International Olympic Committee (IOC)

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has urged Tokyo 2020 to avoid unnecessary construction in its preparations for the Olympic Games and has welcomed talk of adjusting venue plans.

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International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has offered encouragement to a potential Rome bid for the 2024 summer Games by stating that the Italian capital would offer a “very strong” proposition.

Rio 2016 has taken a significant step in addressing one of the main problem areas in its preparations for the Olympic Games by awarding a tender for its Deodoro zone to a consortium comprising Brazilian construction companies OAS and Queiroz Galvão.

The International Rugby Board (IRB) has become the first summer international sports federation to sign up to the International Olympic Committee’s Integrity Betting Intelligence System (IBIS) in an effort to stamp out the threat of illegal betting, match-fixing and corruption in rugby union ahead of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The DOSB, the German Olympic Sports Confederation, has submitted questionnaires to Berlin and Hamburg as it steps up its efforts to identify a potential bidder for the 2024 summer Olympic Games.

The French Olympic Committee (CNOSF) has stepped up its efforts to launch a potential Paris bid for the 2024 Olympic Games by commencing the first stage of a process designed to determine whether a bid would be feasible.

The Polish city of Krakow has withdrawn its bid for the 2022 winter Olympics after almost 70 per cent of voters decided against backing the tilt at the Games in a referendum staged on Sunday.

International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach has revealed the members of the Olympic Agenda 2020 roadmap’s 14 working groups that will help to steer the future of the Olympic movement.

Riccardo Fraccari has pledged to add new impetus to the drive to return baseball and softball to the Olympic programme following his election as the first-ever sole president of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC).

Pressure appears to be mounting on organisers of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games after the International Olympic Committee (IOC), for the second time in less than a week, had to deny a report that the event could be switched to another city.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has rejected English media reports that the 2016 summer Olympic Games could be moved from Rio de Janeiro to London, the host city of the 2012 Games.

Under-fire organisers of the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games have received a welcome boost after the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) revealed that National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) are “impressed” by progress made towards staging the Games.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said PyeongChang 2018 is on the “right track” in its preparations for the winter Olympic Games, adding that a breakthrough is expected in the troublesome field of domestic sponsorship.

The organising committee for the Rio de Janeiro 2016 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games has insisted it will deliver the event on time and within budget after International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice-president John Coates labelled preparations as “the worst I have experienced”.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has signed a “historic” agreement with the United Nations (UN) aimed at strengthening collaboration between the two organisations at the highest level.