Two-time Olympic champion Kirsty Coventry from Zimbabwe has been elected president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The election took place during the 144th IOC session in Greece. Coventry gives a short acceptance …
Russian athletes have a chance to participate in the 2024 Olympics, which will be held in the French capital.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has indefinitely postponed any decision on whether to allow athletes from Russia and Belarus to compete in international sports tournaments, IOC President Thomas Bach said on Tuesday in addressing the IOC …
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has revealed that talks are underway over the possibility of imposing an age limit on athletes competing on the Olympic stage. Bach has confirmed that the IOC Executive Board …
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach expressed concern for Russian skater Kamila Valieva after she fumbled multiple times during the free-skate final of the Beijing Olympics. He slammed her coach and "entourage" for …
The International Olympic Committee has amended its 'Faster, Higher, Stronger' motto to include the word 'Together', its President Thomas Bach said on Tuesday, highlighting the need for solidarity during difficult times such as …
It was supposed to be a "short and powerful" two-week state of emergency designed to get Japan's fourth wave of coronavirus infections under control ahead of the Olympics. But after that fortnight had lapsed with infections continuing to place extreme pressure on the medical system, it was extended for another three weeks
The Olympic motto "Faster - Higher - Stronger" may be altered in three months, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach said at a press conference. The motto was approved by the first Olympic Congress …
Japan remains tight-lipped over the IOC’s offer to provide Chinese-made vaccines to Olympic athletes
President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach was reelected on Wednesday for another four-year presidential term, according to the IOC website. The election took place during the 137th IOC Session, which has been …
IOC says decision to come in 4 weeks
Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach in Minsk yesterday. "I think we can congratulate Belarus on the good …
The World Anti-Doping Agency said that Russian authorities had failed to provide access to laboratory doping data by their year-end deadline and it will consider sanctions against the Russian Anti-Doping Agency. WADA's Compliance …
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is ready to resume Russia's membership in the organization, the IOC's head Thomas Bach said at a press conference after the meeting of the organization's executive committee. …
Seven cities, or joint-bidding cities, have expressed interest in hosting the 2026 Winter Olympics, the International Olympic Committee said. Canada’s Calgary, Austria’s Graz, Swedish capital Stockholm, Sion in Switzerland, …
President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach believes that the Court of Arbitration for Sport's (CAS) recent decision to overturn life bans given to over two dozen Russian athletes has demonstrated a …
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) takes two days to decide whether Russia’s 13 athletes and two coaches, whose appeals were upheld at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), will participate in the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in …
A total of 22 Olympic champions in figure skating from Russia and abroad, as well as prominent coaches Tatyana Tarasova and Tamara Moskvina and two-time world champion Yevgenia Medvedeva have signed a letter to IOC President Thomas …
The International Olympic Committee will send a special group of experts and advisers to Georgia to learn about development in the country’s mountain resorts and future prospects in the industry. The decision came after a meeting …
Russian athletes, who could be banned from the Olympic Games in Rio because of the doping scandal, are not responsible for the actions of dishonest government officials and should not suffer because of other people's actions, the head of the …
