The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has appointed Philip French as its new Director of Public Affairs and Social Development through Sport Department (PASD), to start work on 1 March.

Generations For Peace (GFP) has been awarded additional funding from UNICEF to expand a successful programme engaging volunteer youth leaders to strengthen social cohesion and resilience, and reduc

A number of high profile figures have confirmed to speak at the Associatio

The challenges for guaranteeing safety at the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games

Atos, the Worldwide IT Partner of the Olympic Games since 1989, has signed a contract with the Finnish Olympic Committee (FOC) that includes IT services, sponsorship of local triathlete and joint m

Harold Mayne-Nicholls, who chaired the FIFA Bid Evaluation Group for World Cups in 2018 and 2022, was on Thursday notified by the adjudicatory chamber of FIFA’s independent Ethics Committee of the

From 6 to 10 July 2016, Amsterdam's venerable Olympic Stadium will host the 23rd

Multi-award-winning footballer, Lionel Messi has today been announced as the first Global Ambassador for Dubai’s

European Athletics President Svein Arne Hansen has announced a number of measures to bring about a “cultural revolution” in athletics.

The stage for hockey’s most anticipated compe

The Macau International Marathon has been successfully hosted for thirty three years with the aim of developing local sports, strengthening friendship between people from different parts of the wor

After the hugely successful Host City 2015 event in Glasgow in Nov

The very best of design in Asia-Pacific will be showcased at the upcoming MAISON&OBJET ASIA

“How do you follow a year like 2015?” is something we will all be asking ourselves at the EOC head office in Rome this week.

One of the beauties of cycling lies in the huge variety of its different disciplines, which cater to athletes of contrasting profiles, attract fans of all ages and backgrounds, and can be hosted by

National Federations from around the world voted for significant changes to the governance of Modern Pentathlon at the 67th UIPM Congress (November 7-8) in Taipei.

The organising committee for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games has been established five months after the election of Beijing as host city, with Guo Jinlong confirmed as president of the newly formed b

The fact is that events themselves are getting bigger.

The adjudicatory chamber of the Ethics Committee chaired by Mr Hans Joachim Eckert has banned Mr Joseph S.

With Lausanne recently confirmed as the location for the next SportAccord Conve

SportAccord Convention is pleased to announce Lausanne as Host City for the 2016 Convention.

Dear friends of football, 

The Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday adopted a declaration on good governance in sport in response to growing concerns of sports organisations. 

As an Olympic medallist, recent developments in some sports are particularly upsetting. What saddens me most as a former athlete is that they erode the trust in the clean athlete.