Xiao wins nail-biter at ITTF European Olympic qualifier to seal Tokyo 2020 place
Spaniard Maria Xiao secured her place at this year’s Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after coming out on top in a seven-game thriller at the International...
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International Olympic Committee makes landmark move into virtual sports
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will partner with five International Sports Federations (IFs) and game publishers to produce the Olympic Virtual Series (OVS), the first-ever,...
Former Botswana NOC President and FIFA Executive Committee member Bhamjee dies at 77
Ismail Bhamjee, a founding Board member of the Botswana National Olympic Committee (BNOC), former leader of the organization, and an ex-FIFA Executive Committee member, has...
Italy to avoid Tokyo 2020 ban following Government sport reform
The Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) is set to avoid sanctions from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after the Italian Government approved a decree to...
Kazakhstan weightlifter’s Rio 2016 gold medal under threat after ITA presses urine-swapping charges
Nijat Rahimov, a gold medallist at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, is one of the first two weightlifters ever to be charged with a doping...
IOC stress need for vulnerable priority but hopeful of pre-Tokyo 2020 vaccinations
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has expressed its commitment to having as many foreign participants as possible vaccinated for COVID-19 before Tokyo 2020. The organization...
Belarus NOC vice-president accuses IOC only listened to “opponents” when enforcing Tokyo 2020 ban
National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus (NOCRB) vice-president Dmitry Dovgalenok has claimed the International Olympic Committee (IOC) “listened only to the point of...
IOC Honorary Member, Günther Heinze is dead
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is deeply saddened to learn of the death of IOC Honorary Member Günther Heinze, at the age of 97. A...
IOC denies blocking French investigation into Fredericks corruption case
A claim by Frankie Fredericks that International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach tried to hamper an investigation into corruption by telling him not to...
IOC and Tokyo 2020 agree on measures to deliver Games fit for a post-corona world
The IOC Coordination Commission and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee agreed today, 25 September, on a series of measures to make the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 fit for...