Olympic officials move to support 2032 Brisbane Games after bumpy ride for stadium projects

Reports that Queensland had explored getting out of its commitment to host the Olympics was dismissed as “fake news” last ... insisted Kirsty Coventry, the IOC executive board member ... Read More

Olympics-Russia Steps up Attack on IOC Chief Bach

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova accused International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach on Wednesday of discrediting international sport and ... Read More

France Bracing for Cyberattacks During Summer Olympics

The Paris Olympics will run from July 26 to Aug. 11. The opening ceremony of the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, was marred by a cyberattack that caused internet disruptions. Read More

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

The IOC Executive Board named the Salt Lake City the preferred host for 2034, and the French Alps, for 2030, late last year, and is expected to decide in June whether to advance the bids to the full ... Read More

What will the elected mayor do for Coventry?

Five candidates in the race to be the next West Midlands mayor have set out their visions for Coventry at an event ... the skills wallet. If I'm elected mayor, what I'm hoping to do is roll ... Read More

2024 Paris Olympics: Understanding IOC framework on transgender athlete participation

Changes were initiated when, in November 2021, the International Olympic Committee released a revised ... the female category," he said. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X and ... Read More

Pacquiao too old for Olympics – IOC

"The only valid boxing qualification system for Paris 2024 is the one approved by the IOC Executive Board in September 2022 published and distributed to NOCs and boxing national federations on 6 ... Read More

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The 3,100-mile Olympic torch relay is underway. Here's what to know about the symbolic tradition.

The Olympic flame has been lit in Olympia, Greece, kicking off the torch relay for the 2024 Paris Olympics ... in Olympia under the authority of the IOC." Olympic swimmer Florent Manaudou was ... Read More

IMF Executive Board Concludes the Review of the Fund’s Capacity Development Strategy

Washington, DC: The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF ... The past two strategy reviews in 2013 and 2018 led to a series of reforms to increase the efficiency and impact of CD, ... Read More

IOC wraps up visit to Utah's proposed 2034 Olympic venues

Members of the IOC's Future Host Commission evaluating Utah's readiness to host another Olympics continued their evaluation in Kearns on Friday. (Photo: Kristin Murphy, Deseret News) "They see the ... Read More

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The aircraft carrying the Grammy winner and others landed at Van Nuys Airport. Courtroom testimony from an assistant director in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin is ... Read More