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IOC approves five additional sports for Los Angeles 2028 but boxing back on hold The International Olympic Committee Executive Board has approved the
five additional sports proposed by the Organising Committee for the
Los Angeles 2...

IOC set for double award of 2030 and 2034 Winter Olympics The International Olympic Committee is set to stage a double award of
the next two Winter Olympics and Paralympics, it has been revealed
here.

Call for Papers | 16th International Symposium for Olympic and Paralympic Research | University of Franche-Comté, Besançon, France, July 20–21, 2024. Call ends December 30, 2023 Scholars, researchers, students and professionals interested in the sociocultural study of the modern Olympic and Paralympic Games are invited to submit abstracts for conterence presentations. Papers in the areas of history, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, political science, cultural studies an...

IOC member Tricia Smith receives Honorary Doctorate at Western University for her outstanding contributions to sport and society.

IPC celebrates International Day of People with Disabilities with moving post The International Paralympic Committee has paid tribute to Para athletes on International Day of People with Disabilities with a video celebrating "hu...

COC and CPC urge British Columbia to reconsider 2030 Winter Olympics bid The Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Committees have written an open letter to the Government of British Columbia urging them to reconsider their decis...

On Aug 8, 1984, Nawal El-Moutawakel won the inaugural Olympic 400m hurdles, becoming the first Moroccan Olympic Champion & first woman from an Islamic nation to win Olympic gold. She helped make women’s sports more acceptable in the Arab world.

Bach downplays chance of 2030 and 2034 Winter Olympics double award International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach has said that a double award of the 2030 and 2034 Winter Olympics and Paralympics is unlikely, i...

Russian athletes likely to be banned from 2024 Olympics, says IOC stalwart The IOC faces having to ban Russian athletes from taking part at the Paris 2024 Olympics even under a neutral flag because qualification events for the Games wi

Exclusive: IOC payments to USOPC surged more than 60 per cent in last cycle The International Olympic Committee channelled nearly $800 million of distributions to the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee over the fiv...

Longest-serving IOC member Pound elected as honorary member Richard Pound has been elected as an International Olympic Committee honorary member here, with President Thomas Bach praising him as a "man of untiri...

David Owen: The sound of silence and the case for suspending Russian IOC members I have been wrestling for weeks with the question of whether the International Olympic Committee should take action against its Russian members in lig...

Polish Sports Minister wants Russia excluded from all Olympic Federations Polish Sports Minister Kamil Bortniczuk says the country favours the exclusion of Russia from every Olympic International Federation until peace has b...

More than half-a-century ago, when Soviet Union tanks rolled into Czechoslovakia, an champion stood up to them and paid a heavy price. Duncan Mackay remembers the best interview of his career with the legendary https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1120647/duncan-mackay-blog-on-emil-zatopek RunCzech World Athletics Olympics

Ukrainian Olympians share experiences of life under Russian invasion Ukrainians such as Olympic medallists Wladimir Klitschko and Stanislav Horuna have spoken about life in Ukraine during the invasion by neighbouring Ru...

IOC releases funds to support Ukrainian Olympic community impacted by war The International Olympic Committee has announced that it will be releasing an initial $200,000 to support the Ukrainian Olympic community impacted by...

Zelenskyy thanks Ukraine's Paralympians for showing "what strength we have" Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has heaped praise on the
nation's team of 20 athletes competing at the Winter Paralympics.

Bach says IOC has taken protective approach in excluding of Russian athletes International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach has said the
organisation has taken a protective approach by recommending the
exclusion of athle...

Paralympics reverses course and bans Russian and Belarusian athletes following outcry The IPC said it reversed its decision to allow them to compete as neutral following backlash by other countries and threats to walk out of the Paralympics.

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IOC Executive Board recommends Russian and Belarussian athletes banned from all sports competitions They are urging all governing bodies to not allow any athletes from Russia or Belarus to compete in any international competition

Strip Russia and Belarus of events and do not display their flags, says IOC The International Olympic Committee has told International Federations to move any events scheduled to take place in Russia or Belarus out of the coun...

Would adding a minimum age limit for the Olympic Games protect youth athletes from doping? Banning young athletes from the Olympics would mean we miss their spectacular performances, but considering all we know about overtraining, exploitation and abuse in sport, that might be OK.

It’s Norway’s Games Again. What’s Its Secret? Norway won its record 15th gold medal on Friday, the kind of success that has drawn experts from other countries trying figure out how the tiny nation keeps doing it.

CAS slams anti-doping bodies' "failure to function effectively" in Valieva case The Court of Arbitration for Sport panel which cleared Kamila Valieva to compete in the women's event at Beijing 2022 has been scathing in its critici...

‘Chilling’: I.O.C. president criticizes Valieva’s treatment by her coaches. Russia’s deputy prime minister called Bach’s comments “inappropriate and wrong.”

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Sha'Carri Richardson sees a double standard in allowing Kamila Valieva to compete "The only difference I see is I'm a black young lady," U.S. sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson said, after the Russian figure skater is allowed to compete at the Olympics despite a failed drug test.

Gold medallist Iivo Niskanen picture reveals ‘true Olympic spirit’ Olympic gold medallist Iivo Niskanen has been praised for showing “true Olympic spirit” in a brilliant act of sportsmanship.