Budapest, April 30 (IANS) The International Judo Federation (IJF) announced on Thursday that the 2026 World Judo Masters will be held in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, from December 18 to 20. The World Judo Masters ranks just below the world championships within the IJF competition system.As part of the World Judo Tour, the invitation-only event brings together the top 36 athletes in each weight category, with no limit on entries per country. The tournament carries significant world ranking value, with 1…
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Geneva, April 3 (IANS) The UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls Reem Alsalem welcomed the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) policy on the ‘Protection of the Female Category in Olympic Sport’. Last month, the IOC announced a new policy on the protection of the female (women’s) category in Olympic sport, which explains that, for all disciplines on the sports programme of an IOC event, including the Olympic Games and for both individual and team sports, eligibility for an…
Beijing, March 27 (IANS) Following the policy of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to bar transgender athletes from female category events, a World Athletics spokesperson expressed support for IOC’s new rules, stressing that “gender can not trump biology”.”We have led the way in protecting women’s sport over the last decade. Attracting and retaining more girls and women into sport requires a fair and level playing field where there is no biological glass ceiling. This means that gender c…
Geneva, March 26 (IANS) World Skate announced on Thursday the Olympic qualification system rules in the disciplines of Skateboarding Park and Skateboarding Street for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.The qualification pathway consists of two phases, including the World Skateboarding Tour (WST) in Phase 1, which runs from June 11, 2026, to March 31, 2028, and serves as the sole funnel into Phase 2.Each national team can register up to three athletes per WST event, and up to six additional athle…
Milan, Feb 20 (IANS) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on Friday that Spanish basketball great Pau Gasol has been elected chair of the IOC Athletes’ Commission.Under the newly elected leadership team, Polish cyclist Maja Wloszczowska will continue as first vice-chair, while Kenyan rugby player Humphrey Kayange was elected second vice-chair. The commission has also created a third vice-chair position, to be filled by Canada’s Oluseyi Smith, a former athletics and bobsleigh athle…