International Olympic Committee (IOC)

Boxing
Governance

Gafur Rakhimov, whose controversial tenure as president of the International Boxing Association (Aiba) was one of the reasons behind the International Olympic Committee (IOC) taking action against the…
Governance

The Court of Arbitration for Sport has upheld an appeal from Russian Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko against a lifetime ban imposed by the International Olympic Committee from participating in the Olympic…
Sponsorship & Marketing

Timo Lumme, the man responsible for sale of the International Olympic Committee's sponsorship rights, has said the organisation may have to introduce perimeter advertising at the Olympic Games if its controversial…
Governance

Kuwait has returned as a fully-recognised member of the Olympic Movement after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) lifted a four-year suspension of its National Olympic Committee (NOC)
Governance

Sergio Cabral, the former governor of Rio de Janiero, admitted in court on Thursday to giving a $2m bribe to Lamine Diack, the former president of the International Association of Athletics Federations,…
Governance

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has today (Thursday) struck a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) which is designed to strengthen…
Events

With US President Donald Trump meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at the Korean demilitarised zone on Sunday, as well as Olympic charter changes in June, momentum is building for a joint North and…
Governance

Yasuhiro Yamashita has replaced Tsunekazu Takeda as president of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC). Yamashita was appointed on Thursday at a JOC executive board meeting
Events

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has moved to further amend its controversial rules governing athletes’ endorsement deals when competing at the Olympic Games.
Boxing
Governance

The International Olympic Committee yesterday (Wednesday) officially stripped the International Boxing Association (Aiba) of its Olympic status, confirming that a boxing tournament will go ahead in Tokyo…
Multi-sport
Events

The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Organising Committee has announced it will use special cooling technology at its venues, designed to reduce the event’s carbon footprint.
Multi-sport
Governance

South Korean Kee Heung Lee, Indonesian Erick Thohir and Indian Narinder Batra were among the 10 new members elected to the International Olympic Committee yesterday, at the organisation’s ongoing session i…
Events

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has today (Wednesday) signed off on reforms to transform the Olympic Games bidding process, including the permission of bids across multiple cities, countries…
Finance & Law

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has reported a profit of $165.1m (€145.3m) for 2018, boosted by income of $2.2bn in the year of the winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang.
Skateboarding
Events

The International Olympic Committee voted on Tuesday in support of adding breaking, popularly known as breakdancing, sport climbing, skateboarding and surfing to the Paris 2024 Olympic programme
Multi-sport
Governance

Northern Italian cities prevail over Swedish bid in competitive but decisive IOC vote
Sponsorship & Marketing

The joint ‘TOP’ deal between Coca-Cola Company and Mengniu is about "shared ambitions, not sharing costs," according to Michael Payne, the man who brokered the deal.
Winter Sports
Events

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has begun its 134th Session in Lausanne, where the host of the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games will be chosen