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  • Five defending AIBA World Champions plan to attend ASBC Asian Men’s & Women’s Boxing Championships

    Five defending AIBA World Champions plan to attend ASBC Asian Men’s & Women’s Boxing Championships

    Lausanne, May 07, 2021: The upcoming ASBC Asian Men’s & Women’s Boxing Championships is scheduled to be held in New Delhi, India, but due to the current Covid-19 situation, the event has been relocated to Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Boxers born between 1980 and 2002 are eligible to participate in the ASBC Asian Men’s &…

  • IOC welcomes Pfizer and BioNTech’s donation of vaccines to teams heading for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020

    IOC welcomes Pfizer and BioNTech’s donation of vaccines to teams heading for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020

    Lausanne, May 06, 2021: As part of the plans to ensure safe and secure Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE to donate doses of the companies’ COVID-19 vaccine to Games participants from National Olympic…

  • Yankton hub to host Hyundai Archery World Cup Final in 2021

    Yankton hub to host Hyundai Archery World Cup Final in 2021

    Yankton, South Dakota, May 06, 2021: The event will take place immediately after the 2021 Hyundai World Archery Championships. Yankton will host this year’s Hyundai Archery World Cup Final on 29-30 September, immediately after the Hyundai World Archery Championships, to end the current outdoor season and complete the 15th year of the international circuit. It…

  • FEI appoints new Communications Director

    FEI appoints new Communications Director

    Lausanne, May 03, 2021: Olivia Robinson (AUS) has appointed as Communications Director for the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI), the global governing body for equestrian sports. Olivia Robinson, 43, a highly experienced Communications specialist, is currently the Senior Manager for Corporate Communications within the FEI. She will take over the reins on 1 June from current…

  • Kazakhstan set to make Olympic slalom history at Tokyo Games

    Kazakhstan set to make Olympic slalom history at Tokyo Games

    Lausanne, May 2, 2021: Two-time Olympian Yekaterina Smirnova has opened the door for a possible third Olympic Games after earning Kazakhstan a potential Tokyo 2020 canoe slalom quota at the Asian Confederation qualifiers in Thailand on Sunday. Kazakhstan finished the day with two potential Olympic quotas, which if confirmed by their national federation and the…

  • Brandon Vera to Defend ONE Heavyweight World Title Against Arjan Bhullar on 15 May

    Brandon Vera to Defend ONE Heavyweight World Title Against Arjan Bhullar on 15 May

    May 01, 2021: Singapore: ONE Championship™ (ONE), Asia’s largest global sports media property, today announced the full card for ONE: DANGAL, a tape-delayed event from the Singapore Indoor Stadium that airs on Saturday, 15 May. In the main event, Filipino superstar Brandon “The Truth” Vera defends his ONE Heavyweight World Title against Indian wrestling champion…

  • Kaunas to host FIFA Futsal World Cup Lithuania 2021™ final

    Kaunas to host FIFA Futsal World Cup Lithuania 2021™ final

    Zurich, April 30, 2021: With less than six months to go until the start of the FIFA Futsal World Cup 2021™, the tournament’s match schedule was unveiled today. Kaunas has confirmed as the host of the opening and final matches, with Vilnius and Klaipėda completing the list of host cities for the first-ever FIFA competition…

  • Registration Open: IMMAF Youth MMA Championships 2021

    Registration Open: IMMAF Youth MMA Championships 2021

    London, April 30, 2021: Competitor registration opens today for the 2021 IMMAF Youth MMA Championships for twelve to eighteen-year-olds, which is to take place in Istanbul at the Hyatt Regency Istanbul Ataköy from 29 July – 1 August. The International Mixed Martial Arts Federation’s second instalment of its under -18s tournament will take place without…

  • Joint statement by the IOC, IPC, Tokyo 2020, Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Government of Japan

    Joint statement by the IOC, IPC, Tokyo 2020, Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Government of Japan

    Lausanne, April 28, 2021: With 86 days left until the opening of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, and 118 days left until the opening of the Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020), the Tokyo Metropolitan…

  • Excitement mounts ahead of FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021™ draw

    Excitement mounts ahead of FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021™ draw

    Zurich, April 26, 2021: Ahead of the FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021™ draw on Tuesday, 27 April (9 PM local time), the qualifying matches for the tournament have been decided. Of the 23 nations involved, the 14 lowest-ranked teams according to the April edition of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Rankings will participate in single-leg play-offs ahead…

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