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Ennis-Hill and Pavey poised to receive retrospective medals at London 2017

  • Athletics

Britain's Jessica Ennis-Hill and Jo Pavey look likely to receive retrospective World Athletics Championships medals at this year’s edition in London after rivals were stripped of theirs for doping.

, forfeiting all results recorded between August 15, 2009 and August 14, 2011.This meant she lost a pentathlon


ISSF accuse own vice-president of "lies" over laser-gun claims

  • Shooting

International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) vice-president Luciano Rossi has been accused by the worldwide governing body of making a series of "false accusations" and spreading lies in relation to the changes to the Tokyo 2020 programme.

sports department, led by Kit McConnell, "because they are well aware that this is now done in modern pentathlon


Patrick Nally: Long live the evolution

  • Inside the Blogs

The queue of Federations applying for membership of SportAccord is growing with up to 29 knocking at the door at the last count.

Modern pentathlon is one of the most historic and traditional of all current Olympic sports yet technology


Exclusive: International Federations reveal new events proposed for Tokyo 2020

  • Tokyo 2020

High diving, mixed synchronised swimming, basketball 3x3 and BMX freestyle are among at least 25 extra events and disciplines in 15 sports proposed for inclusion at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. 

here yesterday, when questioned by insidethegames, archery, aquatics, basketball, boxing, judo, modern pentathlon

events to ensure gender equality ©Getty ImagesMixed relay events have also been proposed in modern pentathlon


All seven IWGA membership applications turned down

  • World Games

International World Games Association (IWGA) President José Perurena López has expressed his disappointment after every application for membership of the organisation was turned down in a vote here today.

International Cycling Union (UCI), the International Union of Powerboating (UIM), the International Modern Pentathlon







UIPM World Cup heads to Cairo for second event of season

  • Modern Pentathlon

Athletes from 22 different countries are set to take part at the International Modern Pentathlon Union

Switzerland, and Ukraine are also due to compete.According to Daily News Egypt, the Egyptian Modern Pentathlon



Female pioneers - the battle for gender equality in sport

  • The Big Read

It was perhaps appropriate that Brazil's first Rio 2016 gold medal last summer was won by a woman who had encountered great adversity en-route to Olympic glory. 

Track events did come later.It was not until the year 2000 that women's weightlifting and modern pentathlon


Lisek regains pole position to claim European gold

  • Athletics

Piotr Lisek of Poland claimed victory against the odds in a dramatic men’s pole vault final at the European Athletics Indoor Championships here less than a week after he had suffered painful injuries to his legs and arm when his pole snapped during a warm-up meeting in the German town of Zweibrucken.

decision to take part in these Championships following restricted winter preparations, was rewarded with a pentathlon

two years earlier in Prague.Belgium's Olympic heptathlon champion Nafissatou Thiam set a Championship pentathlon


Peace and Sport join forces with WAKO at Irish Open

  • Non-Olympic Sports

The World Association of Kickboxing Organisations (WAKO) has teamed up with charity Peace and Sport to promote a campaign from the latter during the Irish Open.

Europe’s biggest kickboxing event.Peace and Sport was set up in 2007 by Joël Bouzou, the men’s modern pentathlon