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The 14th edition of the AK Training Camp will take place from July 26 to August 4. We will offer you a unique and complete ten-day camp
21 winners from 13 countries have been selected by the judges from thousands of entries, unlocking an all-access trip to watch some of the best athletes competing for their ticket to Paris 2024 at the first Olympic Qualifier Series in Shanghai.
After a year of negotiations, the International TRICKING Federation (IFXT)finally became a member of IPONS.
The twelfth course of “private club management” classes will be held by the IPONS Education Department.
Baseball/softball, cricket (T20), flag football, lacrosse (sixes) and squash have been officially included as additional sports on the programme for the Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 (LA28). The decision has been taken by the 141st Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Mumbai, India, October 11, 2023: The International Olympic Committee with the Olympic Museum has aligned with Reliance Foundation to build on the success of the Olympic Values Education Programme (OVEP) in India and signed a new cooperation agreement.
Hangzhou, China, January 9, 2023: China has selected its national team to compete in the 19th Asian Games breaking competition in Hangzhou this year.
Hangzhou Asian Games Organising Committee HAGOC reports that the national breaking - or breakdance - team selection competition was concluded at the Lishui training base in Zhejiang province on January 8.
Japan’s Olympics has been troubled but quietly glorious, reminding us the world can be fun
GAISF AND SPORTACCORD PRESIDENT RAFFAELE CHIULLI SHARES MESSAGE OF SUPPORT AHEAD OF TOKYO 2020
The World Olympians Association (WOA), the IOC-recognised organisation supporting 100,000 Olympians worldwide, has announced the awardees of its WOA 2021 Service to Society and Service to Olympians Grants Programme. Ten inspiring Olympian-led initiatives will receive USD 5,000 each to spread the Olympic values through projects that create new opportunities in local communities or offer support to Olympians at every stage of their careers.
Waleed Abu Nada is an award-winning social entrepreneur who has gained global recognition as a supporter of young people in disadvantaged communities. He is the founder and director of The Champ Camp, a social business actively empowering and developing the young people of Al-Baqa’a Refugee Camp in Jordan through sports-based solutions.
THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC) WILL BE HOLDING A TELECONFERENCE WITH OLYMPIC GAMES EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHE DUBI, SPORTS DIRECTOR KIT MCCONNELL, NOC RELATIONS AND OLYMPIC SOLIDARITY DIRECTOR JAMES MACLEOD AND MANAGING DIRECTOR IOC TELEVISION AND MARKETING SERVICES TIMO LUMME, TO ADDRESS MEDIA QUESTIONS FOLLOWING THE POSTPONEMENT OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES TOKYO 2020.
DURING A MEDIA TELECONFERENCE THIS THURSDAY, FOUR INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC) DIRECTORS ADDRESSED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE COMPLEX CHALLENGES RESULTING FROM THE HISTORIC DECISION TO POSTPONE THE OLYMPIC GAMES TOKYO 2020 TO THE SUMMER OF 2021.
WHILE THE WINTER YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES (YOG) HAS BEEN A ROARING SUCCESS ON THE FIELD OF PLAY, IT MAY HAVE PROVED TO BE AN EVEN BIGGER SUCCESS OFF IT.
SUSTAINABILITY IS CENTRAL TO THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT’S VISION OF “BUILDING A BETTER WORLD THROUGH SPORT”
The GAISF Council convened in Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland this weekend, to consider a range of topics important to the overall sport landscape and the organisation’s future.
AT LAUSANNE 2020 WINTER YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES’ BIATHLON EVENTS WERE HELD IN FRENCH TERRITORY, THE FIRST TIME THE YOG HAS BEEN ORGANISED ACROSS TWO NATIONS. THE ATHLETES DIDN’T DISAPPOINT PROVIDING A GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTURE OF THE SPORT.
AS A NEW WAVE OF YOUNG ATHLETES ARE WELCOMED TO THE WINTER YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES (YOG) LAUSANNE 2020, WE LOOK BACK ON A HUGELY SUCCESSFUL FIRST WEEK AT THE YOG.
FOLLOWING UP ON THE IOC PRESIDENT’S ANNOUNCEMENT DURING THE RECENT WORLD ANTI-DOPING AGENCY (WADA)’S FIFTH WORLD CONFERENCE ON DOPING IN SPORT, THE IOC EXECUTIVE BOARD (EB) TODAY APPROVED A BUDGET OF UP TO USD 5 MILLION, SPREAD OVER 10 YEARS, TO BE ALLOCATED IN A COMPREHENSIVE LONG-TERM STORAGE PROGRAMME MANAGED BY THE INTERNATIONAL TESTING AGENCY (ITA).
THE PROTECTION OF CLEAN ATHLETES AND THE FIGHT AGAINST DOPING ARE TOP PRIORITIES FOR THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC), AS OUTLINED IN OLYMPIC AGENDA 2020, THE IOC’S STRATEGIC ROADMAP FOR THE FUTURE OF THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT. THE IOC IS CURRENTLY CONDUCTING ADDITIONAL ANALYSES ON THE SAMPLES COLLECTED FROM THE OLYMPIC GAMES LONDON 2012. THIS PROGRAMME, WHICH USES THE LATEST SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS METHODS, AIMS TO TEST SAMPLES FOR ALL SUBSTANCES PROHIBITED IN 2012.
SHORTER, FASTER FORMATS OF TRADITIONAL SPORTS ARE ON THE RISE WORLDWIDE: CONSIDER THE SUCCESS OF 3X3 BASKETBALL, TWENTY20 CRICKET AND BEACH VOLLEYBALL. MIGHT 3-ON-3 ICE HOCKEY BE THE NEXT BIG THING?
WHETHER YOU PREFER TAKING TO THE ATHLETICS TRACK, THE SKI SLOPES OR THE WATER, SPORT HAS ALWAYS REPRESENTED AN OPPORTUNITY TO STEP AWAY FROM THE GOINGS ON OF DAY-TO-DAY LIFE. IT DOESN’T MATTER HOW OLD YOU ARE, WHERE YOU COME FROM, OR WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN: EVERYONE CAN UNITE THROUGH LOVE OF SPORT AND COMPETITION.
FIVE-TIME OLYMPIAN CROSS-COUNTRY SKIER AND CANCER SURVIVOR KIKKAN RANDALL SPOKE AT THE CHAT WITH CHAMPIONS EVENT ABOUT HOW TO COMBAT NEGATIVE THOUGHTS.
SPEED SKATER NIL LLOP IZQUIERDO (ESP) WAS TOLD BY DOCTORS HE WOULD NEVER SKATE AGAIN AFTER SUFFERING A SERIOUS LEG INJURY A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.
A DAY OFF PROVED TO BE THE PERFECT TONIC FOR ALENA MOKHOVA (RUS) AS SHE WON THE WOMEN’S 6KM SPRINT AND CEMENTED HERSELF AS QUEEN OF BIATHLON AT THE LAUSANNE 2020 WINTER YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES.
DO NOT QUIT, FOCUS ON THE EFFORT NOT THE RESULT, ALWAYS CULTIVATE INTERESTS OUTSIDE SPORT AND REMEMBER: YOU ARE A ROLE MODEL.
GAISF joined the International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Dr Thomas Bach and other major sports stakeholders at the General Conference of the International Partnership Against Corruption in Sport (IPACS) in the United Arab Emirates last weekend.
On behalf of the entire team at GAISF, I would like to extend season’s greetings to all our Members, partners and stakeholders.
The International Teqball Federation (FITEQ) has been officially granted Observer Status by the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) Council, which convened in Lausanne for a Council meeting on 10 January.
MS MARIAM MAHDAVI WILL BECOME THE IOC LEGAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR ON 16 MARCH 2020. MS MAHDAVI WILL JOIN THE IOC FROM AGICOA, A GENEVA-BASED NOT-FOR-PROFIT INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION, WHERE SHE IS CURRENTLY SERVING AS HEAD OF LEGAL.
RUSSIA’S APOLLINARIIA PANFILOVA AND DMITRY RYLOV WON THE PAIRS GOLD MEDAL ON SUNDAY WITH AN INCREDIBLE DISPLAY OF SPEED, PRECISION AND TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE.
SKIER MIA NURIAH FREUDWEILER HAS MADE IT HER PERSONAL GOAL TO IMPROVE BOTH GENDER EQUALITY AND RECOGNITION OF WINTER SPORTS IN PAKISTAN.
FROM IN-LINE SKATING ON THE STREETS OF COLOMBIA TO SPEED SKATING ON A LAKE IN THE SWISS ALPS, DIEGO AMAYA MARTINEZ HAS MADE A REMARKABLE CLIMB ON TO THE WORLD STAGE.
The Argentinian basketball team pulled off one of the greatest feats in their country’s sporting history by winning the gold medal at Athens 2004, having knocked out the USA in the semi-final. They were the “Golden Generation” who inspired basketball players throughout Argentina, including the teenagers who shone at the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) Buenos Aires 2018. Luis Scola was a key part of that 2004 triumph, and has remained a crucial member of the team which reached the final of the 2019 FIBA World Cup and, in doing so, qualified for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
Dutchman Kevin Heijstek gives the lowdown on the sport that makes its Olympic return 12 years after its last appearance, offering insight into the basics, the mind games and its place within Japanese sporting culture.
Speaking to the General Assembly of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC), IOC President Thomas Bach called on the audience to “respect political neutrality in everything you do”. “It is not up to sport to take political sides,” he said. “Our mission is to unite the entire world in peaceful competition. To achieve this, we must keep solidarity, political neutrality, respect and unity in everything we do and everything we say.”
Sam Kendricks, Armand Duplantis and Piotr Lisek have been the stars of the pole vault season, each surpassing the fabled 6m mark at least once and delivering spectacular performances in the final of the 2019 IAAF World Championships in Doha, in which Kendricks emerged victorious. We can’t wait to see them back in action in Tokyo next year, and they’re not the only ones: the performances of reigning Olympic champion Thiago Braz da Silva from Brazil and world record-holder Renaud Lavillenie from France are also hotly anticipated.
Worldwide TV broadcasting by satellite; a big leap for the pole vault with fibre glass poles; and swimming with timing touch pads fixed to the pool walls… But also the last athletics races at the Games on a cinder track – the Games in Tokyo served as a springboard to the future… to the next edition, in 2020!
MARIANA PAJÓN MADE HISTORY WHEN SHE WON GOLD IN THE BMX AT RIO 2016, AS SHE BECAME COLOMBIA’S FIRST DOUBLE OLYMPIC CHAMPION. NOW PAJÓN HAS HER SIGHTS ON A THIRD OLYMPIC GAMES AT TOKYO 2020, DESPITE ONLY RECENTLY RETURNING TO THE SADDLE AFTER NINE MONTHS OUT WITH A SERIOUS KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY.
SOFTBALL PLAYERS SUCH AS VICTORIA HAYWARD HAVE WAITED MORE THAN A DECADE FOR THEIR SPORT TO RETURN TO THE OLYMPIC STAGE. THE CANADIAN BELIEVES THAT THE WORLD IS GOING TO FALL IN LOVE WITH IT AT TOKYO 2020, THAT THE MATCHES WILL CREATE ONE OF THE GAMES’ BEST ATMOSPHERES – AND THAT THE EXPOSURE CAN HELP MORE PLAYERS INTO THE PROFESSIONAL GAME.
PODIUMS FOR THE OLYMPIC GAMES TOKYO 2020 MEDAL AWARD CEREMONIES TO BE MANUFACTURED USING RECYCLED PLASTIC CONTRIBUTED BY THE PUBLIC AND RECOVERED FROM THE OCEANS IN AN INITIATIVE BRINGING TOGETHER WORLDWIDE OLYMPIC PARTNER PROCTER & GAMBLE (P&G) AND THE TOKYO 2020 ORGANISING COMMITTEE.
The 5th edition of the International Basketball Association’s FIBA Open will, for the first time, be joined by a number of Special Olympics basketball teams from across Europe.
OLYMPIC HOUSE, THE NEW HEADQUARTERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC), HAS RECEIVED THREE OF THE MOST RIGOROUS SUSTAINABLE BUILDING CERTIFICATIONS. IT HAS THEREFORE BECOME ONE OF THE MOST SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS IN THE WORLD.
PARIS 2024 TODAY PUT FORWARD ITS PROPOSAL TO THE IOC FOR NEW SPORTS TO BE INCLUDED ON THE OLYMPIC PROGRAMME, WHICH INCLUDED BREAKING, SKATEBOARDING, SPORT CLIMBING AND SURFING.
THE IOC EXECUTIVE BOARD TODAY SUPPORTED THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE OLYMPIC PROGRAMME COMMISSION TO PUT FORWARD PARIS 2024’S PROPOSAL FOR NEW SPORTS – BREAKING, SKATEBOARDING, SPORT CLIMBING AND SURFING – TO THE UPCOMING IOC SESSION IN JUNE.
FOLLOWING THE SECOND COORDINATION COMMISSION MEETING FOR PARIS 2024, THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC)’S COORDINATION COMMISSION WAS IMPRESSED WITH PARIS’ EXTENSIVE PLANS TO CREATE AN OLYMPIC GAMES FOR ALL OF FRANCE.
The International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF) has become the latest sports organisation to utilise a .sport domain to support Run 24-1, the global running initiative aimed at encouraging runners all over the world to unite.
The International SAMBO Federation (FIAS) has its sights set on the next steps for continuing its global development after the sport gained provisional recognition by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in November 2018.
KILLIAN PEIER BECAME SWITZERLAND’S TOP SKI JUMPER LAST WINTER, WITH A STRING OF TOP 10 FINISHES IN THE WORLD CUP, AND A BRONZE MEDAL ON THE LARGE HILL AT THE 2019 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
INTERNET HELPED JULIUS YEGO TO HURL HIMSELF INTO RECORD BOOKS
WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 2019 MARKS ONE YEAR SINCE THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC) JOINED UN ENVIRONMENT’S #CLEANSEAS INITIATIVE TO BEAT PLASTIC WASTE AND CALLED ON THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT TO COME ON BOARD.
SVETLANA KHORKINA’S SPORTING CAREER WAS AS DRAMATIC AS HER PERSONALITY AFTER SHE OVERCAME BEING DEEMED TOO TALL FOR GYMNASTICS TO WIN TWO OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALS BEFORE BECOMING A POLITICIAN, AUTHOR, COACH AND MOTHER.
Holding the 16th International Training Course by IPONS
IN THE LATEST INSTALMENT OF OUR SERIES LOOKING AT LIFE BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE
The international federation of self-defense and individual arts IFSI during three months of intensive negotiations has finally been identified by IPONS on May 25, 2019,
The Gold Coast Sports Festival 2019, powered by GAISF, began in spectacular style last night, with more than 250 young Australians
GAISF today announced that the Kazakhstan capital of Nur-Sultan will host the inaugural World Combat Games in 2021
Today, the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA’s) Foundation Board (Board) held its first meeting of the year in Montreal, Canada.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is pleased to launch an updated version of the Athlete Learning Program about
The Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) General Assembly (GA) today unanimously elected Raffaele Chiulli as president of the organisation.
GAISF announced the results of its good governance survey to Members at the GAISF General Assembly in Gold Coast on 10 May
The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has launched AirBadminton, a new outdoor version of the sport, at a global ceremony outside the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China last week
THE TICKET LOTTERY FOR THE OLYMPIC GAMES TOKYO 2020 CAME TO A CLOSE TODAY AND HAS SUCCESSFULLY
AN OPEN, UNFLINCHING, UNASHAMED DESIRE TO EACH PROVE THEMSELVES THE BEST ROWER ON THE TEAM WAS
