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How climate change could force FIFA to rethink World Cup calendar
Some scientists suggest FIFA may have to consider adjusting the soccer calendar to reduce the risk of heat-related illnesses. "I'm increasingly worried we are only one heat wave away from a sporting tragedy," says Prof. Piers Forster, director of the Priestley Centre for Climate Futures.
Human rights court rules Olympic champion Semenya did not get fair hearing in sex eligibility case
Two-time Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya won a partial victory at the European Court of Human Rights on Thursday in her seven-year legal fight against track and field's sex eligibility rules.
New IOC president Kirsty Coventry inaugurated to start 8-year leadership
The first female and first African president of the International Olympic Committee, Kirsty Coventry was inaugurated in the role Monday on the organization's 131st birthday with praise that the Olympic movement was "in the best of hands."
FIFA confirms Women's World Cup will increase to 48 teams in 2031
The Women's World Cup will increase to 48 teams in 2031 when the United States is expected to host the tournament, FIFA confirmed Friday.
Female athletes to be in majority at 2028 L.A. Olympics after big win for women's soccer
The Olympic women's soccer tournament will be bigger than the men's edition for the first time in 2028, the International Olympic Committee decided Wednesday, with 16 teams for women and now just 12 for men.
Sepp Blatter, Michel Platini acquitted again at 2nd trial of financial wrongdoing at FIFA
Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini won again in court Tuesday and now lead 2-0 in trial verdicts against Swiss federal prosecutors. The former FIFA president and former UEFA president were acquitted for a second time on charges of fraud, forgery, mismanagement and misappropriation of more than $2 million US of FIFA money in 2011.
Olympic champion ski jumpers suspended as cheating scandal rocks sport
Two Norwegian ski jumpers are now suspended and under formal suspicion in a cheating scandal, the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) said Wednesday in widening its investigation of altered ski suits.
IOC President Thomas Bach sees 'new world order' ahead of L.A. Olympics
Thomas Bach says he feels a rare calm in his final weeks as IOC president even as a "new world order" gains speed ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
Trump's view on transgender athletes resonates among some candidates running for IOC president
Outgoing IOC President Thomas Bach, who had a tense meeting with Trump during his first term in the White House, has avoided taking a strong stance on the subject, but many of the seven candidates running to replace him this year have.
Olympic coaches sanctioned in international investigation of abuse in Azerbaijan rhythmic gymnastics
A four-year investigation into alleged physical, verbal and psychological abuse of rhythmic gymnasts in Azerbaijan led to the former Olympic team head coach, who is now a government minister, getting an eight-year international ban from the sport.