SportAccord

Owen Evans speaks to Gian-Franco Kasper, newly-appointed interim chairman of SportAccord, about his plan to dismantle the union in order to get it back into the Olympic Family.

Owen Evans speaks to Gian-Franco Kasper, newly-appointed interim chairman of SportAccord, about his plan to dismantle the union in order to get it back into the Olympic Family.

In the end it was inevitable. As Marius Vizer stood amidst the smoking, smouldering ruins of SportAccord, the freshly re-elected president knew that he had no choice but to quit. 

Association of Summer Olympic Federations (ASOIF) president Francesco Ricci Bitti has been elected as the new president of SportAccord Convention, with organisers seeking a new host of the 2016 event.

As SportAccord’s future hangs in the balance, Elisha Chauhan looks at the potential consequences for the union of International Federations’ World Beach, Combat, Mind and Urban Games.

Gian Franco Kasper has been appointed as the interim head of SportAccord, following the resignation of Marius Vizer last month.

Rachael Church talks about recent developments in sport including a new Swiss law that aims to clamp down on dodgy dealings.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has suspended its recognition of SportAccord, the umbrella association for international sports federations.

Marius Vizer has resigned as the president of SportAccord, the umbrella organisation for international federations.

Vlad Marinescu, Director General of SportAccord, on why he is supporting his former President Marius Vizer after that speech, and the future for his organisation’s multi-sport events

The Association of International Olympic Winter Sports Federations (AIOWF) has become the latest organisation to suspend its ties with SportAccord in response to controversial comments made by the latter body’s president, Marius Vizer, regarding the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

The Association of National Olympic Committees has become the latest organisation to speak out against SportAccord and its president Marius Vizer, with ANOC president Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah today (Tuesday) maintaining that its plans for a Beach Games multi-sport event will be launched “very soon”.

Francesco Ricci Bitti, president of the Association of Summer Olympic Federations (ASOIF), has hit out at Marius Vizer’s controversial comments about the International Olympic Committee (IOC), claiming the SportAccord president has a “lack of understanding” of the Olympic Movement.

SportAccord president Marius Vizer has continued his drive to instigate reform within the Olympic Movement by issuing a 20-point plan, which includes proposals for Olympic athletes to receive prize money and a 50 per cent stake for international federations (IFs) in the new Olympic television channel.

World Rugby, the International Equestrian Federation (FEI), International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) and World Curling Federation (WCF) today (Thursday) became the latest organisations to suspend their ties with SportAccord, the umbrella body for Olympic and non-Olympic sports.

SportAccord president Marius Vizer has called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to stop pressuring federations into withdrawing membership of his organisation following the departure of two more governing bodies.