Madrid mayor hails first day of IOC visit a success

- With Photo ~Announcement made at the Sorbonne, birthplace of Olympic Movement ~ PARIS, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Speaking at the site of the first Olympic Congress and birthplace of the modern Olympic Movement, the Sorbonne in Paris, ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Thomas Bach, bidding to become president of the International Olympic Committee, was backed on Saturday by Kenyan running great Kipchoge Keino who said the German would press on with reforms and an anti-corruption drive. Bach, an ...

TOKYO Organizers of Tokyo's bid for the 2020 Olympics reiterated their commitment to IOC rules Monday after the city's governor was quoted making critical comments about rival candidate Istanbul. "Tokyo 2020 fully respects and adheres to the IOC ...

In this image made available by FILA News Bureau, International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge, right, shakes hands with the acting head of wrestling's world governing body Nenad Lalovic at the IOC headquarters in in Lausanne, ...

On May 16-18, a representative of the National Olympic Committee of Azerbaijan (AZMOC) will participate in the 34th seminar of the European Olympic Committees (EOC), and the Forum of Olympic Solidarity of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), ...

A group of prominent athletes fighting for better administration of sports in India has asked the International Olympic Committee to send a team to resolve the country's suspension. "We've written to the IOC about the latest developments and ...

- With more than 10 million people, or 77% of Tokyos population, now in favour to host the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, according to a poll commissioned recently by the Bid Committee, it has become quite clear that the hugely successful visit ...

Nigeria on Wednesday said it had formally protested against the recommendation of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that wrestling be excluded from the core sports for the 2020 Olympic Games. Tony Ohaeri, Director of Press, National ...

The International Olympic Committee, IOC and ANOCA (Associations of National Olympic Committees of Africa), have written to the Gambia National Olympic Committee, GNOC, on the "current situation of the elective congress" of the NOC. This development ...