The International Olympic Committee have revealed they have held a second video call with Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai amid ongoing concern for her wellbeing. There has been widespread concern after Peng, a former world doubles No 1, disappeared from public view...
The president of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, has urged the Japanese public to welcome the Olympics when it starts on 23 July and insisted they will be “safe and secure” despite a positive Covid test at the athletes’...
Perhaps the Tokyo 2021 Olympics will provide the answer to an age-old question: what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object? As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to ravage the globe, and the International Olympic Committee remains steadfast in...
December’s announcement that breakdancing will be an event at the 2024 Olympic Games brought with it a slurry of negativity. Amid the “how do you do fellow kids” jokes were more serious, deeper criticism of the International Olympic Committee, with the suggestion...
Dick Pound, a senior member of the International Olympic Committee, has said he “can’t be certain” that the delayed Tokyo 2020 Games will go ahead this summer, as a coronavirus state of emergency was declared in the host city. Asked about the...
Adopted by the IOC Session at its meeting in Monaco in December 2014, Olympic Agenda 2020 is a set of 40 detailed recommendations whose overarching goal was to safeguard the Olympic values and strengthen the role of sport in society....
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board (EB) will meet remotely by videoconference through a secure electronic system on Monday 7 December 2020. The EB is scheduled to receive updates on the activities of the IOC commissions and administration, as well as reports from the Coordination Commissions and Organising Committees for the...
The Deal of the Year Award recognises the innovative nature of the partnership, which has already seen the launch of hundreds of Olympian and Paralympian Online Experiences on Airbnb’s platform, as well as a five-day virtual festival in July that...
