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ITTF President awarded special honour by German Federal President

  • Table Tennis

International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) President Thomas Weikert has been awarded the Federal Cross of Merit in Berlin by German Federal President, Frank-Walter Steinmeier. 

Transparency, ethos and a climate of openness - these are the best ways to protect the values of sport



Korean Canoe Federation create committee to assess joint team for Asian Games

  • Jakarta Palembang 2018 Asian Games

The Korean Canoe Federation (KCF) have established a committee tasked with establishing a joint team featuring South Korea and North Korea for the 2018 Asian Games.

Though the political climate on the Korean Peninsula is rapidly changing, we will continue to push for



IAAF announce partnership with United Nations to combat air pollution

  • Athletics

A special partnership has been announced between the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and United Nations Environment in a bid to address air quality.

The five-year collaboration, which is also being supported by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition, will





Liam Morgan: Unified Korean team at World Table Tennis Championships was right move at the wrong time

  • Inside the Blogs

Confirmation that North and South Korea would face each other in the women’s quarter-finals at the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Halmstad was met with a witty response from a colleague as news of their pending meeting filtered through to us in the office.

decision made during the tournament when really it should have been made before.In the current political climate


Tokyo 2020 invite public to provide feedback on draft sustainability plan

  • Tokyo 2020

Tokyo 2020 has launched a consultation process to allow the public to submit feedback on the second version of their draft sustainability plan for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

preparations for the Games and during their actual operation".It includes targets in areas such as climate


Qatar Olympic Committee communications director completes North Pole trek

  • OCA

Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) communications director Sheikha Asma Al Thani has returned home to Doha after completing her mission to become the first Qatari to ski to the North Pole.

The world is facing global problems - such as climate change - that can only be tackled with global solutions


Lucy Budsworth: How a sporting champion is shaping the future of Kiribati

  • Inside the Blogs

Deep in the vast Pacific Ocean, nearly 8,000 kilometres from Australia, the future of a country is in jeopardy, affected by a worldwide problem. 

for help to save the I-Kiribati people, as they refer to themselves, from the vicious consequences of climate

“I have always danced after a good performance and then for the media I changed it to be for climate



Beijing 2022 set-up environmental initiatives

  • Beijing 2022

Organisers of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics have established environmental initiatives in a bid to try and make the Games more sustainable and environmentally friendly.

13 venues to be used in 2022 existed when Beijing hosted the Summer Olympics in 2008.As reported by Climate