Category: OTHER SPORTS
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WBSC reveals 2021-2029 calendar for Baseball, Softball, Baseball5 World Cups and format change
Pully, February 26, 2021: The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) today announced the 2021-2029 Baseball, Softball and Baseball5 World Cup calendars, including a series of modifications to the competition format of some Baseball and Softball World Cups. “The pandemic has forced us to rethink our events, innovate and be more efficient with tournament planning,” said…
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2021 IWWF World Wakeboard Championships to be held in Italy
January 21, 2021: The International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation’s (IWWF) Executive Board has approved the bid for the 2021 IWWF World Wakeboard Championships to be held in Rieti, Italy. The event will organise by the Italian Waterski & Wakeboard Federation, in collaboration with Club Nautico Varco Sabino Wave (CNVS WAVE), from 19th to 24th July…
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Laureus World Sports Awards, to go ahead in 2021
London, January 18, 2021: The winners of the 22nd Laureus World Sports Awards, the most prestigious honours in sport, are to be announced in a new-style format this year. As well as recognising the most memorable sporting performances to have taken place in 2020 despite the disruption of the coronavirus pandemic, this year there will…
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The Court of Arbitration for Sport disqualifies team Canada from the jumping competition at the 2019 Pan American Games
Lausanne, January 12, 2021: The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has issued its decision in the appeal arbitration procedures between the Canadian equestrian athlete Nicole Walker, Equestrian Canada and the Pan American Sports Organisation (Panam Sports) relating to the decision issued by the Panam Sports Disciplinary Commission on 11 December 2019 (the Challenged Decision)…
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IOC EB confirms all equestrian disciplines and quotas for Paris 2024
Lausanne, December 7, 2020: All three equestrian disciplines – Jumping, Dressage and Eventing – have been formally confirmed for the Paris 2024 Olympic programme. In addition, the six events – team and individual across each of the three disciplines – and the full quota of 200 athlete/horse combinations have also been endorsed. Individual International Federations…
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ISA celebrates IOC confirmation of Surfing at Paris 2024 Olympics
By Daniel Rollinson, La Jolla, California, December 7, 2020: The (ISA) today welcomes and celebrates the confirmation from the (IOC) Executive Board of Surfing on the Paris 2024 Olympic Games Programme – with Tahiti as the selected location. The IOC decision is a significant milestone in the sport’s journey to long-term, permanent inclusion in the…
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Sport Climbing officially added to PARIS 2024 sports programme!
Torino, December 7, 2020: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board today officially confirmed that Sport Climbing has included on the sports programme of the Olympic Games Paris 2024. The decision marks a high watermark in the history of the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC), following on from the sport’s inclusion at the Youth…
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ISA Welcomes New APP World Tour 2021 StandUp Paddle Season
By Daniel Rollinson, La Jolla, California, December 5, 2020: The ISA today welcomes the APP World Tour’s confirmed schedule for the 2021 season – which will see the world’s best SUP athletes, competing at iconic destinations across the world on the sport’s only professional tour. The expansion of the APP World Tour – which sanctions…
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Ma Long and Sun Yingsha crowned champions at WTT Macao
November 29, 2020: Ma Long and Sun Yingsha showed their star quality as they won the respective men’s and women’s titles at WTT Macao on Sunday 29 November 2020. In two all-Chinese finals, Ma Long, the no.3 seed, overcame Wang Chuqin, no.7 seed (11-5, 11-9, 11-4, 11-5, 10-11, 11-8) as Sun Yingsha, no.2 seed, defeated…
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BWF and Special Olympics International publish global development strategy
Kuala Lumpur, Nov 25, 2020: Badminton World Federation (BWF) in collaboration with Special Olympics International (SOI) has published their Global Development Strategy to grow badminton and provide meaningful opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities to be involved in all aspects of badminton. This follows the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding in 2019 between the…