Tag: federations
World Athletics, spearhead of federations hostile to the reintegration of Russians and Belarusians
The Nemzeti Atlétikai Központ stadium, a brand new setting which hosts the world athletics championships, in Budapest, from August 19 to 27, 2023. DENES ERDOS / AP If the case…
Bernard Lapasset, former president of the French and international rugby federations, is dead
The former president of the French Rugby Federation, and then president of the Olympic and Paralympic Ambition association, Bernard Lapasset, in June 2015 in Lausanne. FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP The…
several national federations unite to compete with the much maligned IBA
Their objective : “to ensure that boxing remains at the heart of the Olympic movement”. A group of national federations launched Thursday, April 13, “World Boxing”, a competing organization to…
the presence of transgender athletes under the jurisdiction of international federations
Amélie Oudéa-Castéra does not rule anything out. On Wednesday April 12 on Franceinfo, the Minister of Sports and the Olympic and Paralympic Games (JOP) recalled that the participation of transgender…
the Gordian knot of European fencing federations
A Russian athlete takes part in the international fencing competition ‘The Friendship Cup’ in the Russian Volga city of Kazan on March 31. KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP Fencing crystallizes more…
Sports federations: towards the creation of a committee to reflect on “ethics and democratic life”
The many controversies at the highest level of the two major collective sports federations in France, football and rugby, led to the resignation of the two presidents Noël Le Graët…
improve the governance of sports federations
Lhe French team sports teams collect international or Olympic titles and manage to stay at the top with exemplary regularity. This exemplarity is unfortunately not the prerogative of the federal…
“The feminization of sports federations is part of the solution”
Béatrice Barbusse, in Créteil, September 6, 2022. MANTEY STEPHANE/SPORTS PRESS Former handball player, sociologist Béatrice Barbusse is deputy vice-president of the French Handball Federation (FFH). She was one of the…
Presidential 2022: Two Muslim federations, including the Grand Mosque of Paris, call to vote for Emmanuel Macron
The Grand Mosque of Paris and the Rally of Muslims of France called for a vote for Emmanuel Macron through two press releases dated Wednesday April 13 and Friday April…
Reactions to Ukraine invasion: These sports federations are now excluding Russia
Reactions to Ukraine invasion These sports federations are now excluding Russia 03/01/2022, 7:37 p.m The International Olympic Committee has issued a recommendation to all world federations and sporting event organizers…
Charter of Islam in France: three federations decide to sign
Three federations announced on Saturday their decision to sign the “Charter of the principles of Islam of France“, A text wanted by the government and which they qualify as”compromise perfectible“.…
Didier Drogba and Samuel Eto’o, these football stars who are running for the head of African federations
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