IOC agrees to 5 additional sports in 2028 including cricket
Oct. 16, 2023 Cricket will return to the Olympic programme at the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles, after the IOC Session in Mumbai approved the move on Monday, with…
Recognition withdrawal: IBA says IOC’s action shows its true politicised nature
June 23, 2023 In an official communication from the International Boxing Association (IBA) addressed to the leadership and members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) the IBA has expressed its…
IOC, WHO reaffirm collaboration to promote vaccine equity, healthy lifestyles
Feb. 7, 2022 The President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach and World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus met during the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022…
Olympics: Some countries opt not to have male and female flagbearers despite IOC plea
July 23, 2021 A few countries stood out at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Games on Friday for having only either a man or a woman bearing the flag,…
Tokyo Olympics begins in a nearly empty stadium
July 23, 2021 The opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics began on Friday in a nearly empty stadium after a year-long pandemic postponement and a build-up marred by scandal and…
Tokyo 2020 organisers announce tougher COVID-19 countermeasures
April 28, 2021 Organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Wednesday announced tougher coronavirus countermeasures such as daily testing of athletes to try to reassure an increasingly sceptical Japanese public…
Tokyo Olympics torch relay begins in Japan
The long-awaited torch relay for the postponed Tokyo Olympics kicked off in the north-eastern prefecture of Fukushima on Thursday. This was in spite of persisting concerns about the Games going…
Olympics 2032: Brisbane picked as preferred partner as talks with IOC begins
Brisbane took a major step towards being named 2032 Olympic hosts after the International Olympic Committee said on Wednesday that the Australian city had been picked as the preferred partner…
Japan will take steps to guard against Olympics cyberattacks
Japan said on Tuesday it would take counter-measures to ensure next year’s Tokyo Olympics were not derailed by cyberattacks. Britain and the U.S. had accused Russia of orchestrating efforts to…
NOC to re-select qualified athletes for postponed Tokyo Olympic Games
Athletes already qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will need to be picked again by their respective National Olympic Committees to compete at the postponed Games in 2021, the International…