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2020 Macau International Dragon Boat Races The Macau International Dragon Boat Races is celebrating its 20th year on 25 June 2020. Co-organised by the Macau China Dragon Boat Association and the Macau Sports Bureau since 2000, the live streaming of the event will bring action into the homes of dragon boat fans from across the world that are unable to participate due to COVID-19 government restrictions. The Dragon Boat Festival (端午節 or 龍舟節) is celebrated annually on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar. Also known as the ‘double fifth’, it is a traditional festival with …

Diversity and inclusion are some of the key elements of the IPC movement aside from their core values of determination, inspiration, courage and equality. We are proud and honoured to have the support of the IPC across our events and initiatives. It is vital that we support the IPC in all their mission towards social inclusion and there is much we can learn from Parasports both on and off the field of play. UTS President Stephan Fox stated “With the current global state of affairs, it is clear that now is a pivotal moment for the international sport community to …

United Through Sports (UTS) was founded in 2017 with the first event held during the annual SportAccord Convention in 2018 held in the beautiful kingdom of Thailand. The UTS initiative under the IOC recognised umbrella organisation AIMS work together to use the powerful platform of sports towards social change and positive development. UTS and AIMS would like to pay their utmost respect and give thanks acknowledging all valuable organisations and individuals who have contributed and dedicated their support towards the UTS initiatives. As a consequence of their contribution, smiles have been brought upon the faces of countless youths from challenged backgrounds, athletes around the world …

On this year’s United Nations’ World Environment Day, International Sports Federations (IFs) demonstrated their commitment to protecting biodiversity and promoting awareness for pressing environmental issues. The focus of this year’s day was the celebration of biodiversity, which is vital for our planet’s ecosystems, and many IFs took the opportunity to illustrate their ongoing work in furthering sustainable sport. “Sport has an unparalleled platform to raise awareness amongst a vast community, so it is only right that sport honours World Environment Day,” GAISF President Raffaele Chiulli said. “To see the tremendous progress our Members have made towards sustainable sport makes me …

LAUSANNE, Switzerland – The 2019 edition of the SportAccord World Sport & Business Summit in Gold Coast has been recognised at a prestigious annual award show for the Australian events sector. SportAccord 2019 was selected as Platinum Award winner for Best Event in Australia at the 2019 Meeting & Events Australia (MEA) and also scooped the overall Government Event of the Year and Queensland’s Event Legacy Award. The winners were announced at the MEALIVE 2019 Award virtual event held at ICC Sydney Studios. Coming just a year after Gold Coast became the focus of the sporting world when it staged …