Leaders of Los Angeles's Olympic bid said Thursday they remain "soley focused" on 2024 amid speculation the runner-up at a key vote this year could be offered the right to stage the 2028 Games. Los...
The International Olympic Committee on Thursday imposed a freeze on grants to the Kenyan Olympic committee in a move which would affect the running of national sports activities in the country. The...
The International Olympic Committee Evaluation Commission has rescheduled a visit to Los Angeles to assess the city's bid for the 2024 Games, LA 2024 officials confirmed Wednesday. The IOC panel had...
Frankie Fredericks carried the Olympic torch on its journey to Rio 2016 Four-time Olympic silver medallist Frankie Fredericks has stepped down from two key administrative roles after corruption...
Former sprinter Frankie Fredericks quit Tuesday as head of the IOC commission monitoring candidates for the 2024 Olympics amid a probe into money he accepted from a sports marketing chief accused of...
Four-time Olympic silver medallist Frankie Fredericks of Namibia has stepped down from a key role at athletics’ world governing body after corruption claims. IAAF council member Fredericks, also a...
Papa Massata Diack, son of disgraced former IAAF chief Lamine Diack, slammed corruption allegations against him over the awarding of the 2016 Olympic Games to Rio as a "witch hunt", in an exclusive...
The President of the Madagascar FA and member of the CAF executive committee, Ahmad says there is an urgent need to reform football in the continent. Ahmad who is also the only man challenging the...
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday issued a sharp warning to the private club set to host golf at the 2020 Tokyo Games: admit women or you're out. On a visit to Tokyo to check on...
Mr. Ben Nunoo-Mensah, President of the Ghana Weightlifting Federation (GWF), has launched an ambitious campaign to lead the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC), as the later goes to the polls on March 15....
US swimming legend Michael Phelps called for an urgent overhaul of global anti-doping procedures on Tuesday as the top American drug czar accused the International Olympic Committee of dragging its...
FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, has reiterated his plans to tackle corruption and ensure transparency in world football. The footballing world has recently been marred by some corruption scandals,...
The President of FIFA Gianni Infantino has arrived in Ghana and will hold a closed-door meeting with Nana Akufo-Addo. The World football governing body’s boss will be meeting the President of the...
Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, will take part in the 2020 Games in Tokyo, but as an entrepreneur, selling his own-brand swimwear, and not competing in the pool. The...
Past Masters winners Adam Scott and Bubba Watson see this week's US PGA Genesis Open at Riviera as a key tuneup for the year's first major championship at Augusta National. Watson, who took the green...
Donald Trump may have given his unequivocal support to Los Angeles's bid for the 2024 Olympics but the tumultuous first few weeks of his presidency have dealt a blow to the city's hopes of staging...
Japan's world number five Hideki Matsuyama is hoping a sexism row won't spell the end of Kasumigaseki Country Club as a venue for the 2020 Olympic golf competition. Matsuyama didn't wade into the...
Olympic leader Thomas Bach does not like losers and that is why Paris and Los Angeles could this year both win the right to host the world's biggest and most complicated sporting event. The French...
Sprinting great Usain Bolt is refusing to dwell on the disappointment of losing his Beijing Olympics 4x100 meters gold medal after his Jamaican team mate Nesta Carter tested positive for a banned...
Johannesburg (AFP) - South African Wayde van Niekerk, the world 400m record holder and Olympic champion, is seeking a World Championships scheduling change so he can race Usain Bolt in London, his...
