Thomas Bach’s election as President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was still a few hours away on September 10 in 2013 the last time a successful referendum was held on an Olympic and Paralympic Games bid.

It takes quite a lot for us to take notice of stories that break late on a Saturday afternoon, given the deluge of live sporting events inevitably facing us at the time.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) have revealed more details of an event in Lausanne which is billed as part of sport's role in the Korean peace process.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has said the organisation is working on a special programme to allow North Korean athletes to prepare and to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Summer and Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has today announced that the organisation will donate $150,000 (£112,000/€129,000) to help 2018 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games hosts Pyeongchang, which was badly hit by flooding earlier this month.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has claimed here today that the official debrief of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games has showed that the reforms of Olympic Agenda 2020 are now coming to fruition.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has met with China's vice premier Sun Chunlan here in Beijing to discuss preparations for the capital city’s hosting of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

A lump participation sum granted to all athletes appearing at the Olympic Games has been proposed as one idea by the head of a panel of German athletes seeking to reform the way revenues are distributed.

Fencers, it seems, are all the rage in sports politics these days.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has invited critical German athletes to Lausanne so he can "discuss and explain" the ways in which they support and finance Olympians.

A strongly-worded letter has been sent by a group of German athletes to International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach, calling for the organisation to reform Rule 40 and divert more of its income directly to competitors.

An esports summit is due to be hosted by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne in July, to continue the organisation's "dialogue" with the gaming industry.

Confirmation that North and South Korea would face each other in the women’s quarter-finals at the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Halmstad was met with a witty response from a colleague as news of their pending meeting filtered through to us in the office.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) officials have insisted they will constantly monitor Korean organisers in the finalising of post-Games plans at three Pyeongchang 2018 venues still unaccounted for.

Reflections on Pyeongchang 2018 and an update on boxing's place on the Tokyo 2020 programme are among items expected to be discussed at a two-day meeting of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board starting here tomorrow.