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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said Rio de Janeiro has made significant progress in its preparations for the 2016 Olympic Games, but stressed that it will need “constant supervision” in its efforts to deliver the event.

China's Zaiqing Yu was elected as a vice-president of the International Olympic Committee earlier today (Friday), stepping into the position left vacant by Thomas Bach’s ascension to the presidency last year.

Sepp Blatter, the president of football’s global governing body Fifa, has called for the International Olympic Committee to scrap its age limits for members.

International Cycling Union (UCI) president Brian Cookson has added to the calls for cyclo-cross to be introduced as a winter Olympic sport by stating the discipline would make for an “exciting addition” to the programme.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today debated the future of the Olympic Movement, with the bidding process for the Olympic Games being a key subject for discussion as the IOC Session commenced in Sochi.

International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach has confirmed he would be in favour of scrapping a rule that forces a sport to wait seven years before it can be considered for a place on the programme of the Olympic Games.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Interpol, the International Criminal Police Organisation, in a bid to protect its events.

Baku 2015 stakeholders have announced that seven sports will use the inaugural European Games as a qualifying platform for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has reiterated his confidence that Sochi will stage a “safe and secure” winter Olympic Games with little over a week remaining until the event commences.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Indian athletes will compete under the Olympic flag rather than their national flag at next month’s winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia.