An artist rendering of the skate and BMX parks. Image courtesy of ANOC World Beach Games
An inaugural Olympic event featuring surfing, skateboarding and BMX will grace San Diego next year.
Zoe Smith won silver in the 63kg final at the Commonwealth Games ( Getty )
Exclusive interview: Smith explains the costs of UK Sport's drastic funding cuts two years ago which have left her and other top British athletes struggling to reach the Tokyo Games in 2020
The International Ski Federation has announced it achieved a score of 150 ©Getty Images
Let's be clear: this week's report on governance in Winter Olympic sports indicates some modest improvement over the past year in overall standards in the seven Winter Olympic sports federations.
ANOC state they have sent qualification guidelines to NOCs for the World Beach Games ©ANOC
The Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) said the guidelines for their event, to be held in 2019, were released in partnership with the 15 international federations involved.
The US Olympic Committee chief executive Scott Blackmun
60-year-old had faced calls to quit after gymnastics abuse case
Blackmun has been receiving treatment for prostate cancer
Tsunekazu Takeda has resigned following bribery allegations linked to the successful bid from Tokyo 2020 ©Getty Images
CANOC President Brian Lewis and Dominica Olympic Committee counterpart Billy Doctrove met in Roseau ©CANOC/DOC
