From Games on five continents to digital change, IOC candidates unveil plans
Lausanne, Switzerland Reuters The seven candidates for the world’s most powerful job in global sport – the presidency of the International Olympic Committee – unveiled their plans and vision for the Games in a brief presentation to the IOC membership on Thursday. From a Games held simultaneously across five continents to the need for quick […]
Unselfish act earns Norwegian decathlete Skotheim international award
Reuters Norwegian decathlete Sander Skotheim has been given the International Fair Play Award by World Athletics, for the unselfish support he showed to teammate and gold medallist Markus Rooth at the Paris Olympics. The 22-year-old Skotkeim failed to clear a height in the pole vault – the eighth of the 10 decathlon disciplines – ending […]