Germany’s Karl Geiger celebrated a fine end to the season by winning individual and team competitions at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Ski Jumping World Cup in Planica.
Slovenia's Nika Križnar has been crowned overall International Ski Federation Women's Ski Jumping World Cup champion after finishing third in a weather-affected final event of the season in Chaikovsky.
Brazilian bobsledder Odirlei Pessoni has died at the age of 38 in a fatal motorcycle crash in Peixoto.
Nathan Chen of the United States produced a flawless routine in the free skating discipline to win the men’s singles title at the World Figure Skating Championships in Stockholm.
France's Tess Ledeux and the United States' Colby Stevenson have claimed their first slopestyle International Ski Federation (FIS) Freestyle Ski World Cup titles at the final competition of the season in Silvaplana in Switzerland.
Strong winds in both Russia and Slovenia meant neither men's or women's Ski Jumping World Cup competition could be held today.
Sofia Nadyrshina and Iaroslav Stepanko won the mixed team parallel giant slalom snowboard gold medal as the International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard and Freeski Junior World Championships in Krasnoyarsk concluded with yet more Russian success.
The International Skating Union (ISU) has confirmed the first positive test for COVID-19 within the competition bubble at the World Figure Skating Championships in Stockholm.
Anna Shcherbakova converted her lead at the halfway stage into gold as the Figure Skating Federation of Russia swept the podium in the women's event at the World Figure Skating Championships in Stockholm.
It was another golden day for Russia at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard and Freeski Junior World Championships in Krasnoyarsk, with Daria Melchakova, Vsevolod Martynov and Sofia Nadyrshina all victorious.
Karl Geiger won the opening World Cup of the Planicia7 tournament as wind conditions led to the cancellation of qualifying and just one jump determining the victor.
Switzerland's Mathilde Gremaud topped women's qualification at the final leg of the slopestyle International Ski Federation (FIS) Freestyle Ski World Cup in Silvaplana.
The finale of this season’s Women’s Ski Jumping World Cup grew yet more dramatic at Chaikovsky today as Austria’s Marita Kramer won her third consecutive event to effectively secure the Blue Bird Russian Tour title and retain an outside chance of the overall crystal globe prize.
André Tourigny, the Canada Hockey League’s coach of the year, will help guide the national team’s efforts at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics after being signed on a one-year deal.
Anastasia Mishina and Aleksandr Galliamov of the Figure Skating Federation of Russia stunned the rest of the field as they clinched the gold medal in the pairs event at the World Figure Skating Championships in Stockholm.
Denver were awarded the 1976 Winter Olympic Games ahead of Sion in Switzerland, Tempere in Finland and Vancouver in Canada at the International Olympic Committee Session in 1970. But in a Colorado referendum in November 1972, voters rejected funding for the event. It is the only time a city has been awarded the Olympics but pulled out. The IOC then offered the Games to Whistler in Canada, but they too declined owing to a change of Government following elections. Salt Lake City offered to host the Games, but the IOC, still reeling from the Denver rejection, declined and selected Innsbruck, the 1964 host city, as a replacement.
Commonwealth Games Federation - Sport Manager - London, United Kingdom
The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) is the international governing body that oversees the quadrennial Commonwealth Games and Commonwealth Youth Games. The CGF is a small passionate team, wholeheartedly committed to its vision, mission and values. Based in our central London headquarters and reporting to the CGF’s Sports Director, this role will play a key role within the team, providing operational and strategic support across all areas of the sport programme, including bespoke projects and events.
At the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896, Spyridon Louis won the marathon to become an instant Greek hero. Mike Rowbottom tells the story of how a humble water carrier entered sporting folklore, 125 years on.
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