New sports will be provisionally approved for the Paris 2024 Olympics at the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Session scheduled for Milan in October 2019, it has been announced here in Lausanne.
Swimming finals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are set to be held in the morning after the sport's worldwide governing body sided with the American networks in a dispute with Japanese broadcasters over the timing of gold medal races.
A Calgary City Council Committee has approved CAD$5.1 million (£3 million/$3.8 million/€3.3 million) of extra funding to help decide whether the city should pursue a bid for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Tunisia's bid for the 2022 Summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG) has been reinstated after the country's Government claimed they had ended restrictions on Israeli athletes competing at events in the nation.
Tokyo 2020 have been unable to finalise the competition schedule for aquatics events at the Olympic Games as discussions over the timing of swimming finals remain ongoing, it was revealed here today.
Women's monobob, freestyle skiing big air and four mixed team events are among the seven new disciplines added to the programme for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, it was announced here today.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board members will now conduct self-assessments and take part in regular training, as part of an ongoing scheme to improve good governance within the organisation, it was announced here today.
Legal action has been launched by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) against Dutch-based Tempting Brands following an attempt from the company to trademark the name of Modern Olympic Games founder Pierre de Coubertin.
New members, the Beijing 2022 and Paris 2024 sports programmes and the competition schedule for Tokyo 2020 are among the headline topics due to be discussed at the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) latest Executive Board meeting beginning here tomorrow.
No Calgary Olympics have claimed their campaign against the city’s potential 2026 bid has gained momentum, with the group having received support from a leading member of the campaign group which forced Boston to abandon its effort to host the 2024 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Detailed financial figures showing Pyeongchang 2018 achieved a multi-million dollar surplus will be revealed by September, senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) official Christophe Dubi has claimed.
Retired National Basketball Association (NBA) player and esports franchise owner Rick Fox will host the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) esports forum at Lausanne’s Olympic Museum here on Saturday (July 21), it has been reported.
Plans for an Olympic Museum and other "visionary projects" were among the main items on the agenda as International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach met Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) counterpart Stanislav Pozdnyakov in Moscow.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will work with the Dow Chemical Company to help make their new CHF200 million (£159 million/$207 million/€181 million) headquarters in Lausanne, Olympic House, more energy efficient, it has been announced.
Alexander Zubkov is set to be re-elected President of the Russian Bobsleigh Federation (RBF) tomorrow after his two challengers withdrew from the race after claiming the election was "illegal".
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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Alisher Usmanov, the Uzbek-born President of the International Fencing Federation, has positioned himself as one of the most influential figures in all of sport. With the World Championships beginning in China this week, Mike Rowbottom profiles the powerful billionaire.
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