Ukraine has called that no Russian athletes should compete in Paris
The scandal has cast a shadow over the northern city of Sapporo’s bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics
Olympic authorities had banned Russian athletes following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine
Awards were not held in the past two years due to COVID-19
Meeting provided athletes a forum to be well involved in Olympic Movement
The Maltese Olympic Committee (MOC) announced the new Athletes’ Commission which was elected following a call for nominations amongst athletes who have been competing at national level in a sport that is part of the Olympic programme, for the last...
The International Olympic Committee will reassess “step by step” the fate of Russian athletes excluded from most international competitions after the invasion of Ukraine, IOC president Thomas Bach said Friday. “We have to take it step by step. We don’t...
Australian sport ushered in a new era Saturday when powerbroker John Coates stood down as president of the country’s Olympic Committee after 32 years at the helm. Coates, 71, rose to prominence when he helped Sydney win its 2000 Games bid and is...
Former Olympic medallist Paul Schockemoehle has brought 80 Ukrainian refugees to Germany to help them escape Russia’s invasion. The 76-year-old won equestrian team jumping silver at the 1976 Montreal Olympics in Montreal and bronze at the 1984 Games in...
It was a bittersweet day for Ukraine at the Winter Paralympics with nine medals and a clean sweep of two biathlon events Tuesday – just as one athlete learned her father had been taken prisoner by Russian troops. Despite grappling with heartbreak...
Ukrainian athletes showed resilience in the face of the turmoil engulfing their war-torn homeland Saturday, racing to the top of the medal table on day one of the Beijing Winter Paralympics with an impressive haul of seven. With more than 1.2 million...
Athletes paraded through Beijing’s national stadium as the Winter Paralympics opened Friday after a storm of controversy that surrounded the banning of Russian and Belarusian athletes due to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The lead-up to the Games was...
Tensions in the athlete villages, threats of competition boycotts and an eleventh-hour reversal to ban Russian athletes have marred the lead-up to Friday’s opening of the Beijing Winter Paralympics. Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine sent shockwaves through...
Russian, Belarusian athletes banned from Winter Paralympics Russian and Belarusian athletes were on Thursday banned from the Beijing Winter Paralympics over the war in Ukraine, with organisers bowing to international pressure and threats of a...
The head of the International Olympic Committee on Wednesday pinned full responsibility for Russia’s sporting exile on the Kremlin, insisting the IOC was on “the side of peace”. The IOC on Monday urged sports federations to exclude Russian and...
Russian and Belarusian athletes were given the all-clear Wednesday to compete at the upcoming Winter Paralympics, which open this week under the shadow of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has urged sporting...
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sparked widespread reaction in the sports world, with the country booted out of this year’s World Cup and the IOC calling for a global sporting ban. AFP Sport looks at some of the main developments: FOOTBALL •...
The International Olympic Committee, angry at the Russian invasion of Ukraine breaching the ‘Olympic Truce’, on Friday urged all international sports federations to cancel their forthcoming events in Russia. “The IOC EB (executive board) today urges...
The Maltese Olympic Committee joined the chorus of disapproval from sporting bodies on Thursday following the government’s decision to omit sports from the list of activities where a COVID-19 vaccine certificate will no longer be needed next month. On...
Following the coming into force of the Macolin Convention on September 1, 2018, the Follow-Up Committee (FUC) was set up in order to monitor the implementation of the Convention and oversee its sustainability. During the drafting process, a credible...
The Maltese Olympic Committee announced that the Gala Sports Awards, scheduled for next month, have been postponed amid the current COVID-19 situation in Malta. The MOC were due to host their gala night, which acknowledges the athletes’ feats for...
Is Malta’ search for an Olympic medal a futile dream? A lot of effort in terms of strategy, planning, and assessment, and possibly sufficient funds, have been put in every time Malta competes. A medal continues to elude us, notwithstanding our repeated...
Maltese Olympic Committee president Julian Pace Bonello believes that the only way athletes can thrive in major sporting events is if authorities continue to invest heavily in local talent and more importantly include sport as an integral part of...
A court has sentenced a former president of the Brazilian Olympic Committee to more than 30 years in prison for buying votes to win Rio de Janeiro’s bid to host the 2016 Olympics. Carlos Nuzman, 79, was convicted in federal court of masterminding the...
Maltese Olympic Committee (MOC) president Julian Pace Bonello has been co-opted as a member on the International Committee of Mediterranean Games (ICMG). This appointment was announced earlier on this week during the ICMG Executive Committee, which...
Maltese Olympic Committee president Julian Pace Bonello announced that this will be his last term in office at the local governing body of elite sport but vowed to do everything in his power to help athletes fulfil their potential ahead of key...
Kevin Azzopardi elected as new general secretary
Beijing Winter Olympics organisers said Wednesday that protecting the Games from the coronavirus is the “biggest challenge”, as China races to stamp out an outbreak 100 days before the event starts. The Chinese capital will in February become the...
SportMalta chief executive officer Mark Cutajar called for changes in the education system as well as in the mentality of how we look at sport if Maltese athletes are to reach higher goals in the near future. Speaking to the Times of Malta, Cutajar...
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