening gender equality in sport, while Xhaferi-Salihu is expected to share her work on engagement in climate


Construction of Paris 2024 Media Village could be delayed by legal challenge

  • Paris 2024

The construction of the Media Village for the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics could be delayed by a legal challenge by groups opposed to the sale of part of the land required.

opposed to a provisional "media cluster" being built as it was at the time of COP21 {2015 United Nations Climate


Michael Pavitt: Seven areas of interest for 2021

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It was pointed out by our editor Duncan Mackay that yesterday marked the anniversary that I joined insidethegames back in 2015, alongside my colleague Liam Morgan.

due in the early part of this year.Should Tokyo 2020 go ahead the IOC would surely hope the political climate




Ed Warner: Athletics has had a bad 2020 but the Olympics represent a shot at rejuvenation

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Athletics has had a lousy 2020. Not that any sport has had a great 12 months, but the absence of a major championships after the postponement of Tokyo 2020, coupled with a severe lack of cash in the World Athletics coffers, has left the sport trailing those that have been able to keep their shows on the road in bubbles for sofa-bound audiences. Shoe wars and drug scandals have hardly helped either. Thankfully, redemption may be but eight months away, if only athletics’ leaders can seize their quadrennial moment when the world drops everything to watch its greatest runners, jumpers...

And given the increasingly harsh financial climate, such profile-building opportunities could be invaluable


International Surfing Association joins UN Sports for Climate Action Framework

  • Surfing

The International Surfing Association (ISA) has joined the United Nations (UN) Sports for Climate Action

The programme, co-created by UN Climate Change and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in December

lessening their impact on the environment.By signing up, the ISA must now follow the UN Sports for Climate

Action Framework's five pillars, including educating for climate action.Making systematic efforts to

, responsible consumption and advocating for climate action through communication are the other pillars

Tackling climate change is the biggest challenge of our times and we must all join in a collective effort


ANOC signs up to UN Sports for Climate Action Framework

  • ANOC News

Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) has signed up to the United Nations (UN) Sports for Climate

There are five pillars to the UN Sports for Climate Action Framework, including educating for climate

systematic efforts to promote greater environmental responsibility, reducing negative impact on the climate

, promoting sustainable, responsible consumption and advocating for climate action through communication

framework.The Australian Olympic Committee was among the NOCs to have already joined the UN Sports for Climate

The NOCs of Cape Verde, Australia, Brazil are among those to have already joined the UN Sports for Climate


Michael Pavitt: Who decides what demonstrations are allowed if Rule 50 is removed?

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The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) declaration this week that it will not sanction athletes for demonstrating at the Olympics and Paralympics has reopened discussion regarding Rule 50, which had been largely dormant in recent months.

athletes in future.The wider context of the Black Lives Matter movement and the heightened political climate