Volume 1 | Issue 21

Tue, 20 October 2020

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INTERNATIONAL EVENTS OTHER

This year's GAISF General Assembly will be held The International Triathlon Union
virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic on November (ITU) formally launched its new
10, 2020. The AIMS has also decided to hold its annual identity as World Triathlon.
GA virtually. Both GAs typically take place as part of the
SportAccord World Sport and Business Summit, but this
year's event was cancelled due to COVID-19.
The annual gathering of governing bodies organized
by SportAccord, the International Federation (IF)
Forum, scheduled for November 4-5, will move online WADA has released a revised
due to ongoing restrictions caused by the coronavirus and redesigned Prohibited List for
pandemic. 2021
The Olympic Council of Asia's (OCA) General
Assembly next month is planned as both an in-person
and online event in Oman's capital Muscat, on Decem- IOC
ber 16. The IOC has set a deadline of
November 30 for officials to submit
their candidatures for President.
TOKYO 2020 IOC President Thomas Bach con-
Yoshihide Suga has been firmed he will stand for a second
officially confirmed as the new term and it is likely that he will run
Prime Minister of Japan and is unopposed. The election is due to
now in line to lead during the post- be held at the 137th IOC Session in
poned Tokyo 2020 Olympics. His Athens, which has been scheduled
standpoint regarding the Games is for March 10 to 12, 2021.

“There are a lot of considerations,

but we want to hold the Olympics PARIS 2024
at all costs.” Yoshihide Suga
Design of proposed Paris 2024
Tokyo 2020 has confirmed that the Torch Relay for Aquatics Centre revealed by com-
the postponed Games will start in Fukushima on petition winners
March 25

NEW POSITIONS Zlatko Mateša has been unanimously re-elect-

Former Olympic fencing champion Mihai
Covaliu has been re-elected President of the
Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee
Sir Hugh Robertson has been re-elected
as chair of the British Olympic Association
Former table tennis player Alexander
Zamora Gómez has been elected as Presi-
dent of the Costa Rican National Olympic
Committee
Paulo Wanderley has been re-elected as
Brazilian Olympic Committee President
ed President of the Croatian Olympic Committee
which he has been leading since 2002.
Jessie Phua and Juliana Seow have both been
elected as vice-presidents of the Singapore
National Olympic Council
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your very brief, weekly, international sports news summary
Monday, 14 September 2020
FITEQ has become a signatory of the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change.
Monday, 21 September 2020
International Teqball Federation has
announced the qualification and quota
processes for the Teqball World Champion-
ships.
Saturday, 26 September 2020
The International Federation of Teqball has
confirmed plans to stage its General
Assembly on December 12.
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
LA Teqers were the triumphant team at the
FITEQ San Diego Challenger Cup.
Saturday, 3 October 2020
Teqball has announced a partnership with
Panther Warehousing, a delivery company
based in the United Kingdom.
Thursday, 8 October 2020
Teqball National Challenger Series events
were held in Romania and Serbia.
Tuesday, 13 October 2020
FITEQ General Secretary Marius Vizer Jr
has held meetings with 56 member federa-
tions, saying it was important to maintain
"open dialogue".
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Tue, 20 October 2020
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Wednesday, 16 September 2020
The International Federation of Teqball has
launched a new online education platform.
Tuesday, 22 September 2020
FITEQ’s application for full membership of
GAISF has been unanimously approved by
the group's Council.
Monday, 28 September 2020
Teqball has been launched in Beijing at an
event attended by more than 1,000 people,
as FITEQ partners with Olympic City Devel-
opment Association
Thursday, 1 October 2020
FITEQ has announced the postponement of
the 2020 Teqball World Championships due
to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Monday, 5 October 2020
An open day was hosted by FITEQ to cele-
brate European Week of Sport.
Friday, 9 October 2020
Three-time teqball world champion Ádám
Blázsovics has completed a coaching
course to promote FITEQ’s new online edu-
cation platform.
Thursday, 15 October 2020
FITEQ has launched a series of webinars on
integrity and anti-doping