BOGOTÁ, April 9, 2025 - Considered one of the leading players in Colombian football and remembered in Italy for his time at Parma, Sampdoria, Lecce, and Modena, Jorge Bolaño died on April 6 in Cúcuta, Colombia, at the age of 47 due to a heart attack.Jorge Eladio Bolaño Correa was born on April 28, 1977, into a football-loving family. His father, Oscar, was a three-time Colombian champion, and his brothers, Hugo and Oscar Jr., were also footballers.Sports Career in ColombiaBetter known as Bolañito, he was...

LAUSANNE, April 9, 2025 - The event programme and athlete quotas for the Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 (LA28) have been approved by the Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). With a total of 351 medal events, 22 more than at Paris 2024 (329), the LA28 programme maintains the core athlete quota of 10,500, with an extra 698 quota places allocated for the five sports proposed by the LA28 Organising Committee (baseball/softball, cricket, flag football, lacrosse and squash).For the...

BRUSSELS, April 8, 2025 - The first ever European Running Championships will take place in Brussels-Leuven on 12-13 April with elite races in 10km, half marathon and marathon disciplines competing for team and individual medals. Plus, for the first time ever, recreational runners will be competing in a European Athletics Championships event.Triple European champion in the 5000m, 10,000m and European Cross Country Championships, Nadia Battocletti of Italy will be one of the standout stars at these...

ATHENS, April 7, 2025 - Ioannis Daras has been appointed as new Head of Sports Division of ERT Sports the Greek free-to-air television channel, owned by the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation, the state broadcaster of Greece. ERT incorporates three channels ERT 1, ERT 2 and ERT 3 together with SportsNews. ERT Sports is also responsible for ERASPORT the Radio network as well as ERT website.He brings with him a bag of experiences in the world of sports with a career since 1986 as interviewer, editor in chief,...