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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.

Glasgow 2018 has revealed its ‘Live City’ festivity plans for the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) should it win its bid to host the event.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidential candidate Sergey Bubka has teamed-up with UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) to develop a "route map" for the future of sport and its relationship with governments, business, education and society.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge has met with the sport’s European commissioner Androulla Vassiliou to discuss the development of sport in the region.

Officials for Rio de Janeiro’s athletics stadium for the 2016 Olympics have revealed that its roof will have to be rebuilt, with work not expected to finish a year before the Games.

Youth Olympic Games bidders Buenos Aires has defended its financial status, following concerns published in the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s evaluation report last week.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidential candidate Thomas Bach has said today that he would like to launch a global Olympic TV channel should he be elected.