International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) and International Skating Union (ISU) Presidents Petra Sörling and Kim Jae-youl of South Korea have been proposed to become International Olympic Committee (IOC) members, along with Oscar-winning actress Michelle Yeoh, a former Bond girl.  

an IOC member ©ITGFürjes was the co-chairman of the Local Organising Committee for the recent World Athletics

France will be aiming to deliver Rugby World Cup glory on home soil in what is expected to be a big test of the country’s security before next year’s Olympics in Paris.

6, 2023The Rugby World Cup opener will present a test for the Stade de France which is due to host athletics

, Para athletics, rugby sevens and the Opening and Closing Ceremonies at next year's Olympics and Paralympics.French

Earlier this week, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board announced there would be a delay to their decision on which of nine bidding sports will be admitted to the programme in five years from now.

medal is truly the holy grail and where the winners can truly be considered the best in the world.In athletics

French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed Russia's flag will not be at next year's Olympic Games in Paris, but claimed he had "complete confidence" in International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach regarding a decision on individual athletes' participation.

majority of International Federations have adhered to the IOC's updated recommendations, some including athletics

Steeplechase athlete Emma Oudiou has accused the French Athletics Federation (FFA) of prioritising a

It would be catastrophic for the athletics federation."

Helping build support among the younger population and trying to ensure that any future bid does not become overly embroiled in politics will be the key to Budapest winning a campaign to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB) President Zsolt Gyulay, who believes last month’s successful World Athletics

Committee President Zsolt Gyulay, right, has welcomed the support for a Budapest Olympics bid of World Athletics

It was the same with the World Athletics Championships."

Leading the praise was World Athletics President and International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Sebastian

We saw at the World Athletics Championships how wide it opened the door and connected Hungary with the

Birmingham City Council has declared itself effectively bankrupt a year after hosting the Commonwealth Games.

Region," a spokeswoman for SportAccord told insidethegames.Birmingham is also due to host the European Athletics

National Olympic Committees (NOCs) from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden and three other Nordic territories have reaffirmed their opposition to the inclusion of Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials in international sport.

most recently World Aquatics, have followed the IOC's updated recommendations, although some including athletics

French Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra has claimed the country has learned lessons from the shambolic handling of last year's men's UEFA Champions League final at the Stade de France, and revealed plans to deploy up to 7,000 security personnel during the Rugby World Cup - a major event in the build up to next year's Olympic and Paralympic Games.

commissioned by UEFA found "it is remarkable no one lost their life".The Stade de France is due to host athletics

, Para athletics, rugby sevens and the Opening and Closing Ceremonies at next year's Olympics and Paralympics

Arriving back at Paris Orly airport from the World Athletics Championships in Budapest I felt almost

he has never won.The French Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra has admitted results at the World Athletics

Championships in Budapest were "not up to our ambitions", but said a meeting with French Athletics Federation

(FFA) officials was "constructive".Oudéa-Castéra added that France is now targeting up to six athletics

The African Para Games Opening Ceremony went ahead without any representatives from Nigeria after the country's team was forced to pull out of the event at the last minute.

prevented it late on due to a lack of funds that it was willing to spend.Nigeria was registered for athletics

Newly established world champions enjoyed mixed fortunes as the Chinese city of Xiamen’s 10-lane Egret Stadium hosted its first Wanda Diamond League meeting, with 2023 world-leading performances coming from Yaroslava Mahuchikh, Emmanuel Wanyonyi, Christian Coleman and Beatrice Chebet.

Four days after the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, 12 individual gold medallists took part

#DiamondLeague pic.twitter.com/MokGirrfLH— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) August 31, 2023Double Commonwealth

LylesNoah clocks 19.80 to win the men's 200m in Zurich 👀 #DiamondLeague pic.twitter.com/w4XHTNlzzm— World Athletics

The volunteers who helped make the World Athletics Championships in Budapest such a success have been

the International Fair Play Committee (CIFP).Earlier this week, the CIPF, in association with World Athletics

Awards later this year.The army of volunteers were widely praised, including by World Athletics President

of the Budapest 2023 Athletics World Championships, I nominated the volunteers of the World Cup for

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe praised Budapest's volunteers at the Closing Ceremony ©Budapest

have extended the nominations period beyond the World Athletics Championships to include all World Athletics

Political dictators, almost by definition, are cowards.  If the only route by which your rivals can be resisted and contained is to assassinate them, you yourself are doomed: in the short or long term.

leader Stanislav Pozdnyakov has mounted phoney accusation that Sebastian Coe, recently re-elected World Athletics

women and children, destruction of historic architecture and deportation of Ukrainian children, World Athletics