There is no doubting that the headline claim from last week’s official debrief on the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics, held in Beijing, was that the Games had achieved a multi-million dollar surplus.
All direct financial payments from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to the International Biathlon Union (IBU) have been suspended until the embattled organisation meets several demands amid the scandal involving the previous leadership, it was announced today.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) officials have urged cities to change their negative perception and see the positives of hosting the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Sion 2026 will hope that an endorsement for their Winter Olympic and Paralympic plans from the residents of the proposed ski jumping venue bodes well for a crunch referendum tomorrow which will effectively determine the bid's future.
Legendary American basketball star Michael Jordan once urged the world to "always turn a negative situation into a positive situation" in one of his trademark philosophical soundbites.
A German athlete panel seeking genuine independence from sporting bodies will receive start-up funding of €225,000 (£198,000/$265,000) from the country's Government, it has been announced.
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.
A schism between athlete representatives from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has deepened after the two organisations clashed over a perceived lack of international spread at the latter's Global Athlete Forum.
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 four-year anti-doping agreement is set to be signed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), it has been announced.
Indonesia is targeting a possible bid for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, according to 2018 Asian Games Organising Committee President Erick Thohir.
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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