Top Russian Media Organisations to Shine a Spotlight on SportAccord 2022 in Ekaterinburg
The SportAccord World Sport & Business Summit 2022 is set to benefit from outstanding media coverage, with a series of Russia’s top media organisations having committed to Partnerships for the event in Ekaterinburg. More than 50 members of the Russian media have already been accredited to attend next year’s edition of sport’s most important global […]
Tokyo 2020, a global health effort that’s given hope to the world
An unprecedented global effort together with the resilience and determination of the Japanese people made it possible to deliver safe Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 that will leave a lasting legacy beyond sport. One of the key learnings has been the progress made in the understanding of COVID-19 in the context of mass gathering events. This […]
Arigato Tokyo, Bon Jour Paris
After 16 days and 339 medals, across 33 sports the Tokyo Olympics has comes to an end. There are always tears when the Olympic flame goes dark but this time it was more than a tear, it was a feeling of solidarity within the Olympic movement the athletes, the international federations, the IOC and the […]
AIMS Congratulates New IOC Commission
It is all our mission to place athletes at the heart of our sporting and Olympic movement. The IOC Athletes Commission (AC) serves as a link between the athletes and the IOC. The Olympic athletes elected its new members of the athlete’s commission, Emma Terho, (Finland Ice Hockey) as its new Chair and Seung Min […]
Spirit of Volunteering Continues in Tokyo
When the postponement of the Olympic Games in Tokyo was announced, Bruce Danberry didn’t think he would be able to continue his passion of volunteering at the Games for the sport he loves, hockey. The business analyst from England is one of the lucky few international Field Cast sports volunteers at the Olympic Games Tokyo […]
Tokyo Olympians Elect Four New Members to IOC Athletes’ Commission
The athletes at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 have elected Pau Gasol, Maja Włoszczowska, Federica Pellegrini and Yuki Ota to the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s Athletes’ Commission (AC), for a term ending at the Olympic Games LA28. The newly elected members join the Commission to represent the athlete voice within the Olympic Movement. Between 13 […]
Germany Triumphs Also at U18 World Championship
GRIESKIRCHEN. The Sparkasse IFA Fistball World Championships have come to a close with a dramatic final between Germany and Austria in the male U18 event. The German team prevailed, and also drove home the victory against Austria earlier today in the female U18 tournament. The German squad hence scored four titles in Grieskirchen and now […]
GAISF President Raffaele Chuilli Marks International Day of Friendship
GAISF President Raffaele Chiulli today praised the success of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 and celebrated its role in promoting friendship between peoples, countries, cultures and individuals, as part of the United Nations (UN) International Day of Friendship. The UN International Day of Friendship, celebrated annually on 30 July, encourages people around the world to […]
Patrick’s Dream Come True
We all remember the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires where our late SportAccord/GAISF President and IOC member, Secretary General of the International Basketball Federation and above all, a true visionary and friend of sport, left us far to early. We all have witnessed, the amazing 3×3 Basketball competition at the Tokyo Olympic Games […]
Fistball World Championship Started in Austria
GRIESKIRCHEN. After a two year corona break the first international fistball matches took place on the opening day of the Sparkasse IFA Fistball World Championships 2021 in Grieskirchen. First, the women opened the tournament by competing against each other in the preliminary rounds. After two games Serbia and Germany fought their way to the top […]