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World Squash Federation president N. Ramachandran is set to be elected as the new president of the Indian Olympic Association, which remains suspended by the International Olympic Committee.

The Tokyo Organising Committee of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games was formally established today (Friday), with former Prime Minister of Japan Yoshiro Mori confirmed as the head of the organisation.

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The operating budget for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro summer Olympic and Paralympic Games has increased to R7bn (€2.2bn/$3bn), organisers announced yesterday (Thursday) evening.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) Marketing Commission chairman Gerhard Heiberg has called on the winter Olympics to go “back to basics” in order not to deter future bidders for the event.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has underlined that Rio de Janeiro’s preparation schedule for the 2016 Olympic Games is “incredibly tight” after staging a meeting with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.

Stockholm’s proposed bid to host the 2022 winter Olympic Games has been scrapped after the Swedish city’s ruling Moderate party refused to support the project.
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International Olympic Committee member Gian-Franco Kasper has been told by one of Russia’s most powerful men to back up his claims of corruption during the construction phase ahead of the Sochi 2014 winter Olympic Games or face legal consequences.
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Major General Fernando Azevedo e Silva, the army general responsible for co-ordinating preparations for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, has admitted that organisers are facing “very short” deadlines ahead of the event.
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Indian athletes will compete under the Olympic flag rather than their national flag at next month’s winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia.

The Japanese government and Tokyo authorities are in final talks with a view to appointing former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori as head of the city’s local organising committee for the 2020 Olympic Games, according to Kyodo News.

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The International Cycling Union (UCI) is set to meet with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) next week to discuss the possibility of the cyclocross discipline being included in future editions of the winter Olympic Games, according to Belgian newspaper Gazet van Antwerpen.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) has established a new bureau dedicated to preparations for the delivery of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games ahead of the formation of the local organising committee, which is due to be unveiled by the end of February.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has opted to lift a ban on public protests during the forthcoming winter Olympic Games in Sochi, staging an about-turn on a decree signed last year that outlawed any form of demonstrations.
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International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach is planning to meet Brazilian government officials, including President Dilma Rousseff, in the coming weeks in an effort to accelerate preparations for the Rio 2016 summer Olympic Games.
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The organising committee of the Sochi 2014 winter Olympic Games has confirmed to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that at least one specific protest zone will be set up for demonstrators during the event.
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The Indian Olympic Association has seemingly avoided the threat of expulsion from the Olympic Movement after introducing reforms designed to meet the demands of the International Olympic Committee.
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South African Olympic Committee and International Olympic Committee member Sam Ramsamy has outlined his ambition to bring the Olympic Games to the country in the “very near future” so that he can fulfil one of Nelson Mandela’s last wishes.

The UAE National Olympic Committee has no immediate plans to bid for an Olympic Games, according to a senior official from the organisation.