IOC Young Leaders Programme Welcomes 25 New Recruits
Congratulations to the IOC Young leaders 2023 -2026 The AIMS family would like to congratulate the 25 new IOC young leaders who have been selected to join the International Olympic Committee (IOC) four-year programme. Once again, these incredible young leaders are well balances in terms of gender and diversity from 5 continent and 25 countries. […]
ITA Monthly Webinar 2023 – February
ITA’s February monthly webinar is dedicated to “Consequences of doping part 1: impact on emotions”. A driver of intentional doping is for an athlete to improve their performance to achieve greater success in sport, but this only considers success in relation to a result, not the emotions that go along with it. In part 1 […]
Statement by The Alliance of Independent Recognised Members of Sport (AIMS)
The executive board of the International Olympic Committee has considered the unanimous conclusion of the Olympic summit which compromises the leaders of all the stakeholder groups of the Olympic movement and the International Paralympic Committee. Following this summit consultation calls were held with all stakeholders. The AIMS council took the position to fully support the […]
AIMS mourns the loss of IOC Honorary Member Phillip Walter Coles, AM
AIMS mourns the loss of Phillip Walter Coles, at the age of 91. Mr Coles represented Australia in canoe sprint at three editions of the Olympic Games – Rome 1960, Tokyo 1964, where he captained the team, and Mexico City 1968. He devoted his entire life to the Olympic Movement in Australia and beyond always […]
January monthly webinar “Anti-doping rule violations: right to fair hearings”
This month ITA takes a legal look at anti-doping by examining hearing panels, with a particular focus on the Anti-Doping and Appeal divisions of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). The aim of the session is to explain what happens, and what to expect during the hearing process, such as: There are also a […]
16th IDBF World Dragon Boat Racing Championships 2023
The Rowing and Canoeing Association of Thailand (RCAT) and IDBF are pleased to invite all national federation and IDBF members to compete in the 16th World Dragon Boat Racing Championships (WDBRC2023), which will be held at the Royal Thai Navy Rowing and Canoeing Training Centre (RCTC), Rayong – Pattaya, Thailand from 7th – 13th August […]
AIMS is Looking Forward to 2023
AIMS President, Stephan Fox addressed all the AIMS members, reflecting on an important year behind with the GAISF decision to dissolve the organisation and for AIMS to become a stakeholder in the restructured SportAccord. The AIMS President stated that this was a long process, with a long evaluation done by the GAISF council, the AIMS […]
IVO FERRIANI: THE GLOBAL SPORTS COMMUNITY HAS SECURED ITS FUTURE FOR 2023 AND BEYOND
GAISF and SportAccord President Ivo Ferriani reflects on 2022’s milestone decision to dissolve GAISF and the exciting future ahead for the global sports community through a restructured SportAccord, alongside the return of the World Combat Games. 2022 will be remembered as the year that GAISF Members boldly took one of the most important decisions in […]
New Year’s Message 2023 by IOC President Thomas Bach
Dear Olympic Friends, What an Olympic year lies behind us. As we welcome a new year, we can look back with pride and satisfaction on 2022. It was an Olympic year that was as successful as it was turbulent. It was greatly successful because, with the truly exceptional Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, we have […]
Paradragons “Life is unfair: Dragon Boating isn’t!”
The above slogan was spotted back in July this year at the International Dragon Boat Federation’s(IDBF) Club Crew World Championships held in Sarasota, USA. It was on a shirt worn by a paraathlete competing at the championships and sparked a lot of comment and interest from thosewho were there. What was behind this? And why […]