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IBA launches Pro Series and Kremlev meets Cuban President

  • Boxing

The International Boxing Association (IBA) has launched a new Pro Series, and its President Umar Kremlev has met Cuban head of state Miguel Díaz-Canel.

battle to preserve its long-standing Olympic status having been left off the initial programme from Los

Angeles 2028 due to "ongoing concerns around its governance, financial transparency and sustainability


Las Vegas to host 2023 US Open Taekwondo Championships

  • Member National Association and Continental Unions News

Las Vegas has been announced as the host of the 2023 US Open Taekwondo Championships.

ImagesUSA Taekwondo has a goal of its athletes "dominating" in time for their home Olympic Games in Los

Angeles in 2028.There are positive signs for the future after Anastasija Zolotic won Olympic gold aged


American weightlifter Morris sees bigger picture as he sets out on path to Paris 2024

  • Weightlifting

When Hampton Morris begins his quest to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in his "home away from home" in Colombia next week he will look beyond setting yet another world record.

weightlifting stays an Olympic sport," he said.Weightlifting has been dropped from the schedule for Los

Angeles 2028 and there will be no going back on that decision by the International Olympic Committee

Weightlifting has been left off the provisional programme for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics ©Getty ImagesHis


Gangwon 2024 Opening Ceremony to be shared across two arenas

  • Gangwon 2024

The Opening Ceremony of the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympics is to be split across two venues in Gangneung and Pyeongchang.

Pyeongchang 2018.It is due to do the same at Gangwon 2024.A split Opening Ceremony could be a precursor to Los

Angeles 2028, where SoFi Stadium and the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum have been proposed to share the


Brighton Homes Arena becomes "first completed Olympic venue" since Brisbane 2032 announcement

  • Brisbane 2032

The Brighton Homes Arena in Springfield has held its opening match in the form of the Australian Football League Women's (AFLW) Grand Final, billed by Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk as "the first completed Olympic venue since the Brisbane 2032 announcement".

modern pentathlon events at the Brisbane 2032 Olympics, although the sport's place at the Games after Los

Angeles 2028 remains at risk.Melbourne won the AFLW Grand Final against Brisbane, and Palaszczuk heralded


Oceania Boxing Confederation claims sport "deserves" Olympic place at Los Angeles 2028

  • Los Angeles 2028

the Olympics" and governed by the International Boxing Association (IBA), having been left off the Los

Angeles 2028 programme.

reforms and a change in the acronym to IBA, but last year boxing was left off the initial programme for Los

Angeles 2028, with the manner of Kremlev's re-election this year adding to the IOC's concerns.The IOC


National Federations plan to host more flag football than tackle events, IFAF survey reveals

  • American Football

The annual International Federation of American Football (IFAF) Member Federation survey has revealed that flag football is set to take over as "the most widely offered competitive format" of the sport.

Board in a non-voting role.The non-contact format of American football is hoping to be part of the Los

Angeles 2028 Olympic Games and has secured inclusion on a shortlist of nine sports to be added to the


Leading Los Angeles 2028 official appointed chief of staff by city's new Mayor

  • Los Angeles 2028

Chris Thompson, senior vice-president of Government relations for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games

in Los Angeles, has been appointed by the city's Mayor-elect Karen Bass as her chief of staff, it has

Angeles 2028 since October 2020, is due to start his new role on Monday (December 5), a week before

Karen Bass will become Los Angeles' first female and second black Mayor after being elected to succeed

Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce.As part of his role at Los Angeles 2028, Thompson has been registered

Angeles' successful bid to host the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, to remain in their roles until

Angeles, a sprawling city of more than four million people, by the time it stages the 2028 Olympic and


Los Angeles 2028 inclusion and Men's T20 World Cup in US would leave cricket well off, says Allardice

  • Cricket

of the United States co-hosting the Men's T20 World Cup in 2024 and cricket's potential inclusion at Los

Angeles 2028 leaves the sport "very well positioned" for the future.

The ICC is targeting LA 2028 as opposed to the Brisbane 2032 edition because, while cricket is undoubtedly

2020 and will be a major rival.The ICC has been labelled as brave to attempt to contend with them for Los

Angeles 2028 considering baseball's footing in the city and country as a whole.Combined with Brisbane

opportunity to break into a new market to the USA is the real attraction of going as hard as we can for 2028


IWF severs ties with troubled past by closing Budapest offices

  • Weightlifting

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) is severing a significant link with its troubled past by shutting down its former headquarters in Budapest and relocating all operations to Lausanne. Switzerland.

The IOC, which removed weightlifting from the Olympic Games programme for Los Angeles 2028, will not


Mike Rowbottom: Tour-de-Force Eiffel is just the ticket once again for Paris 2024

  • Inside the Blogs

Some years ago I slighted - sorry cited - the Eiffel Tower as a possible reason why Paris might not gain the 2012 Games for which they were then bidding.

2005 by being awarded the 2024 Games at the 131st IOC Session in Lima, with the only other contender, Los

Angeles, named for the 2028 Games.Now, on a pleasant summer morning, Pierre-Olivier Beckers-Vieujant


Exclusive: Casado reflects on "very successful" reign as World Triathlon President and outlines hopes for Olympic additions

  • Triathlon

World Triathlon President Marisol Casado has reflected on her time at the helm of the governing body she has led since 2008, claiming it has been "very successful".

Para triathlon mixed relay, which made its first appearance in Abu Dhabi, to be on the programme at Los

Angeles 2028, and Casado outlined ambitions for a further increase in the sport's presence at the Olympics

We are thinking something about Los Angeles."


Patrick Burke: Championship Finals community feel shows triathlon's mass participation potential

  • Inside the Blogs

The Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games has the feel of a watershed moment for mass participation at major sporting events. As well as the well-documented ambitious Opening Ceremony plans along the River Seine, organisers are seeking 20,024 runners to complete a marathon on the same day and on the same course as the elite race.

Committee (IOC) member, and she is hopeful that a triathlon event on a similar scale could feature at Los

Angeles 2028."

We are thinking something about Los Angeles.

idea.World Triathlon President Marisol Casado hopes for a mass participation triathlon event to feature at Los

Angeles 2028 ©World TriathlonAs a sport, triathlon remains a relative newcomer.