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Bidders of the 2020 Olympics have today travelled to Lausanne ahead of their presentations to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) later this week.

The International Boxing Association (AIBA) has defended its plan to set up a new competition for professional boxers, which would also allow them to participate in the Olympics, following complaints of monopolisation by other boxing organisations.

The Glasgow 2018 Youth Olympics bid team has revealed plans for a £15.2 million culture and education programme (CEP) for young people ahead of the host city elections this week.

National Hockey League (NHL) players are a step closer to participating in the 2014 Sochi winter Olympics, as a final meeting between ice hockey associations and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is reportedly due to take place on Monday.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidential candidate Ng Ser Miang has today announced that his manifesto places youth at the centre of the Olympic Movement.

Turkey’s national Olympic committee president, Ugur Erdener, has hailed Mersin’s efforts in hosting the 2013 Mediterranean Games, and plans to use it as a template for Istanbul’s bid to host the 2020 Olympics.

Following the release of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s evaluation commission report today, 2020 hosting bidders – Madrid, Istanbul and Tokyo – have all responded to its findings.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) released its report on the three cities bidding to host the 2020 Olympics, which indicated that there was no clear favourite among the bids from Madrid, Tokyo and Istanbul.

The National Hockey League (NHL) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) are reportedly closer to finalising an agreement to allow NHL players to play at the 2014 Sochi winter Olympics in Russia.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has informed the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) of an unauthorised Interim Committee, and has advised them to address the situation.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has stated its confidence in the legacy that the 2016 Olympics will bring to Rio de Janeiro and Brazil, following recent nationwide protests.

PyeongChang, hosts of the winter Olympic Games in 2018, has been praised by IOC inspectors after the conclusion of the second IOC coordination commission visit.

Ugur Erdener, president of Turkey's national Olympic committee, told the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) Extraordinary General Assembly that government action following the riots in Istanbul will strengthen the city’s bid to host the Olympic Games in 2020.

Dave Gordon, the former Head of Events at the BBC who left the UK public-service broadcaster after 40 years in December 2012, looks at how 2016 Olympic Games broadcasters can raise the bar even higher than it was in London.

Spain’s minister of education, culture and sport, Jose Ignacio Wert, has said that the country’s new anti-doping act will banish the idea that Spanish legislation is ineffective in tackling such problems.

With only eight months to go until the start of the 2014 winter Olympics in Sochi, ice hockey governing bodies are still yet to come to an agreement regarding the release of players for Olympic selection.