Tag: International Olympic Committee
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Athens to host 138th IOC Session in 2025
This term will finish on the closing day of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 on August 8 this year, as decided by the IOC Executive Board.
March 12, 2021 -
Thomas Bach announces intention to run for second term as IOC President
Bach was elected to the position on September 10, 2013 at the 125th IOC Session.
July 17, 2020 -
Sindhu, Vinesh to be part of IOC’s Olympic Day celebrations
The entire Olympic movement has been mobilised to join the online activities scheduled on 23 June.
June 19, 2020 -
Olympian howler
And the IOC would have you believe there wasn’t any whiff of politics in this. But these are but superficial matters when the history of the IOC ~ and that of the Olympics ~ is gone back to.
June 15, 2020 -
Have identified over 200 opportunities to reduce costs of postponed Oly: IOC
IOC President Thomas Bach said last month that the postponement of the Olympics will cost the IOC over $800 million.
June 10, 2020 -
Batra included in IOC’s Olympic Channel Commission
Batra and IOA Secretary General Rajeev Mehta have been divided in their opinion on the resumption of training of athletes in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
May 27, 2020 -
IOC announces new deadline for Olympic qualification period
The Olympics was originally scheduled to be held from July 24 to August 9 this year.
April 3, 2020 -
No solution ideal for Tokyo 2020 amid coronavirus scare: IOC
The IOC has claimed there is no need for "any drastic decisions at this stage" regarding this year's Olympic and Paralympic Games, despite growing concern over the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
March 18, 2020 -
Big bash
The big boys, trailed by their spouses or partners, fly in, have a rollicking good time, see the sights and stuff the glistering freebies into their jawhits- floor bags picked up in Milan, New York or London and fly in due course away, comparing notes, laughing all the way home.
March 10, 2020 -
IOC chief thanks Abhinav Bindra, Niccolo Campriani for ‘Taking Refugee’ project
Bindra, India's only individual Olympic gold medallist, is actively involved in the project along with his Italian friend Campriani.
February 16, 2020 -
Milan to host 2026 Winter Olympic Games
The Italian bid got 47 votes out of 81 valid votes, seven more than the minimum required, while 34 members voted for Stockholm-Are
June 25, 2019 -
New game
If history is looked at, Indian sportspersons have brought home only 28 Olympic medals since 1900, with one individual gold. These are dismal statistics. So dismal that, juxtaposed with these, India’s hosting aspirations simply do not cohere.
December 10, 2018 -
IOC warns Taiwan against name-change that would rile Beijing
The International Olympic Committee has warned Taiwan that it could lose its right to compete if it tries to change its name for the 2020 Games in Tokyo, ahead of a referendum that will incense Beijing.
November 19, 2018 -
Afghan woman among nine new IOC members as Coe, Infantino miss out
"You know very well that this is not very easy for many reasons in this country."
October 10, 2018 -
International Olympic Committee meets in Buenos Aires
On Tuesday the IOC will report on the progress being made with its Anti-Doping Rules, among other matters.
October 9, 2018 -
Doping case extremely disappointing if proven — IOC
A doping case involving a Russian curler at the Pyeongchang Olympics would be “extremely disappointing” if proved true, the International Olympic Committee said Monday. “Its extremely disappointing for us if a case is proven,” IOC spokesman Mark Adams said after a curler from the Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) delegation was implicated in the second …
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February 19, 2018 -
IOC impressed by S Korean authorities’ efforts to contain norovirus
International Olympic Committee (IOC) Medical Director Richard Budgett said on Sunday that he was impressed by the local authorities’ efforts to contain norovirus here. The local organisers said that as of Saturday, 158 cases of norovirus infections have been confirmed, but no athlete has been affected by the outbreak. The organisers said that of the …
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February 11, 2018