NAPLES, March 7, 2025 - Gianfranco Coppola, deputy editor-in-chief of the Rai Campania office, was re-elected as head of the Italian Sports Press Union (USSI) for a four-year period (2025-28) during the 47th Congress held from March 4 to 6 in the Aragonese-Catalan room of the Royal-Continental Hotel in Naples. The 63-year-old, Coppola had no opponents and the presidents and delegates of the regional groups gave him a sort of plebiscite: 76 preferences, with four blank ballots. The voting process also...

LAUSANNE, March 8, 2025 - Professor Elizabeth Pike PhD, a leading expert in sport and gender from the University of Hertfordshire (Great Britain), is the Global Winner of the 2024 International Olympic Committee (IOC) Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (GEDI) Champions Award. On the eve of International Women’s Day, the IOC is celebrating Pike, alongside five continental winners who are all breaking barriers in #SportForAllWomenAndGirls.A Professor in Sport, Health and Exercise, Pike has dedicated...

LAUSANNE, March 4, 2025 – Twenty-four years after joining the International Olympic Committee and serving in various capacities under two leaders, Juan Antonio Samaranch, believes he has gathered enough experience to help the world’s most powerful sports organisation adapt to the rapidly changing society.“I’ve had the privilege of being part of the Olympic movement for a long time. I’ve been an IOC member for 24 years, and I have been able to participate in this extraordinary life experience, together with...

TEHRAN, March 6, 2025 - In order to strengthen media activities in skiing and winter sports, the Iran Sports Journalists Association (ISJA) organised the fourth ski and media training workshop on 21 February at the International Ski Resort of Darbandsar.According to ISJA, Mohammad Babaei, the instructor of this workshop, discussed topics related to photography techniques in the snow and on the slopes as well as sports journalism. Then he answered questions from the attendees.At the beginning of the...