International Olympic Committee (IOC)

Boxing
Governance

International Boxing Association (Aiba) interim president Mohamed Moustahsane has said the governing body is confident of its position in the Olympic Movement, as the International Olympic Committee (IOC)…
Governance

Former Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon has used his opening remarks to the SportAccord Summit in Gold Coast to say that sport can serve as an “overwhelming power for good in the world”.
Multi-sport
Events

Australia’s potential bid to host the 2032 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games should include venues across the entirety of Queensland, according to Matt Carroll, chief executive of the Australian Olympic C…
Media

Twitter’s former head of sports partnerships, Asia Pacific, Aneesh Madani has joined the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to be its global head of digital partnerships.
Sponsorship & Marketing

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has resisted further calls to change the organisation’s controversial Rule 40 clause and urged athletes to negotiate directly with their National O…
Boxing
Governance

Umar Kremlev, a member of the International Boxing Association’s (Aiba’s) executive committee, has offered to write off the organisation’s $16m (€14.2m) deb
Events

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has made further efforts to address the bidding model for the Olympic Games by forming a new working group to tackle potential changes
Events

Breakdancing has moved a step closer to becoming a medal event at the 2024 Paris Olympics after it was recommended for consideration by the International Olympic Committee’s executive board on Wednesday.
Weightlifting
Events

The IOC has confirmed Weightlifting's place in the 2024 Paris Olympics
Governance

Tsunekazu Takeda, the embattled president of the Japanese Olympic Committee, has confirmed that he will stand down from his role rather than seeking re-election in June, following bribery and corruption…
Multi-sport
Events

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said it has received assurances of political backing for Stockholm’s bid to host the 2026 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Marketing

The IOC has reached an agreement with the German Cartel Office to further dilute the scope of its controversial Rule 40, which places marketing restrictions on athletes while Olympic Games are ongoing
Multi-sport
Events

UK Sport and the Mayor of London have both given their backing to a potential bid to bring the Olympics back to the British capital as soon as 2036
Multi-sport
Events

The International Olympic Committee has moved to suspend all event-hosting discussions with the Indian Olympic Association and the national government amid ongoing tension between the country and neighbouring…
Events

South East Queensland (SEQ) could be set to submit a region-wide bid for the 2032 Olympics after a feasibility study highlighted the benefits the Games could bring to the region
Skateboarding
Events

Breakdancing is poised to make its debut at the summer Olympic Games after Paris 2024 today (Thursday) named it as one of four proposed additional sports for its event
Events

Indonesia has submitted a bid to host the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games in its capital city, Jakarta
Events

French president Emmanuel Macron has claimed that Paris 2024 is not doing enough to benefit the French capital’s poorest areas.