Abu Dhabi to host 2028 road world championships
Abu Dhabi will host the 2028 cycling Road World Championships and the 2029 Track World Championships, governing body the UCI said on Thursday.
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UCI chief says Israeli athletes are welcome amid boycott calls
Lappartient said: “We are not a tool for sanctions, we are a tool in the service of an ideal of bringing people together with the unifying power of sport”He dismissed questions about double standards despite the UCI’s ban on Russian and Belarusian teams from events over Russia’s war in UkraineKIGALI: The world cycling governing body (UCI) will continue to welcome Israeli athletes at its competitions despite calls for sporting boycotts, UCI president David Lappartient declared on Friday, saying sport should unite rather than punish.Lappartient, who was re-elected the body’s president for a third four-year term at the UCI Congress on Thursday, was speaking on the sidelines of the World Championships in Kigali, Rwanda.Earlier this week, a UN Commission of Inquiry said in a report that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza — an accusation that Israel has dismissed — and called for Israel’s suspension from international football, but Lappartient said the UCI would not go down that path.“It is perfectly normal for them to be here, because we believe — and I am speaking on behalf of the UCI but I could almost say that these are also Olympic values — that sport is not a tool for punishment,” he told reporters.’NOT A TOOL FOR SANCTIONS’Lappartient, who is also a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), added: “The IOC has confirmed our position.“We are not a tool for sanctions, we are a tool in the service of an ideal of bringing people together with the unifying power of sport, with the aim of promoting peace.
All riders at Rwanda world championships to have GPS trackers, say UCI
LONDON : All riders at this year's cycling Road World Championships will have GPS trackers fitted to their bikes to improve safety, world governing body the UCI said on Friday.
Pogacar eyes gold in Rwanda hills in first African world championships
LONDON :Rwanda is known as the 'land of a thousand hills', so from a sporting perspective it is fitting that its capital Kigali will stage the first UCI World Road Championships in Africa.
UCI Champions League scrapped after four years
LONDON : Track cycling's Champions League has been scrapped four years after its launch was hailed as a mind-blowing new way to present a sport often unfathomable to the general public.
Olympic gold medalist Kirsty Coventry makes IOC history as first female president
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IOC elections: Tension builds in Athens as Coe, six others battle for Bach’s job
The battle for the leadership of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will end today in Greece, where seven people are vying to replace Thomas Bach as IOC president.
Kirsty Coventry becomes first woman to be elected IOC president - ESPN
COSTA NAVARINO, Greece — Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday, becoming the first woman and first African to get perhaps the biggest job in global sports.
Breakdown of votes for IOC presidential election
PYLOS, Greece : Here is the breakdown of votes by the members of the International Olympic Committee to elect Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry as the next president of the organisation on Thursday: