OLYMPICS/ Former IOC vice president says U.N. could rule on Tokyo Games

SYDNEY--Kevan Gosper, a former International ... set to hold the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022, six months after the Summer Games in Tokyo are to close. The IOC has seen its income flow stalled ... Read More

OLYMPICS/ Tokyo Games looking more and more like fan-free event

The president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee hinted Friday that even local fans ... Olympics, and government audits suggest the figure is even higher. Senior IOC member Richard Pound ... Read More

OLYMPICS/ IOC, Japan press ahead with Tokyo Games

Amid the surging virus, he again promised the postponed Tokyo ... Pound also told the Washington Post the odds were about “3-to-1” the Games would take place. The IOC needs an uplifting ... Read More

Russian and Belarusian athletes won’t take part in the Paris Olympics opening ceremony, IOC says

The IOC withdrew its recognition of the IBA last year and the body was not allowed to take part in organizing boxing at the previous Tokyo Olympics or in Paris. But Kremlev has further riled the ... Read More

Here’s what the IOC says the Paris Olympics offers in ‘dark times’

They’re looking for something that gives us hope in these otherwise so dark times,” the IOC’s top leader said, adding the polling shows anticipation for the next Olympics is growing ... Read More

2024 Paris Olympics: Understanding IOC framework on transgender athlete participation

The participation of transgender athletes in women’s sports has been a hotly debated topic that gained significant attention in the media in 2021 following the emergence of former University of ... Read More

Olympics - Brisbane Games must fit the region, says IOC

Lang Park holds 52,500 fans and hosts both rugby codes as well as concerts. Brisbane was awarded the Olympics in 2021 under the IOC's New Norm ... the latest breaking news delivered to you. Read More

Here’s what the IOC says the Paris Olympics offers in ‘dark times’

“The people around the globe, they are fed up with all of the hate and the aggression, the extremely negative news ... otherwise so dark times,” the IOC’s top leader said, adding the polling shows ... Read More