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International Fencing Federation latest governing body to postpone election

  • Fencing

Alisher Usmanov will remain as the President of the International Fencing Federation (FIE) until at least November 2021 after an Elective Congress due to be held in Moscow next month was cancelled because of COVID-19, it has been reported.

include the International Hockey Federation, led by India’s Narinder Batra, and the International Modern Pentathlon


Global Esports Federation announce partnership with Nielsen Sports

  • Non-Olympic Sports

The Global Esports Federation (GEF) has announced a strategic collaboration with data analytics company Nielsen Sports. 

partnerships with International Federations, including the World Karate Federation, International Modern Pentathlon


UIPM extend partnership with Absolute Fencing Gear

  • Modern Pentathlon

The International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) has extended its partnership with equipment company

introduced to the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912, but the evolution of this discipline as part of modern pentathlon


UIPM cancels Modern Pentathlon World Championships in Cancún

  • Modern Pentathlon

The 2020 Modern Pentathlon World Championships in Cancún have been cancelled due to the continued uncertainties

Members of the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) Executive Board voted to scrap the event

We will forever be grateful to our dedicated modern pentathlon community and their partners in Mexico

for stepping in as hosts for the UIPM 2020 Pentathlon World Championships.UIPM competition is now not


World Karate Federation one of three IFs to join Global Esports Federation

  • Karate

World Karate Federation (WKF) President Antonio Espinós has expressed his desire for the sport to undergo a "digital transformation" in a bid to reach a "larger audience" after joining the Global Esports Federation (GEF).

three International Federations (IFs) to become a GEF members, along with the International Modern Pentathlon

Klaus Schormann insisted the federation was "committed to innovation" and determined to make modern pentathlon

UIPM sports community and the wider world," Schormann said.UIPM President Klaus Schorman wants modern pentathlon





Ski jumping and mountain running included on preliminary programme for 2023 European Games

  • Kraków 2023

Ski jumping, mountain running and rugby sevens have been included on a preliminary list of 23 sports for the Krakow-Małopolska 2023 European Games, with final negotiations set to take place with International Federations.

Poland.The preliminary sport programme could see European Games debuts for beach handball, breaking, modern pentathlon


UIPM holds first virtual event to mark Pierre de Coubertin Pentathlon Day

  • Modern Pentathlon

The International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM)'s first virtual event concluded today on Pierre de Coubertin

Pentathlon Day.

genders in four different age categories - 40+, under-15, under-22 and under-40.Pierre de Coubertin Pentathlon

Olympic Committee and the modern Olympic Games.The UIPM credit de Coubertin with conceiving modern pentathlon

in its present form, despite pentathlon forming part of the ancient Olympic Games.Athletes qualified

@WorldPentathlon pic.twitter.com/8ZMI7mhMip— Pentathlon GB (@PentathlonGB) September 9, 2020In the men's


Two more Tokyo 2020 venues made available to public after postponement of Games

  • Tokyo 2020

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has announced that two of its venues for the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics will open for public use after the Games were moved to 2021.

not disrupted.Musashino Forest Sport Plaza is scheduled to host badminton, fencing as part of modern pentathlon


Modern Pentathlon New Zealand praised for Para-sport development

  • Modern Pentathlon

Modern Pentathlon New Zealand (MPNZ) has been praised for its dedication to the International Modern

Pentathlon Union's Para-sports movement, after it provided opportunities for visually impaired athletes

MPNZ set a goal of enabling access for all to the sport of modern pentathlon and has created a partnership

Modern pentathlon is global and the next logical step is to include Para-athletes, to unite and inspire

New Zealand currently has one senior female athlete who competes in all five modern pentathlon disciplines

several who compete in events such as laser-run.MPNZ President Kaewruethai Collings has overseen modern pentathlon

Praise for the MPNZ also came from Kitty Chillier, the President of the Oceania Modern Pentathlon Confederation


UK Sport to distribute extra funding to 10 National Governing Bodies

  • News

UK Sport will provide extra funding to 10 British National Governing Bodies (NGBs) to help mitigate the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic on the organisations.

British Fencing, £30,000 ($40,000/€34,000) to British Weightlifting and £22,000 ($29,000/€25,000) to Pentathlon


Panam Sports confirms September dates for Cali 2021 Junior Pan American Games

  • PASO

Panam Sports and the Colombian Government have confirmed the Cali 2021 Junior Pan American Games is still planned to go ahead next year, with the event scheduled for September 9 to 19.

athletics, badminton, 3x3 basketball, bowling, boxing, canoeing, fencing, handball, judo, karate, modern pentathlon