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Coates confirms plan to step down as AOC President next year but remain in key role

Coates confirms plan to step down as AOC President next year but remain in key role John Coates has confirmed he will step down as head of the Australian Olympic Committee next year but plans to take up a new role as Honorary Life President after Paris 2024.
 

Sport in crisis


Gymnastic stars call on Congress to dissolve USOPC Board over Nassar scandal

Gymnastic stars call on Congress to dissolve USOPC Board over Nassar scandal Four American star gymnasts who experienced abuse at the hands of disgraced doctor Larry Nassar have called for the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee Board of Directors to be dissolved over its handling of the case.

Athletics: Police claim closing in on killer of World Cross Country Championships gold medallist Tirop

Football: Mihaylov defeats Berbatov to be re-elected Bulgarian Football Union President - two years after resigning over racism scandal

Sport climbing: Spain pulls out of sport climbing events as National Federation blames lack of money

 

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Governing bodies


Karamarinov elected unopposed as European Athletics President at Congress

Karamarinov elected unopposed as European Athletics President at Congress Bulgaria’s Dobromir Karamarinov has been elected unopposed as European Athletics President after holding the role on an interim basis for more than a year and a half.

Anti-doping: WADA calls on African Governments to help strengthen anti-doping programmes

Mediterranean Games: Tizzano elected CIJM President, Heraklion to host 2023 Mediterranean Beach Games

Skiing: Austrian Ski Federation appoints Stadlober as President after Schmidhofer exit

Football: FIFA Council member Fouzi Lekjaa assumes position on Moroccan Government

Softball: WBSC softball vice-president for Asia Hiromi Tokuda dies aged 72

 

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Seven Network to broadcast Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games in Australia

Seven Network to broadcast Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games in Australia The Commonwealth Games Federation has signed a deal for Seven Network to be the Australian broadcaster of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, following on from its coverage of home Games at Gold Coast 2018.

Training: Jobs and Skills Academy launched to help public land Birmingham 2022-adjacent jobs

Coronavirus: Final 10 winners of Alexander Stadium redevelopment's You Matter Communities grants confirmed

 

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Today's blog


Liam Morgan: Women leading early race to succeed Bach as IOC President

Liam Morgan: Women leading early race to succeed Bach as IOC President The next International Olympic Committee Presidential election may be just shy of four years away, but talk in the Movement has already turned to Thomas Bach’s potential successor.
 

Coronavirus crisis


Organisers cancel men’s and women’s Australian Open golf tournaments over travel restrictions

Organisers cancel men’s and women’s Australian Open golf tournaments over travel restrictions Golf Australia has been forced to cancel the men’s and women’s Australian Open tournaments due to travel and quarantine restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Athletics: Honolulu Marathon President frustrated at Hawaii Government's COVID-19 stance

Hockey: New Zealand's National Hockey Championship cancelled due to COVID-19

 

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Asian Games


China Post announced as latest sponsor for Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games

China Post announced as latest sponsor for Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games The Organising Committee of the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games has made the state-owned postal service China Post its exclusive provider of official postal services.

esports: Asian Games inclusion adds "legitimacy" to esports, claims India Krafton

Asian Para Games: Torch for Hangzhou 2022 Asian Para Games unveiled as one-year-to-go milestone reached

 

Summer Olympic sports


Routes unveiled for 2022 Tour de France and inaugural Tour de France Femmes

Routes unveiled for 2022 Tour de France and inaugural Tour de France Femmes Organisers have labelled the route for the 2022 Tour de France "one for the attackers," while the inaugural eight-stage edition of the Tour de Frances Femmes has also been mapped out at an event at the Palais des Congrès in Paris.

Athletics: Second Age Group World Championships to return to London Marathon in 2022

Tennis: US Open champion Medvedev falls victim to Dimitrov comeback at Indian Wells Masters

Sailing: Lebrun produces stellar performance on penultimate day of Finn World Masters

 

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Summer Olympic sports


Kosovo's first Olympic gold medallist Majlinda Kelmendi retires from judo

Kosovo's first Olympic gold medallist Majlinda Kelmendi retires from judo Judoka Majlinda Kelmendi, who was Kosovo's first-ever Olympic gold medallist in the women's under-52 kilogram category at Rio 2016, has retired from the sport at the age of 30.

Badminton: China, Japan and South Korea roar into Uber Cup final four

Diving: Tributes pour in for British Olympic diving coach after death aged 31

Water polo: Spain end Russian hopes of winning three consecutive World Women's Junior Water Polo Championship titles

Equestrian: Fredricson has chance to take control of Global Champions Tour in Šamorín

 

Winter Olympic sports


IBU Snow Network meets for first time in attempt to meet climate-neutral target by 2030

IBU Snow Network meets for first time in attempt to meet climate-neutral target by 2030 The International Biathlon Union, which has committed to being climate neutral by 2030 and climate positive by 2034, has hosted its first-ever IBU Snow Network to discuss how snow can be sustainably managed and used across IBU competition venues.

Curling: Curlers first athletes named in Britain’s squad for Beijing 2022

Figure skating: Japanese pair lead men's and women's standings at Beijing 2022 figure skating test event

 

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Paralympic Games


IPC to host engagement meetings as process to find Para athletics and Para swimming governing bodies continues

IPC to host engagement meetings as process to find Para athletics and Para swimming governing bodies continues The International Paralympic Committee has invited entities interested in becoming Para athletics and Para swimming governing bodies to hold engagement meetings before the deadline for a request for proposal of April 22 2022.

Iran: NPC secretary general Tabe named Iran's Chef de Mission for Hangzhou 2022 Asian Para Games

India: Paralympic Committee of India President appointed as director of Oyo Rooms

 

Non-Olympic sports


Berlin to host GAMMA World Mixed Martial Arts Championships in December

Berlin to host GAMMA World Mixed Martial Arts Championships in December German capital Berlin is due to host the Global Association of Mixed Martial Arts World MMA Championships in December, it has been announced.

Icestocksport: International Federation Icestocksport mourns President of 21 years Schäfer

Sambo: Thessaloniki prepares to host World Youth and Junior Sambo Championships

 

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