IOC and the United Nations share the same values
Underlining that the IOC and the United Nations “share the same values of contributing to a better and peaceful world through sport,” IOC President Thomas Bach and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon...
View ArticleVice President of the International Olympic Committee is confident that Rio...
John Coates claims he is confident Rio 2016 will “deliver excellent Games” following reassurances from officials in Brazil and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that they are doing everything...
View ArticlePresident of International Boxing Association set to run for final term
C K Wu looks set to run for a final four-year term as President of the International Boxing Association (AIBA), insidethegames can exclusively reveal. Speaking from the Youth World Championships in...
View ArticleNBC Universal secures U.S. broadcasting rights to Olympic Games through 2032
Nearly eight billion dollars is the value of the contract, on the basis of which NBC Universal has secured the U.S. broadcasting rights to the Olympic Games, up to and including the 2032 Summer Games....
View ArticleThe USOC share of the new NBC deal with the IOC will be approximately 1...
For $7.75 billion, NBC has extended its U.S. broadcast rights for the Olympics through 2032 without going through a bidding process. The new deal, announced Wednesday by NBC and the International...
View ArticleIOC established 300,000 US$ emergency fund in support of Ukrainian athletes
Announcing the IOC having established a 300,000 US$ emergency fund in support of Ukrainian athletes, IOC President Thomas Bach expressed the IOC’s “growing concern” in view of the political, economic...
View ArticleGoogle chairman and violinist Vanessa Mae to help decide direction of Olympic...
Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt, Britain’s former Culture Minister Dame Tessa Jowell and violinist Vanessa Mae are among a group of experts who will help shape the future of the Olympic...
View ArticleIOC and Oslo, Norway, challenged to create a blueprint for future Olympic Games
In the wake of IOC President Thomas Bach visiting Oslo – successfully persuading anti-Olympic campaigners to reassess the validity of a bid for the Winter Games of 2022 – has not the moment arrived for...
View ArticleWhat would Jackie Robinson say?
International Olympic Committee news releases are written in distinctive code. In an otherwise anodyne six-paragraph release issued a few days ago on autonomy and good governance, the IOC dropped a...
View ArticleIOC President Thomas Bach’s speech at the Opening of the 6th IWG World...
Good afternoon. It’s great pleasure to be with you in Helsinki today – you are a country rightly proud of your record on gender equality. It is appropriate that we are in a country that was the first...
View ArticleGrowing concerns over elections at ISSF in Munich
With a Kuwaiti Sheikh challenging Olegario Vazquez Rana at tomorrows Presidential elections at the ISSF General Assembly in Munich, there is growing concern over the tactics being used in the struggle...
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Swimming and Gymnastics Vault Ahead as Rate of Increase Slows in IOC Revenue...
Swimming and gymnastics are the biggest winners and modern pentathlon the biggest loser in the new revenue distribution framework finalised by members of the Association of Summer Olympic International...
View ArticleSportAccord Exodus Reaches Double Figures as Weightlifting Announces Suspension
Weightlifting has become the tenth sport to suspend its membership of SportAccord, insidethegames has been told today. A decision was made “following the opening speech of the President of SportAccord...
View ArticleBach to Consult Key Stakeholders Before Deciding Whether to Meet Vizer as...
Modern pentathlon, rowing and volleyball today became the latest world governing bodies to resign or suspend their membership from SportAccord in protest at its President Marius Vizer’s controversial...
View ArticleEquestrian, Curling, Table Tennis and Rugby Suspend SportAccord
Equestrian, curling, table tennis and rugby have become the latest Federations to suspend their membership with SportAccord, it has been announced today. The International Equestrian Federation (FEI),...
View ArticleIOC Withdraw All Funding from SportAccord until “Agreement Reached” Between...
Funding provided to SportAccord by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is to be withdrawn, it was announced here following today’s IOC Executive Board meeting. The move, which accompanies a...
View ArticleNew “Entity” Planned To Replace SportAccord as Hunt Begins for 2016...
A “new entity” undertaking a narrower breadth of roles is being envisaged as a likely replacement to SportAccord, insidethegames has been told. It follows belated confirmation that Russia has...
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The World Baseball Softball Confederation Submitted Proposal for Olympic...
The World Baseball Softball Confederation has submitted an official proposal to the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee for men’s baseball and women’s softball to be included in the program at the 2020...
View ArticleDavid Miller Suggests Only Four Candidates for one Tokyo Addition
The fiction, or should I say fantasy, that there are 26 sports deservedly ready, willing and able to bid for a single addition to the programme for Tokyo 2020 has been neatly sidestepped by the IOC –...
View ArticleUnited States Olympic Committee Stand Behind Boston 2024 Following...
United States Olympic Committee (USOC) officials have firmly endorsed Boston’s under fire 2024 Olympic and Paralympic bid today, hailing “remarkable progress” made over the last five weeks and...
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