The 2011 Modern Pentathlon Senior World Championships are to be held in Moscow after the event was withdrawn from Cairo following the recent political instability in Egypt.
The modern pentathlon is to become a discipline of four, rather than five, events after the sport's governing body, the UIPM, voted to combine its running and shooting elements.
The British Olympic Association (BOA) said that five further partnerships have joined its FTSE-BOA Initiative, the scheme which sees UK companies providing skills and knowledge transfer to a particular National Governing Body of Olympic Sport.
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The team behind the Paris 2012 Olympic bid has announced its strategic plan on transportation, venues and dates should it win the right to host the Games.
The Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will meet next week where the issue of scaling back the number of sporting disciplines at the Games is one of a number of items on the agenda.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted overwhelmingly to delay a decision on the future Olympic status of three sports meaning that the Games are likely to remain unchanged until at least 2012.
Among the issues discussed during the first day of the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) 114th Session meeting, were the continuation of a ban on members visits to bidding cities and the potential for taking out an insurance policy on the Games.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed that it will vote on the future Olympic status of baseball, softball and modern pentathlon at its meeting in Mexico City on Friday.
The future inclusion of three Olympic sports will come under review at the International Olympic Committee meeting in Mexico City, chaired by IOC president Jacques Rogge (pictured).
