Anyone struggling to think of an appropriate Christmas gift for International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach or other members of the Olympic family at the end of another long and difficult year could do worse than pick up a copy of Middle England, the new novel by Jonathan Coe.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has issued a personal plea to the Senegalese Government to cooperate with a French investigation into alleged corruption involving former International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Lamine Diack and his son Papa Massata Diack.
New offices for the Chinese Olympic Committee (COC) have been officially inaugurated in Lausanne.
An agreement has been reached by the International Olympic Committee and Samsung to extend their global partnership through to 2028.
The Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) General Assembly was in danger of being a somewhat understated affair from a news standpoint a few weeks before the annual meeting took place here in the Japanese capital.
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach hailed the unity of the Japanese people and the progress of Tokyo 2020 as organisers received a glowing assessment of their preparations for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Thomas Bach is "out of touch" and has his "head in the sand", United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) chief executive Travis Tygart has claimed after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) President attacked officials not elected by the sports world who say they speak on behalf of athletes.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has dismissed concerns over the independence of its Ethics Commission, despite the organisation’s director general serving on the Board of centre led by Ban Ki-Moon.
A Human Rights Advisory Committee has been established by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in an effort to help the organisation identify risks and guide its strategy on the topic.
Proposals are being considered in athletics, cycling and rugby sevens to help combat potentially high temperatures during the 2020 Olympic Games, it was revealed here today.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has reassured athletes there will be a boxing tournament at Tokyo 2020 as he highlighted International Boxing Association (AIBA) head Gafur Rakhimov's inability to "exercise his full function" as a key concern.
World Taekwondo’s Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation (THF) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), to promote "peace and development activities", it has been announced.
Thomas Bach has given his strongest hint yet the Opening Ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games could be held in the centre of the city - claiming it would be a "dream".
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach expressed his hope that Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah will return as head of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) and claimed the Kuwaiti powerbroker's decision to stand aside after he was accused of forgery was not an admission of guilt.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach attacked officials who claim to speak on behalf of competitors across the world as he stepped up his insistence that the organisation's own Athletes' Commission is one of the only groups which has the legitimate right to do so.
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.
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) - Deputy Director, Education - Montreal, Canada
Reporting to the Director of Education and Communications, the Deputy Director, Education will be responsible for leading the development and implementation of WADA’s strategic education priorities, programs and activities; including, managing WADA’s Social Science Research Grant Program and coordinating the activities of WADA’s Education Committee.
FINA is facing an unprecedented threat with the top swimmers taking legal action against them after they were barred from competing in the new International Swimming League. But FINA President Julio Maglione claims the new concept would represent a threat to the future wellbeing of the sport, as he tells Mike Rowbottom
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