Battle for IOC presidency needs rigorous candidate tests Sport Business The position of president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) isn’t quite the leadership of the free world, but is arguably more influential on the global stage than the heads of many nations, both free and not-so-free. It comes with far fewer constraints on the post-holder’s power too. Little wonder that seven sporting presidents, vice-presidents, [...]
Paris 2024 prize money: How much did World Athletics pay to each country? Sport Ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games World Athletics, the governing body of track and field, controversially said they would pay gold medallists. Some nations pay there athletes with financial rewards and other assets such as titles and land, but it is not common for a governing body to pay athletes at the Olympic Games. [...]
Team GB at the Paris 2024 Olympics: How many medals will Britain win in athletics? The athletics got underway yesterday with the race walks but the Stade de France stadium programme really kicks off for Team GB this morning. Athletics will be a daily occurrence between now and the closing ceremony with Britain in the mix for medals. Team GB finished 24th in the Tokyo 2020 medal table, a low [...]
Mahuchikh: I have signed Ukraine into track and field history books July 7, 2024 Athlete Laura Muir continued her Paris 2024 Olympic Games preparation by breaking the women’s 1,500m British record at the Diamond League in the French capital as Yaroslava Mahuchikh set a world record for Ukraine. The Scot came third behind Kenyan Faith Kipyegon – who broke the world record – and Australian Jessica Hull at the [...]
European Athletics Championships: Five Brits to watch in Rome June 6, 2024 On Friday a 70-strong British team will begin the hunt for medals at the European Athletics Championships. And though Team GB haven’t sent a completely full strength squad, there will be an expectation for success in Rome over the next six days. Here are five Brits to watch across the European Athletics Championships. Keely Hodgkinson [...]
Semenya set for ECHR hearing in “important day” in her journey May 14, 2024 Caster Semenya will tomorrow have a hearing at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Grand Chamber in what has been described as “an important day in her journey as a human being and an athlete”. The 33-year-old South African has not been able to compete in the 800m since 2019 after controversial limits were [...]
Ed Warner: How do we value sport and the draw of much needed money April 25, 2024 After World Athletics announced it would be paying its Olympic gold medallists, a fresh debate has opened up around money for our athletes and the draw of cash in sport for bodies. Ed Warner writes. The British Olympic Association seats its gold medallists in the front of the plane carrying its team home from a [...]