A regional Coordination Committee has been established in South Tyrol to support organisers of the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo.
Slovenian biathlete Lena Repinc has been named the winner of the European Olympic Committees (EOC) Piotr Nurowski Prize for the best young winter sport athlete on the continent.
A total of 100,000 trees will be planted in Madagascar after the International Biathlon Union's (IBU) Biathlon Climate Challenge achieved its target.
The International Biathlon Union (IBU) has underlined its efforts to rid "highly harmful" fluorinated products from events after outlining its rules for next season.
Two-time Olympic biathlon medallist Aleksandr Privalov has died at the age of 87.
Belarus has been stripped of hosting rights for an International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup event in 2022 because of the crisis in the country.
The International Biathlon Union (IBU) claims participants in the Biathlon Climate Challenge are on track to planting 50,000 trees by the middle of this month courtesy of their lung-busting efforts.
A new website and mobile applications are being developed for the International Biathlon Union (IBU) after it signed a deal with Finnish transformation experts Vincit, it has been announced.
The International Biathlon Union (IBU) has launched the Biathlon Climate Challenge, which aims to connect an active lifestyle with climate action.
Biathlete Timofey Lapshin has been banned for a year by the Court of Arbitration for Sport Anti-Doping Division (CAS ADD), but will be free to compete at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics after the sanction was backdated.
A venue used for the Lake Placid 1980 Winter Olympics and set to feature during the 2023 Winter World University Games could become a regular stop on the cross-country skiing and biathlon World Cup circuits, it is hoped.
A working group overseeing the reinstatement of the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) has underlined that the national body will not be able to become a full International Biathlon Union (IBU) member again until at least December 2022.
Valery Polkhovsky will step down as head coach of Russia's biathlon team in June for health reasons.
Italian biathlete Nicole Gontier, who twice won a relay bronze medal at the Biathlon World Championships, has announced her retirement at the age of 29.
Germany's most successful biathlete, Arnd Peiffer, has made a surprise decision to retire.
Canadian show jumper Ian Millar holds the record for the most Olympic appearances by an athlete in any sport. When he competed at London 2012 at the age of 65 it was the tenth time he had competed in the Games since making his debut 30 years earlier at Munich 1972. He had won his only Olympic medal at Beijing 2008 when he was part of Canada’s team that took silver in the team jumping event. Millar won a gold medal in the Pan American Games team jumping event at Toronto 2015. He announced his retirement in 2019.
Liverpool City Council - Project Director, World Gymnastics Championships 2022 - United Kingdom
The City of Liverpool is host to the World Gymnastics Championships in 2022. The World Gymnastics Championships 2022 will be one of the largest international sporting events ever to be held in Liverpool. Held at M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool from 29 October to 6 November 2022, more than 550 gymnasts from 75 countries are expected to compete. We are looking for a freelance Project Director to lead the team as maternity cover for an initial 6 month period (with the possibility of extension and potential of Championship role in due course). This is a fantastic role for an experienced Project Director to continue the planning of the 2022 Championships, offering an opportunity to shape a unique and prestigious, world-class major international sport event.
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