Slovenia

The French resorts of Meribel-Courchevel and Planica, Slovenia have landed the 2023 Alpine Ski World Championships and Nordic World Ski Championships, respectively, as part of a raft of hosting rights assigned by the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Slovenian men’s ice hockey player Ziga Jeglic has today (Tuesday) become the third athlete to commit an anti-doping rule violation at the 2018 winter Olympic Games, but has claimed that the positive test is a result of an asthma medication he is taking under doctor’s orders.

Eleven nations have submitted bids to host the European Handball Federation’s European Championships in 2022 and 2024, with several countries having teamed up on joint proposals.

Slovenian biathlete Teja Gregorin has today (Thursday) been named as the sole athlete that tested positive for banned substances at the 2010 winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada, following re-analysis of samples taken during the sporting spectacle.

The Slovenian towns of Celje and Lasko will host the 2018 edition of the World Para Table Tennis Championships, the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has announced.

The International Ski Federation (FIS) has announced that four bids will compete for the hosting rights to its two showpiece events in 2023.

The European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) has added a number of new events in Turkey and Slovenia to its beach volleyball calendar for the 2017 season.

The Ski Association of Slovenia (SZS) will return to the bidding table for the Nordic Ski World Championships after three consecutive failed efforts for the biannual event.

An internal investigation by Uefa, football’s European administrative body, has found that former general secretary Gianni Infantino and current president Aleksander Ceferin did not break any rules when a €4m ($4.4m) loan was handed to the sport’s governing organisation in Slovenia in June 2015.

Aleksander Ceferin, head of the Football Association of Slovenia (NZS), has been elected as the new president of Uefa after securing an overwhelming majority in today’s (Wednesday’s) election in Athens.

The governing council of the FIS, the global governing body of skiing, has announced the hosts of the 2020 Ski Flying World Championships and the 2021 Freestyle & Snowboard, Nordic and Alpine showpieces.

The International Ski Federation (FIS) has issued bans to musician Vanessa-Mae and five officials for competition fixing offences at an event leading up to the 2014 winter Olympics.

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has awarded its 2013 World Cadet Challenge to Otocec, Slovenia.

The International University Sports Federation (FISU) has announced its intention to take the organisers of the 2013 Winter Universiade to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after stripping the event from the Slovenian city of Maribor.

Total TV, a pay-satellite platform broadcasting in Serbia and Montenegro started operations in Slovenia with Total TV Slovenija.

The Media Partners & Silva agency announced an agreement with the Sport Add agency for the distribution of Italian Serie A rights in Slovenia, Bosnia Herzegovina and Croatia.