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Kyle makes debut aged 38 as US team for IWF World Championships named

  • Weightlifting

The United States has named its team for the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships three months before the first lift in Colombia's capital Bogotá.

reforms before Paris qualifying begins.Should their attempts fail, weightlifting’s exclusion from the Los

Angeles 2028 Games will be beyond recall, according to the IWF general secretary Antonio Urso.


Olympic medallists set for ISA World Surfing Games with Paris 2024 quotas on line

  • Surfing

The International Surfing Association (ISA) World Surfing Games - due to open tomorrow - will mark the start of the sport's qualification process for the Paris 2024 Olympics. 

event happening at Oceanside Pier, south along the California coast.Surfing is on the programme for the Los

Angeles 2028 Olympics and Huntington Beach is seeking to host the sport.


Schormann insists UIPM "on the right track" after third test event of obstacle, which could feature at LA 2028

  • Modern Pentathlon

right track" after its third test event of the obstacle discipline, which could replace riding at the Los

Angeles 2028 Olympics.

2024, and the sport, along with boxing and weightlifting, has been left off the initial programme for Los

Angeles 2028 by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), albeit with a "pathway" for inclusion.Proposals

on modern pentathlon's format to be submitted to the IOC for Los Angeles 2028 are set to be voted on


IFSC to hold three Paraclimbing World Cup events in 2023 including one in US

  • Sport Climbing

The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) is planning to stage three Paraclimbing World Cup events in 2023, in addition to World Championships.

19 to 21.In 2022, Villars, Innsbruck and Salt Lake City all held Paraclimbing World Cup events.Los Angeles

IFSC is among the organisations to have applied to have its sport added to the Paralympic programme in 2028

, when Los Angeles stages the Paralympics for the first time.In 2021, the IFSC staged a Paraclimbing

World Cup in Los Angeles.


IOC Coordination Commission begins latest visit to Los Angeles

  • Los Angeles 2028

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games

Angeles.SoFi Stadium is one of principle venues of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics ©Getty ImagesAfter

encouraging" progress made by the Organising Committee.Since then, IOC President Thomas Bach visited the Los

Angeles 2028 headquarters in July.Bach's visit coincided with dates for the Games being confirmed.The

Los Angeles 2028 Olympics is scheduled to take place from July 14 to 30, followed by the Paralympics

from August 15 to 27.That will be the earliest start for an Olympics since Paris 2024.Los Angeles has


David Owen: Goodbye COVID, hello inflation

  • Inside the Blogs

After two years of COVID, inflation has taken over as the chief economic problem for the Olympic Movement.

post-Paris 2024 payments - a big chunk of the money that Olympicland will have to live on in the run-up to Los

Angeles 2028 - will also show relatively subdued growth, irrespective of whether or not Governments


World Skate criticised by Barros after resignation and accused of neglecting Paralympic bid

  • Skateboarding

governing body has come under fire for alleged negligence of a bid for the sport to feature at the Los

Angeles 2028 Paralympics.

Angeles 2028 Paralympics in sufficient time."

, plus World ParaVolley wants beach ParaVolley to accompany sitting volleyball in Los Angeles, but World

Paralympics in Los Angeles."

Angeles, em 2028.Veja a nota pulicada pela ABPSk.

Angeles 2028.Brazil was among the most successful nations in the Japanese capital at last year's delayed


Danish NF claims staging UIPM Congress online an "absurd situation", as UIPM defends decision

  • Modern Pentathlon

The International Modern Pentathlon Union's (UIPM) decision to stage its Congress online this year has faced stern criticism from the Modern Pentathlon Association of Denmark (MPADK), which has called on it to rectify an "absurd situation."

vote on the modern pentathlon format to be submitted to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for Los

Angeles 2028, with the sport left off the initial programme.Obstacle discipline has been proposed as


Coventry heads up new IOC Games Optimisation Working Group

  • Olympics

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board has approved the creation of a Games Optimisation Working Group, chaired by Kirsty Coventry and aiming to adapt the organisation of the Olympics to "modern times" and financial challenges.

Nicole Hoevertsz, who are chairing Coordination Commissions for Paris 2024, Milan Cortina 2026 and Los

Angeles 2028 respectively.Representatives from various Organising Committees, Association of International


IBA hits back at IOC and stresses commitment to governance reforms

  • Boxing

The International Boxing Association (IBA) has hit back at the International Olympic Committee (IOC), insisting it has "moved away from the issues of the past" and become a "totally new entity".

fields.Boxing's place in the Olympics remains in doubt after it was left off the initial programme for Los

Angeles 2028 ©Getty ImagesThe organisation said it had "worked extremely closely" with the independent

faces an ongoing battle to save its Olympic status, having been left off the initial programme for Los

Angeles 2028.


World Games flag football medallists honoured at season-opening NFL game

  • American Football

The International Federation of American Football (IFAF) and National Football League (NFL) have honoured World Games flag football medallists at the first game of the new NFL season.

men's and women's teams that won medals at Birmingham 2022 were invited to SoFi Stadium to watch the Los

Angeles Rams take on the Buffalo Bills, also being toasted on the field beforehand.Mexico's women won

Angeles 2028 and is one of nine International Federations on an Organising Committee shortlist to have

their sport added.SoFi Stadium, home to the Rams and fellow NFL side the Los Angles Chargers, is due

to hold elements of the Olympic Opening and Closing Ceremonies come 2028."


IOC expresses "grave concerns" over IBA governance in letter to Kremlev

  • Boxing

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said it continues to have "grave concerns" over the International Boxing Association's (IBA) governance, delivering another big blow to boxing’s hopes of remaining as an Olympic sport.

Boxing is currently not included in the sports programme of the Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028," the


Cowboys QB Prescott and Super Bowl champions among first global flag football ambassadors

  • American Football

Super Bowl champions Cooper Kupp, Russell Wilson and Willie McGinest are among seven global flag football ambassadors who have been appointed to promote the long-term growth of the sport.

fastest-growing sports worldwide with huge appeal amongst the younger audience," Kupp, a wide receiver for the Los

Angeles Rams, said."

which is on a shortlist of International Federations in contention to have their sport added to the Los

Angles 2028 Olympic programme.The IFAF is preparing to launch a large-scale cycle of elite international


Michael Houston: Counterculture is the biggest threat to future Olympic Games

  • Inside the Blogs

Usually sport acts as the breads and circuses to all of our day-to-day troubles in life, acting as that distraction from the "real issues".

local people from their lifelong neighbourhoods and the impact on housing is a particular issue in Los

Angeles, six years away from welcoming the sporting world to the American city.LA is regarded as the

Demographia's 2022 Housing Affordability Report.The housing crisis particularly affects cities like Los

Angeles ©Getty ImagesThe IOC has successfully stifled these groups through the way it conducts its bidding

Boston and Hamburg pulled out of the 2024 bid process due to public opposition, as did Vienna for 2028


Paris 2024 update set to feature on day one of IOC Executive Board meeting

  • Paris 2024

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board is poised to stage its fifth meeting of the year here tomorrow and on Friday (September 9), with an update on Paris 2024 set to be provided.

mounting budgetary concerns ©Getty ImagesBoxing is one of three sports whose Olympic place is at risk from Los

Angeles 2028, having been left off the initial programme along with modern pentathlon and weightlifting.A

report on the activities of the Los Angeles 2028 Coordination Commission and Organising Committee is