Lars Haue-Pedersen: A call to rights holders and organisers of major events - don't repeat old mistakes
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Sometimes the hard and unfiltered truth is better delivered by an outsider.
Sometimes the hard and unfiltered truth is better delivered by an outsider.
Victoria's decision to pull out of hosting the 2026 Commonwealth Games has inevitably led to questions about the viability and validity of staging major sporting events.
This week, the International Chess Federation's (FIDE) flagship World Cup tournaments began on the shores of the Caspian Sea in Baku.
Last week's promise extended by International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach to allow Ukrainian fencer Olha Kharlan to compete at Paris 2024 even if she does not qualify was largely praised around the world.
In his extraordinary, shocking announcement nearly a fortnight ago that the Australian state of Victoria was no longer going to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games, the Victoria State Premier Daniel Andrews opined that it was an easy decision because hosting a Commonwealths is "all cost and no benefit".
France look to have unearthed a good one in swimmer Léon Marchand.
Three years ago World Athletics altered its qualification system to create a fairer system whereby half of the athletes selected for major championships would do so through reaching automatic qualification standards and half through the world rankings.
While working for insidethegames back in 2019, I wrote a blog post about FIFA’s decision to increase the size of the Women’s World Cup to 32 teams.
A capacity crowd filed into the Cape Town International Convention Centre yesterday for host nation South Africa's first fixture of the Netball World Cup, producing an electric atmosphere symbolising growing excitement for not just netball but women's sport in the country.
The twice postponed Francophone Games are at last set to open today in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo amid heightened security in the host city.
When details of the Olympic Torch Relay for Paris 2024 were released earlier this week, one small group was probably rubbing their hands in anticipation.
Applause filled the room after World Aquatics members were given a virtual tour of the organisation’s proposed new headquarters in Budapest.
Do roots still matter in sport?
It struck me once again this week how much I have in common with Britain's newly established 100 and 200 metres record holder Zharnel Hughes.
Many athletes will aspire to compete in their chosen sport at the highest level. For some, this dream will become a reality.