PARIS: Herewith the full speech delivered by International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach during the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 today, 26 July 2024. Good evening Paris! Good evening France! Dear athletes, Dear President of the French Republic, Mr. Emmanuel Macron, […]

On the eve of the Olympic Games Paris 2024, an unprecedented summit in the interests of sport, youth and sustainable development. PARIS: The first Sport for Sustainable Development (#Sport4SD) Summit, the largest meeting ever organised on this subject, took place today on the eve of […]

CAS DISMISSES THE APPEALS FILED BY THE RUSSIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE, THE FIGURE SKATINGFEDERATION OF RUSSIA, AND SKATERS ALEKSANDR GALLIAMOV, NIKITA KATSALAPOV, MARK KONDRATIUK, ANASTASIA MISHINA, VICTORIA SINITSINA & KAMILA VALIEVA. — Lausanne, 25 July 2024 – The CAS Panel in charge of the appeals filed […]

World Athletics announces Corpay Cross-Border as official foreign exchange supplier  — World Athletics has selected Corpay Cross-Border, a global leader in corporate payments, as its Official Foreign Exchange (FX) Supplier for the next four years.Through the partnership, World Athletics will gain access to Corpay Cross-Border’s […]

In its 40th Year, Adidas and Team GB announce partnership extension to 2032 —- Today, adidas and Team GB have announced an extension which will see one of world sport’s longest partnerships continue until 2032. Having begun at the Los Angeles Olympic Games in 1984, […]

CAS AD HOC DIVISION DISMISSES THE APPLICATION FILED IN RELATION TO COOK ISLANDS SWIMMER WESLEY TIKIAIRKI ROBERTS; DOES NOT HAVE JURISDICTION TO ENTERTAIN THE APPLICATION FILED BY SAUDI WEIGHTLIFTER MAHMOUD AL HAMID; DISMISSES THE APPLICATION FILED BY THE ISRAEL FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION & ROY REVIVO—- Paris, […]

French Alps and Salt Lake City-Utah to stage 2030 and 2034 Paralympic Winter Games respectively  — International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Andrew Parsons has congratulated French Alps and Salt Lake City-Utah following their election as the host cities of the 2030 and 2034 Olympic and […]

New ECA report released – Transition from Academy to First Team Football. — A new report published today by European Club Association lays bare the challenges facing young players as they make the step up from academy to playing at senior level, possibly the most challenging step […]

CAS AD HOC DIVISION REGISTERS ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES IN WEIGHTLIFTING, FOOTBALL, ATHLETICS AND CYCLING. PARIS: The Ad hoc Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has registered six new procedures:. CAS OG 24/03 Mahmoud Al Hamid v. International Weightlifting Federation (IWF)—The Saudi weightlifter Mahmoud […]

ZURICH: The Bureau of the FIFA Council has decided to appoint normalisation committees for the Tunisian Football Association (FTF) and the Football Association of Maldives (FAM) on the basis of article 8 paragraph 2 of the FIFA Statutes.In the case of Tunisia, the decision was […]