It is mid-August, the height of the European holiday season; work stations at the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s glassy new headquarters building in Lausanne are likely to be more sparsely populated than usual.
It is approaching 50 days since the International Olympic Committee (IOC) rubber-stamped the suspension of the International Boxing Association’s (AIBA) recognition as the Olympic governing body for the sport, a decision hardly steeped in surprise.
“We are standing against mistrust, we are standing against selfishness, we are standing against any form of discrimination, we are standing against isolation, we are standing against division, we are standing against fragmentation."
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is set to meet with International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach in Lausanne next month in the latest step towards the region submitting a bid for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) members have often been criticised for being submissive to the leadership and rarely questioning the decisions or direction taken by the top brass.
Funding has been secured for the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) Olympic Complex at Amasaman, according to the President of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC).
Uncertainty surrounding the future of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) is set to continue following claims that a request will be made to postpone the election of the replacement for Gafur Rakhimov as President of the embattled body.
This past weekend was supposed to be full of celebration and anticipation for organisers of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness (IFBB) President Rafael Santonja met with International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach here as bodybuilding makes its Pan American Games debut.
Olympic gold medallists Tatjana Hüfner of Germany, Canada's John Morris and Hungarian Viktor Knoch have been named among the first 13 athlete role models for next year's Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne.
Tokyo has today celebrated one-year-to-go until the 2020 Olympic Games with International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach officially inviting the world’s athletes to take part in an event he says will see Japan make history.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission chairman John Coates has called on Tokyo 2020 to ensure there is an immediate legacy after next year's Olympics by hosting major events following the conclusion of the Games.
The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has approved changes to its guidelines following the overhaul of the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Rule 40.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) appears to have taken inspiration from a famous line in the 1999 film Fight Club when it comes to its much-maligned Ethics Commission.
French Polynesia in the South Pacific is among five regions to have submitted a bid to host surfing at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, the Organising Committee has announced.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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With the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics about to head into their final year of preparations, Mike Rowbottom speaks to IPC President Andrew Parsons about the most pressing concern and the hope for a lasting legacy.
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