My single abiding memory of last week’s International Olympic Committee (IOC) Extraordinary Session in Lausanne came sitting in the bar listening to one, nameless, observer perform an astoundingly brilliant impression of the body’s President, Thomas Bach.

A regionalised version of the Olympic Channel has launched today in the United States, offering year-round programming of Olympic sports from around the world.

Reading through the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) press release following the decision taken in Lausanne this week regarding the 2026 Winter Games, one phrase leaps off the page like a ski jumper at the bottom of the ramp.

A 2019 completion date is now being targeted by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to complete a new headquarters building here which is expected to cost a “maximum” of CHF200 million (£159 million/$207 million/€181 million).

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the former Brazilian President who played a key role in Rio de Janeiro's successful bid for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, has been sentenced to nine-and-a-half years in prison.

"Informal talks" have already taken place between International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach and the Mayors of Los Angeles and Paris as they seek a "tripartite agreement" on who should host the 2024 and 2028 Games.

Results from the two International Olympic Committee (IOC)-commissioned investigations into Russian doping problems are not expected to be completed until October, insidethegames understands.

By around 11pm in the bars surrounding the Palace hotel yesterday, some of the old swagger was starting to return.

Plans for a shorter and cheaper candidature process for the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Games have been approved here, along with other cost-cutting measures, including only using existing sliding tracks.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded broadcast rights in Africa for the next four editions of the Olympic Games.

Accommodation deadlines before the Pyeongchang 2018 remain tight as 11 hotels required for the Winter Olympics and Paralympics have still not been completed.

The mixed zone outside the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session during August’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was a hostile place. Journalists were barely bothering to hide their disgust at the IOC’s attempts to pin the blame for Russian drugs problems on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) during the meeting and sports officials were trying their best to evade lingering press corps as they headed towards lunch.

Ensuring that International Federations play a direct role in choosing host cities for the Olympic and Paralympic Games has been cited as a priority by the head of the umbrella group that represents them.

Ski Mountaineering has been approved as the eighth sport on the programme for the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne.