Brian Oliver: How Jalood and his IWF team pulled off one of sport's great comebacks
The most famous comebacks in sport took place on a football pitch, golf course, boxing ring, cricket pitch or tennis court as far as most fans are concerned.
The most famous comebacks in sport took place on a football pitch, golf course, boxing ring, cricket pitch or tennis court as far as most fans are concerned.
As we learnt on Sunday, some International Olympic Committee (IOC) members are keen for Thomas Bach to stay on as IOC President until 2029, even though this would require an amendment to the Olympic Charter.
The good news for rowing: of 16 proposals for new sports disciplines at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, beach sprint rowing was the only one accepted by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at its Executive Board meeting in Mumbai last week.
I read with interest this week the proposed sports to be included on the programme for the Los Angeles 2028 Summer Olympics.
Major sports events like the Olympics, World Aquatics Championships, and national swimming trials have always been a spectacle, showcasing the pinnacle of athletic prowess in the water.
This week qualification for the 2024 UEFA men’s European Championship in Germany continues.
Cricket is the Olympics' gift to India, it has been claimed, after the country's national obsession was given the green light to join the programme at Los Angeles 2028.
In the world of international sport, dramatic changes have been taking place for a long time, and especially in these days, which have had an impact on their performance, their effects and their scope.
Different sports have different geographies. No sport references the northern and southern hemispheres as frequently as rugby union.
Just across the road from where we live in south-west France there’s a football pitch complete with dressing rooms and two professional-style dugouts marked with the home team’s initials, "GMG", and "Visiteurs".
On Tuesday (October 10), the UEFA Executive Committee will announce the host nations of the UEFA European Championships in 2028 and 2032.
As soon as I stepped off the plane, I was faced with what looked like a scene from a disaster movie. Several men dressed in hazmat suits appeared slightly on edge as passengers arrived from Paris to an almost empty Beijing International Airport.
The Olympic spotlight falls on India this month as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session is set to begin in Mumbai.
The World Para Taekwondo Championships in Veracruz last month was the first live, in-person, Para poomsae event since before the start of the pandemic.
Depressingly, the Hangzhou 2022 Main Media Centre marks the site where I have received the most female attention in my life.