IOC earmarks Paris and LA to host 2024 and 2028 summer Olympics
By Julie Vincent | Sportscene
The International Olympic Committee has officially recommended that its members award both the 2024 and 2028 Summer Games when the organization votes in the fall, IOC president Thomas Bach said in Switzerland on Friday.
Paris and Los...
Rio 2016 Illness Rates Lower Than Previous Games
Around The Rings - A study of illnesses and injuries from the Rio 2016 Olympics shows overall athletes stayed healthier than the previous two Summer Olympics.
The study published on July 29 in the British Journal of Medicine “recorded daily incidence...
ICF reverses 2017 Canoe Sprint World Championships Program
By John Mason | Photo: taken from Vote Yes for Women's Canoe FB Page
Yesterday the International Canoe Federation (ICF) reversed their 2017 World Championships Program which would have given an equal number of events for men and women. Gender equity...
Did the International Canoe Federation miss the boat?
By Karolos Grohmann | AARHUS, DENMARK (REUTERS)
The rapidly growing popularity of stand up paddleboarding (SUP) has led to an unlikely battle for control, with surfing and canoeing both claiming it as an off-shoot of their own sport against a...
Sports leaders need to stop talking and take action
Written by Gianni Merlo, AIPS President
At present, sport has two faces - the first is sweet, attractive and exudes the positive emotions of Olympic competition, while the other is cruel, wrinkled and repulsive, linked to the corruption of...


























