David Owen: US document offers extra detail on IOC salaries and region-by-region spending
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An additional source of financial information about the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been pointed out to me.
An additional source of financial information about the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been pointed out to me.
There are some, perhaps many, in the world of running who believe that the new era of "super shoes" has turned the sport into something more akin to Formula 1, where technology appears to be the trump card in terms of performance.
The Paris 2024 Olympic Games is now less than a year away and amid all the excitement in the build-up to the most significant moment of the sporting calendar, talk has already turned to legacy.
The timing of this World Championships in Antwerp means it is going to be the perfect gauge for the Olympics, which are now less than a year away.
Today, Varna on the Bulgarian coast is a destination for clubbers, but 50 years ago this week, the first Olympic Congress to be held in 43 years was about to begin.
It was at Seoul in 1988 that Anthony Nesty made history when he became the first black swimmer to win an Olympic gold medal, so it was fitting that on the 35th anniversary of that ground-breaking performance it should be announced that he would be the head coach for the United States men’s squad at Paris 2024.
This week saw the launch of our new 10-year strategy for badminton in England which sets out an ambitious and wide-ranging plan for the future of our sport in this country.
Is the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in danger of losing all of its current Japan-based worldwide sponsors at the same time?
It’s a game that's always tempting to play when there is a huge step on in women's running events - that is, matching it against male performance in the past.
Last year's World Triathlon Championship Finals in Abu Dhabi delivered fireworks in the searing November heat.
Last week, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that they are proposing to amend the Olympic Charter.
Thirty years ago this week, Sydney was chosen as host city for the Olympic Games in 2000, the last Australian city before Brisbane to be selected to stage the biggest sporting event in the world.
This week saw the lifting of a four-year ban on the Iran Judo Federation imposed after it refused to allow its competitors take part in bouts against opponents from Israel.
It is 42 years since the United Nations first established the International Day of Peace and 22 years since its General Assembly designated the day as a period of non-violence and ceasefire.
It's Friday night. I'm sat on the sofa next to my Dad ready to watch the Rugby World Cup's blockbuster opening fixture between France and New Zealand with crisps in hand. It's a perfect set up.