Baumann makes call for unity and working together after elected President of SportAccord By Nick Butler at the SwissTech Convention Center in Lausanne Switzerland's Patrick Baumann has been elected the new President of SportAccord after beating Russia's Anna Arzhanova during today's General Assembly here today.
SportAccord General Assembly By Duncan Mackay, Nick Butler, Liam Morgan and Michael Pavitt in Lausanne
SportAccord Convention: Day four By Duncan Mackay, Nick Butler, Liam Morgan and Michael Pavitt in Lausanne
SportAccord Convention: Day three By Duncan Mackay, Nick Butler, Liam Morgan and Michael Pavitt in Lausanne
SportAccord Convention 2017 awarded to Aarhus in Denmark By Liam Morgan at the SwissTech Convention Center in Lausanne The 2017 SportAccord Convention will take place in Aarhus in Denmark, it was announced here today.
SportAccord Convention: Day two By Duncan Mackay, Nick Butler, Liam Morgan and Michael Pavitt in Lausanne
SportAccord Convention: Day 1 By Duncan Mackay, Nick Butler, Liam Morgan and Michael Pavitt in Lausanne
Exclusive: SportAccord set to lose three-quarters of income over two years By David Owen Working papers for next month’s SportAccord General Assembly seen by insidethegames show the sheer scale of the downsizing forced on the umbrella body for Olympic and non-Olympic sports, as a consequence of the devastating fall-out from the bombshell speech delivered last year in Sochi by Marius Vizer, the then SportAccord President.
Exclusive: Arm wrestling and poker recommended for SportAccord membership but esports and parkour rejected By Duncan Mackay Arm wrestling, poker and rugby league have been recommended for full membership of SportAccord, the umbrella organisation for Olympic and non-Olympic sports, according to documents seen by insidethegames .
Exclusive: Baumann and Arzhanova to stand to be new President of SportAccord By Duncan Mackay Switzerland's Patrick Bauman and Russia's Anna Arzhanova have put themselves forward to be the new President of SportAccord, insidethegames can exclusively reveal.
Exclusive: Concessions to non-Olympic sports in new SportAccord statutes as controversial membership proposal scrapped By Nick Butler SportAccord has abandoned its proposal to reduce membership to just four umbrella Federations in new draft Statutes circulated to members today, reverting back to the traditional system of each constituent sporting body being a full member.
SportAccord postpone plans to merge with SportAccord Convention following Council meeting By Nick Butler A proposal to merge SportAccord and SportAccord Convention has been postponed following a Council meeting in Lausanne today, with the former body to remain composed of individual sports rather than just four umbrella bodies.
Registration now open for 2016 SportAccord Convention in Lausanne By Daniel Etchells Delegate and exhibition registration for the 2016 SportAccord Convention in Lausanne is now open online.
SportAccord Convention begins looking for 2017 and 2018 host cities By Duncan Mackay SportAccord Convention today launched the search to find hosts for 2017 and 2018 just two days after announcing Lausanne as the venue for next year's event.
Lausanne to host 2016 SportAccord Convention By Duncan Mackay at the IOC Headquarters in Lausanne Lausanne was today confirmed as the host for next year's SportAccord Convention, ending an eight-month search to find a city to stage the Olympic Movement's biggest conference and networking opportunity.?