ENTER YEAR OF THE DRAGON
AIMS extends their best wishes all our Chinese friends, and everyone celebrating this Lunar New Year 2024. May all your wishes come true, good fortune come to you, and above all may you be blessed with good health. Gong Xi Fa Cai!
HealthAccord Spotlights Mental Health and Female Athlete Well-being
Supporting elite athlete mental health and maximising female athlete well-being to improve performance will be the focus at HealthAccord, one of the four specialist streams at this year’s SportAccord World Sport & Business Summit. Sport’s most influential industry gathering will take place from 7 to 11 April in Birmingham -West Midlands and bring together around 1,500 leaders and […]
Dragon Boat Leadership on Chinese TV
International Dragon Boat Federation President, Claudio Schermi, and Honorary President, Mike Haslam, had the honor to be invited to China, the motherland of Dragon Boat, to a special TV Program “The Beauty of Shared Arts” dedicated to the sport and art of Dragon Boating which incorporates sporting competitions, cultural education and exchange, from the motherland […]
Gangwon 2024 comes to an end as an example of legacy and solidarity
The Winter Youth Olympic Games Gangwon 2024 have been a “great demonstration of Olympic legacy and solidarity”, as highlighted by International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach. The IOC President, joined by Gangwon 2024 Coordination Commission Chair and IOC Member Hong Zhang, congratulated the Gangwon State authorities, the Gangwon 2024 Organising Committee, the PyeongChang 2018 Legacy Foundation […]
Discover the SportAccord Summit sessions!
LAUSANNE, Switzerland – SportAccord World Sport & Business Summit 2024 in Birmingham – West Midlands on 7-11 April will feature an exciting central conference programme with four specialist streams – CityAccord, HealthAccord, LawAccord and MediaAccord – united under the theme “The Power of Sport”. Today – less than 70 days to go to sport’s most influential industry gathering for over 1,500 delegates at […]
“This is your moment”: IOC President Bach invites young athletes to enjoy their YOG experience at Gangwon 2024
With an unforgettable Opening Ceremony featuring an array of K-pop stars and cultural performers, the Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG) Gangwon 2024 got underway in style today. The event was hosted simultaneously at the sold-out Gangneung Oval, with 4,500 spectators, plus athletes and other YOG stakeholders, and the fully booked PyeongChang Dome, with 4,300 people. The ceremony […]
SportAccord scores Summit touchdown with NFL
LAUSANNE, Switzerland – SportAccord announces legendary NFL (National Football League) expert speakers at World Sport & Business Summit 2024 in Birmingham – West Midlands on 7-11 April 2024. The Kansas City Chiefs’ Vice President of Content and Production, Rob Alberino, has been in the National Football League for over 25 years. In that time, he has been […]
100 years of Olympic Winter Games: The evolution – reinventing the present, adapting to the future
Next week marks 100 years since the first Olympic Winter Games took place in Chamonix, France. Ahead of the anniversary, we think about how their future might look in the face of accelerating climate change. With the reforms of Olympic Agenda 2020 and Olympic Agenda 2020+5, the IOC has been reinventing the Olympic Games and the Olympic Winter Games to […]
ITA January Webinar – “Clean Sport 101”
Our January monthly webinar is dedicated to “Clean Sport 101”. Our 2024 webinar series kicks off with a focus on “Clean Sport 101”. We invite all athletes and their support personnel to join us as we discuss the protection of clean sport with ITA Education Ambassadors and former professional athletes, Florence Schelling, OLY and Anita […]
New Year’s Message 2024 by IOC President Thomas Bach
Dear Olympic friends, At the start of this very special Olympic year, there is so much to be grateful for and so much to look forward to. Kicking off this Olympic year will be the Winter Youth Olympic Games Gangwon 2024. Building on the great legacy of the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018, we will […]