ITA Webinar 3 Topic: Innovation in Anti-Doping
ITA’s third webinar of 2022 focuses on innovation in anti-doping. Join us, and our expert guests Olivier Banuls, Head of the ITA Cycling Unit, Jakob Mørkeberg, Senior Science Manager at Anti Doping Denmark and Dominic Mueser from Sportradar, to learn more about what anti-doping innovation is, and how it contributes to clean sport. The expert […]
IOC Young Leader and Olympian Jemima Montag inspiring young women to Play On
In celebration of International Women’s Day, we speak to Australian Olympian and IOC Young Leader Jemima Montag, who is aiming to help break down the barriers stopping young women from participating in sport through her Play On project. Jemima Montag is not someone who is content just to idle time away. Aged barely 24, she is […]
Message of Peace Beijing 2022 Paralympics opening
The 13th edition of the Winter Paralympics officially opened in Beijing. It was an outstanding opening ceremony at the Birds Nest, Beijing’s national stadium with over 30,000 attendees. The paralympic cauldron lights will shine all over the world. The paralympic agitos turned purple to celebrate Wethe15 which accounts for 15 percent of the global population and […]
Let us stand beside one another as the world embraces the long-awaited Winter Paralympic Games in Beijing!
IPC President @andrewparsonsg shared the spirit of the games and said “The Olympic Truce for peace during the Olympic and Paralympic Games is a UN Resolution adopted by consensus by 193 Member States at the 76th UN General Assembly. It must be respected and observed not violated. At the IPC we aspire to a better […]
Excitement mounts as Beijing gears up for Opening
Hosting a major event like the Winter Paralympic Games has its own share of challenges and it has doubled several folds courtesy the COVID-19 pandemic. Beijing, however, is more than ready to drive the Paralympic Movement. The success of the Olympic Winter Games last month is a testimony of their organising capabilities. Like the Olympic […]
Cancellation of SportAcccord
The SportAccord Executive Committee met today and unanimously decided to cancel the SportAccord World Sport & Business Summit, 15-20 May 2022 in Ekaterinburg, Russia.
GAISF PRESIDENT IVO FERRIANI CONGRATULATES BEIJING 2022
GAISF President Ivo Ferriani today praised the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Beijing 2022 Organising Committee, following a spectacular Closing Ceremony at the iconic National Stadium. “Following 19 days of exciting winter sports action, I would like to congratulate the IOC, Beijing 2022, athletes, coaches, officials and volunteers for delivering a successful Olympic Winter Games and […]
24TH EDITION WINTER OLYMPICS BEIJING
A stunning crescendo of unity as the world united in all their diversity to watch the 24th edition of the Winter Olympics in Beijing. With close to 3,000 athletes from 91 nations, the Games are set to be a spectacular moment in world sporting history. A mission of the Games is to unite above and beyond […]
IOC honours six gender equality advocates with 2021 Women and Sport Awards, Hashimoto Seiko awarded World Trophy
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced the winners of the IOC Women and Sport Awards 2021. Delivered every year at continental and world level, the awards recognise exceptional men, women and organisations for their work in advancing gender equality on and off the field of play. The World Award was presented to Tokyo 2020 […]
GAISF PRESIDENT SHARES MESSAGE OF SUPPORT AHEAD OF BEIJING 2022
GAISF President Ivo Ferriani today shared a message of support with the global sports community ahead of the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. “Congratulations to the IOC, Beijing 2022 Organising Committee and China for their successful preparations to bring winter sport to more than 300 million Chinese people. The Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games […]