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IOC Session approves changes to the Olympic Charter as part of the Fit for the Future process

IOC Session approves changes to the Olympic Charter as part of the Fit for the Future process The 146th IOC Session meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, has approved a series of amendments to the Olympic ...
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FIFA World Cup 2026: Azzedine Ounahi, the kid from Hay Lalla Meriem who has made a name for himself that even Luis Enrique now remembers

Morocco’s midfield engine grew up playing technique to escape his neighbourhood in Casablanca, spent three years proving himself in football’s unglamorous margins, and has just scored twice against ...
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Alpes 2030 to be first gender-equal Olympic Winter Games – freeride (ski and snowboard) and synchro9 (figure skating) athletes to debut

The Alpes 2030 Olympic Winter Games will make history as the first Winter Games with gender parity. The athlete quota places ...
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IOC provisionally lifts suspension of Russian Olympic Committee – Recommendations to IFs with regard to Russian athletes’ participation no longer applicable

Executive Board (EB) has provisionally lifted the suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) that had been in effect since 12 October 2023. The decision was taken following a thorough analysis ...
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Arthur Fery's Wimbledon 2026 run feels like a movie script but, to him, it's a dream realised: "I've always believed in myself"

Ranked outside the world's top 100 and unknown to many in the upper echelon of tennis, Great Britain's Arthur Fery has become a household name over the first 10 days of Wimbledon 2026. And he's not ...
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Wimbledon 2026: Jannik Sinner ends Jan-Lennard Struff's fairytale to reach semi-finals

Defending champion Sinner takes on German veteran Struff on Tuesday (7 July) for a place in the Wimbledon semi-finals. Follow ...
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Patricia O’Brien assumes role as Interim Chair of IOC Ethics Commission – new IOC Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer announced

Ms Patricia O’Brien has taken on the role of interim Chair of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Ethics Commission until the next IOC Session. This was announced during the meeting of the IOC ...
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IOC to start consultation to strengthen direct engagement with Olympian community

Athletes first: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is immediately delivering on its strategic “Fit for the Future” commitment to Olympians to “strengthen a connected and empowered global ...
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What is synchro9? The new figure skating event set to debut at Olympic Winter Games Alpes 2030

It is the International Skating Union's modernised take on synchronised skating, a discipline the ISU formally recognised more than two decades ago. The traditional version puts as many as 16 skaters ...
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French Open champ Alexander Zverev keeps Paris-London double alive, into Wimbledon 2026 semi-finals with win over Taylor Fritz

Newly-minted French Open champion Alexander Zverev is into the Wimbledon semi-finals for the first time in his career. The German No. 2 seed was in peerless form on Wednesday (8 July) on No. 1 Court, ...
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Wimbledon 2026: British wild card Arthur Fery continues "Fery-tale" run, shocks Flavio Cobolli to secure semi-final spot

The "Fery-tale" continues to be written at Wimbledon 2026. British wild card Arthur Fery, a 23-year-old ranked world No. 114, stunned French Open runner-up Flavio Cobolli on Centre Court Wednesday (8 ...
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Summer McIntosh withdraws from 2026 Canadian Swimming Trials due to illness

Summer McIntosh has withdrawn from the 2026 Canadian Swimming Trials in Montreal due to an illness. The three-time Olympic gold medallist said on Tuesday (7 July) that she had felt sick since the ...