The IOC finally ran out of patience with the International Boxing Federation Wednesday and set a date to terminate its Olympic status this month. While boxing will still be on the program at the 2024 Paris Games, the International Olympic Committee said
Iran’s election to two major roles in the U.N.’s top body last week drew immediate objection from the U.S. and Israel, which condemned the moves as “absurd.” Tehran on Thursday was selected to sit as vice president on the General Committee for
ITV’s chief executive has been asked to attend a grilling by MPs amid the saga over Phillip Schofield’s exit from This Morning. Dame Carolyn McCall has been invited to appear before cross-party MPs on the Culture, Media and Sport Committee on June
The Kosovo Olympic Committee urged the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Tuesday to open “disciplinary proceedings” against Novak Djokovic after claiming his statement at the French Open regarding the recent conflict in the region could set a “dangerous precedent.” The committee issued a
The days of NBA players widely exaggerating contact in order to entice a whistle could be a thing of the past. The NBA’s Competition Committee is discussing in-game penalties for flopping that would result in a technical free throw, according to The
Cancer, heart disease vaccine could be ready by 2030 Fox News medical contributor Dr. Janette Nesheiwat says the technology that the vaccine uses has been studied since the 1980s and that it teaches the body to recognize cancerous cells in order to
Russia and its ally Belarus have had their suspension from membership of the International Paralympic Committee overturned on appeal but their athletes remain barred from competing in IPC-run events. The IPC said Friday that its independent appeals tribunal had ruled that the
Top Russian athletes who have publicly backed the war or are employed by the military or security forces are still barred from competing in the Olympics. The International Olympic Committee recommend letting Russian and Belarusian athletes compete as neutral athletes without national
Boris Johnson has accused the privileges committee of excluding evidence central to his defence case. Lawyers acting for the former prime minister are understood to be writing a letter to the committee, demanding it makes the documents publicly available. This came after
Conservative MPs have blasted the Privileges Committee for “personal venom”, branding their probe into Boris Johnson a “witch hunt”. Marco Longhi, MP for Dudley North, claimed the committee asked questions which were “designed to attack Boris as a person” during its four-hour