IOC President Thomas Bach chairs executive board meeting in MumbaiThe International Olympic Committee (IOC) is holding its Executive Board meeting in Mumbai, India. The main topics of discussion include se...
Russia and Belarus omitted from Paris Olympics inviteesBach had said in mid-July that neither Russia nor its ally in the invasion of Ukraine, Belarus, would be invited as a team. The IOC has how...
China's pandemic Olympics begins, with lockdown and boycottsThe opening ceremony began just after the arrival of Chinese President Xi Jinping and International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach...
'Faster, Higher, Stronger - Together': International Olympic Committee amends mottoThe original motto, the Latin 'Citius, Altius, Fortius', was adopted by the founder of the modern Games Pierre De Coubertin in the 19th cen...
A People by Another Name Isn’t RoseyMixing up nationalities can embarrass the mistaker, or be abusing the mistaken.
Brisbane set to be named 2032 Olympics host next monthIOC president Thomas Bach said after an executive board meeting Brisbane can be awarded hosting rights at a July 21 meeting ahead of the To...
India might have two flag-bearers at Tokyo Olympics, says IOA Chief BatraThe country's lone individual Olympic gold-medallist Abhinav Bindra was the flag-bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Games in Rio de...
Most at Tokyo Olympic village to be vaccinated by Games: IOC chief"At this moment, already as many as 75 percent of the residents of the Olympic Village are already vaccinated or have secured vaccination i...
Japan's Olympics minister: not government's role to look into bid paymentsIn response to a question from a lawmaker about Reuters' reporting on the subject, Hashimoto said it was the responsibility of the Japanese...
International Olympic Committee creates $800 million fund to address coronavirus crisisThe envelope has two parts: USD 650m (602 million euros) which "refers to the cost of organisation" of the postponed Games; and USD 150m as...
International Olympic Committee postpones Tokyo Olympics due to COVID-19 outbreakThe Games were scheduled for July 24-August 9, but after telephone discussions between IOC president Thomas Bach and Japanese Prime Ministe...
Japan requests one-year Olympic postponement over virus: PM Shinzo Abe"I proposed to postpone for about a year and president Bach responded with 100 percent agreement," Shinzo Abe told reporters referring to T...
Postponing the Olympic Games: It's complicatedMuch depends on the length of any postponement but shoehorning an Olympics into what is already a packed sporting calendar in 2021, for exa...
India not to bid for 2024 Olympics: Thomas BachBach also said that IOC thought that it would be too soon for the country to host a successful Games as the national Olympic body has come ...
Olympics: IOC chief Thomas Bach's meeting with PM Narendra Modi fuels talk of Indian bidWith Beijing having played host in 2008 and Tokyo due to do the honours for a second time in 2020, there is a growing sense that an Indian ...
India may bid for 2024 Olympics; IOC chief Thomas Bach to meet PM Modi this monthBach, who took over as IOC President in 2013, has been invited to visit India for a meeting with Prime Minister Modi in New Delhi.
Clean Sports India demands action against tainted officials for attending IOA meetingsCSI approached IOC and demanded action against tainted officials for allegedly attending Executive Committee meeting and the General Assemb...