Maglione and Vázquez Raña among six departing IOC members as number shrinks...
Uruguay’s Julio Maglione and Mexico’s Olegario Vázquez Raña are among six people removed from the official list of International Olympic Committee (IOC) members after passing age limits in 2015....
View ArticleNew Director of the IOC’s recently created Public Affairs and Social...
Briton Philip French, an experienced player in sports administration has been appointed Director of the IOC’s newly created Public Affairs and Social Development through Sport department: French is...
View ArticleFootball and swimming among sports sued by Kuwait Government in latest...
National Federations representing basketball, boxing and weightlifting, football, swimming and volleyball have been sued by the Kuwait Government as relations been sport and political authorities...
View ArticleLos Angeles 2024 appoint IOC Executive Board member DeFrantz as senior...
Los Angeles 2024 has announced the appointment of International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board member Anita DeFrantz as their senior advisor for legacy. The American will take up the...
View ArticleOpen Reception Center for refugees in Athens visit by IOC President Thomas Bach
Having visited the Open Reception Centre for refugees in Athens, IOC President Thomas Bach announced that on the initiative of the Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC), the Greek section of the 2016...
View ArticleIOC begin application process for new research grants to fund anti-doping...
A process to select new projects to fund through the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) anti-doping research programme has begun, with applications to officially open on March 1. A fund of $10...
View ArticleBach leaves door open for changes to Winter Youth Olympic Games but claims...
A Tripartite Commission is to be set-up by International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach to explore the future of the Winter Youth Olympic Games ahead of the closing of an event...
View ArticleFrankie Fredericks to head IOC Evaluation Commission for 2024 Olympics and...
Namibia’s Frankie Fredericks has been named chairman of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Evaluation Commission that will oversee the bids for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics, it was...
View ArticleASOIF to introduce new governance principles to assess running of...
A “new and comprehensive” set of governance principles and indicators ranking criteria including transparency, integrity and democracy could soon be applied by all summer sporting bodies after being...
View ArticleRefugee Olympic Athletes team launched by IOC to compete at Rio 2016
A special team of Refugee Olympic Athletes has been officially launched and is set to compete at August’s Games in Rio de Janeiro like any other team, it has been announced here today. The group,...
View ArticleSouth Korean sporting and Government officials to meet with IOC to discuss...
A latest autonomy challenge for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is to be combated at a meeting between representatives of the South Korean Governement and the National Olympic Committee in...
View ArticlePál Schmitt appointed President of Budapest 2024 as full Bid Committee is...
Former President of Hungary and International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Pál Schmitt has been appointed as the President of the Budapest 2024 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games Bid Committee....
View ArticleIOC sign MoU with International Committee of Sports for the Deaf
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been agreed between the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (ICSD). The signing of the MoU took place...
View ArticleMeeting the Changing Trends of Youth
If the IOC has a role as guardian of the changing ambitions of sporting youth, it should take note of what were allegedly the three most popular events among Under-30s of the inaugural European Games...
View ArticleKuwait Government turn down IOC proposals to lift suspension as deadlock...
Two draft proposals aimed at lifting Kuwait’s suspension from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have been turned down by the country’s Government. As it stands, Kuwaiti athletes would be...
View ArticleThe IOC has taken another step to make the anti-doping system more independent
The IOC has taken another step to make the anti-doping system more independent as the Executive Board agreed to delegate the decisions on alleged anti-doping rule violations during the Olympic Games to...
View ArticleIOC to review “more effective” way of catching doping cheats
International Olympic Committee (IOC) Medical and Scientific Commission chair Uğur Erdener will lead a delegation to the University of Brighton to review their anti-doping research. He will be joined...
View ArticleIOC make $50,000 donation to giant panda breeding centre in China
The International Olympic Committee has made a donation of $50,000 (£35,000/€44,000) to a giant panda breeding centre in Sichuan Province in China. The money has been given to the Chengdu Research...
View ArticleKuwait facing ban from Rio 2016 after refusing to back down in row with IOC
Progress towards lifting Kuwait’s ban from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has stalled once again following unsuccessful negotiations with Government officials,insidethegames has been told....
View ArticleIOC to lead anti-doping taskforce ahead of Rio 2016
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is to lead an anti-doping taskforce in the run-up to the Rio 2016 Olympics in August. UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) will serve as the secretariat of the body, which...
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