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International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has praised PyeongChang’s progress in its preparations for the 2018 Olympics and played down security concerns surrounding the next edition of the winter Games.

Francois Carrard, the former director general of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has been confirmed as the independent chairman of the 2016 Fifa Reform Committee, which is designed to restore the reputation of world football’s governing body following a highly damaging period of scandal.

Francois Carrard, the former director general of the International Olympic Committee, has been invited by Fifa to lead the Reform Task Force at football’s global governing body.

Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) president John Coates has said a Brisbane-anchored proposal has until the end of next year to decide whether to put forward a bid for the 2028 Olympics, while conceding that current regulations mean Melbourne and Sydney are unlikely to ever host the summer Games again.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is to order new testing for disease-causing viruses in waters that will stage events during the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, with organisers in the Brazilian city pledging to improve water quality ahead of next summer’s sporting spectacle.

The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) has been granted full recognition by the International Olympic Committee, while South Sudan was approved as the 206th full IOC member as the organisation’s 128th Session drew to a close today (Monday).

Beijing bid committee members today (Friday) reflected on creating Olympic history after being awarded hosting rights to the 2022 winter Games, as defeated Almaty pledged to maintain its efforts to turn the city into a major winter sports hub.

Lausanne, the Swiss city where the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is based, today (Friday) landed a convincing victory in being awarded the hosting rights to the 2020 winter Youth Olympic Games.

Beijing will become the first city to host both the summer and winter Olympics after it was today (Friday) awarded the hosting rights to the 2022 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The bid teams from Almaty and Beijing have made their final cases for selection as the destination for the 2022 winter Olympic Games, as the rocky road towards the assignment of the host city rights comes to an end tomorrow (Friday).

The Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) today (Thursday) said that its member federations could have significantly enhanced roles in the preparation and delivery of the Olympic Games and its respective sport events as soon as the 2020 event in Tokyo.

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International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has criticised Boston for not delivering on its promises in the wake of its failed bid for the 2024 Olympic Games, adding the US Olympic Committee (USOC) is “committed” to delivering a replacement candidate.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today (Tuesday) unveiled changes to the bidding procedure for the 2024 Olympic Games and improvements to the host city contract for the 2022 winter Games as officials weighed up the news of Boston’s withdrawal as a bid city for the former event.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the International Olympic Committee to fully respect human rights commitments in preparing for and hosting the 2022 winter Olympic Games, adding the forthcoming decision over whether Almaty or Beijing will stage the event will provide an “extreme test” of the IOC’s new Agenda 2020 measures.