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Brisbane 2032 Board targets chief executive appointment after holding first meeting

  • Brisbane 2032

The recruitment of a chief executive was among the topics discussed at the first Brisbane 2032 Board meeting in the Australian city today.

Board.The Brisbane 2032 President added he was looking to use the "northern summer" to meet Paris 2024, Los

Angeles 2028 and the International Paralympic Committee.Liveris said the meetings would help to "benchmark


Van der Vorst vows to deliver "new era for boxing" in EUBC Presidency manifesto

  • Boxing

Boris van der Vorst has vowed to guide the European Boxing Confederation (EUBC) into "a new era for boxing" after releasing his manifesto for the Presidential election.

at several major boxing events following Rio 2016.Boxing has been left off the initial programme for Los

Angeles 2028 and been given a deadline of 2023 to meet certain criteria set by the IOC, and the upcoming



Controversial revamped UIPM World Cup format set to return in Budapest

  • Modern Pentathlon

Budapest is set to host the second leg of the International Modern Pentathlon Union's (UIPM) controversial revamped Pentathlon World Cup format, with a crucial Fifth Discipline Working Group meeting also scheduled.

chairs the Fifth Discipline Working Group.Modern pentathlon has been left off the initial programme for Los

Angeles 2028, and International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach has warned that the proposal


Filippatos releases EUBC Presidential election manifesto as campaign heats up

  • Boxing

Candidates are gearing up their campaigns for this weekend's European Boxing Confederation (EUBC) Presidential election at the Congress in Assisi, with Ioannis Filippatos insisting "a long-term and resource-intensive treatment is necessary" to restore the sport's place at the Olympics.

and IBA elections are likely to be pivotal with boxing's place at the Olympic Games in jeopardy from Los

Angeles 2028, where it has been left off the initial programme and given a deadline of 2023 to meet


Africa and Oceania lose out in Paris 2024 weightlifting qualifying system

  • Weightlifting

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has put quality before quantity in its qualification system for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

discontent with the way the sport is governed, led to the IOC removing weightlifting from the programme for Los

Angeles 2028.It can return only if it shows clear signs of a "culture change".The biggest sufferers


Kenya plans to stage training camp in preparation for Birmingham 2022

  • Birmingham 2022

President of the National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOC-K) Paul Tergat has declared he hopes to stage a training camp for national athletes at the earliest possible time in preparation for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Secretary general Francis Mutuku added they are first targeting the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games and the Los

Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.Tergat spoke during the ceremony called "100 days to Birmingham 2022 launch


John Coates, unique deliverer of two Olympics to Australia, steps away from NOC Presidency after more than 30 years

  • The Big Read

In early 1964, John Coates reportedly took a day off school to watch Richie Benaud play his last Test match. A photograph in the next day’s Sydney Morning Herald pictured him alongside the Australian cricket captain as they left the pitch.

became "very firm friends".More recently Coates has been a central figure in shaping the IOC's Agenda 2028

He wrote the Agenda 2028 rules.John Coates laid the foundations for the successful Brisbane bid for the

since 1990 ©Getty ImagesThe other is former swimmer Mark Stockwell, a triple Olympic medallist at the Los

Angeles 1984 Games, who chaired the Organising Committee for the highly successful Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth


WKF introduces stakeholders to LA28 Commission at meeting on Olympic future

  • Karate

introduced and it was unanimously agreed to continue lobbying to be included as an additional sport on the Los

Angeles 2028 Olympic Games programme.

at the Olympics as Au explained the timeline and core elements needed for a sport to be selected for 2028

.The International Olympic Committee has already approved a 28-sport provisional programme for the Los

Angeles 2028 Games.This does not include boxing, modern pentathlon or weightlifting, which were all

Olympians Ariel Torres, Thomas Scott and Sakura Kokumai to discuss karate's campaign for inclusion at Los

Angeles 2028.Topics of conversation included the Olympic project as a whole and initiatives to demonstrate


Van Iersel and Battisti appointed to World ParaVolley Beach Rules of the Game Commission

  • Volleyball News

World ParaVolley has appointed Joep Van Iersel as team leader and Christian Battisti as general manager of the Beach Rules of the Game Commission.

Volleyball World Championships.Joep Van Iersel expressed hope of beach volleyball featuring at the Los

Angeles 2028 Paralympics ©Getty ImagesVan Iersel was also the sitting volleyball competition director

Para volley get to the highest level possible for the Paralympics in 2024, but realistically in LA [Los

Angeles] 2028," he commented.World ParaVolley's Beach Rules of the Games Commission reports to the organisation's


FIBA extends deal with 3x3 court supplier Enlio until 2030

  • 3x3 basketball

The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has extended its partnership with Chinese floor-making company Enlio to supply courts.

chairman of Enlio, believes 3x3 basketball has the potential to further its growth at the Paris 2024 and Los

Angeles 2028 Olympics."

We are passionate about the growth of the discipline at the Paris and Los Angeles Games and are excited


Van der Vorst challenging incumbent Kremlev for International Boxing Association Presidency

  • Boxing

Boris van der Vorst is set to challenge Umar Kremlev for the second consecutive International Boxing Association (IBA) Presidential election at next month's Extraordinary Congress.

Championships are likely to be pivotal to its fate.Boxing has been left off the initial programme for Los

Angeles 2028, and the IBA faces a deadline of 2023 to meet certain International Olympic Committee (


Los Angeles Mayor Garcetti tells successor to "throw the best Olympic Games" but his future unclear

  • Los Angeles 2028

Los Angeles' outgoing Mayor Eric Garcetti included the 2028 Olympic Games on a list of marquee achievements

Los Angeles has hosted the Olympics twice before ©Getty ImagesGarcetti played a key role in the city

Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach on stage at the 2017 IOC Session in Lima, when Los Angeles was

youth sports for generations and left us a template for the 2028 Games" when recalling past Los Angeles

Los Angeles is due to elect a new Mayor on November 8.Their term will last until 2026, covering a key

Angeles 2028 may request the officials "provide enhanced city resources that exceed normal and customary


Major IBF statute changes and Presidential election proposed following attempt to relocate to Kuwait

  • Non-Olympic Sports

The International Bowling Federation (IBF) is set to hold an Extraordinary General Meeting next month where major statue changes will be voted on, and if passed with precede new elections for Executive Committee positions including President.

administrative team" following the conclusion of the Extraordinary General Meeting.Bidding to appear at the Los

Angeles 2028 and Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games will also be discussed at the Extraordinary General Meeting


Paralympic gold medallist Brown headlines six new USABA ambassadors for blind football

  • Football News

Paralympic gold medallist David Brown has been announced as one of the six new blind football ambassadors for the United States Association of Blind Athletes.

become a member of the US national blind hockey team.The USABA hope to send a blind football team to the Los

Angeles 2028 Paralympics ©Getty ImagesHe was determined as legally blind when he was seven years old

but the United States has never sent a team to the event.The USABA is targeting changing this at the Los

Angeles 2028 Paralympics by developing a national team to compete at its home Games.