Tag: IOC
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World Athletics President declares ambition for IOC president
World Athletics President, Sebastian Coe, only stopped short of officially declaring his candidacy for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidency on Sunday in Paris.
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JUST IN: President of International Olympic Committee quits
Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), said on Saturday he would step down from his position when his second term expires in 2025.
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Olympic committee opens up on cancelling Paris Games
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has dismissed speculation about a cancellation or postponement of the upcoming Paris Games due to the political situation in France.
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6 federations granted full IOC recognition
Six Sports federations have been granted full recognition by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at the organisation’s 138th Session on Tuesday. The six include the International Sambo Federation (FIAS), World Lacrosse and the World Association of Kickboxing Organisations. The others are the International Federation of Muaythai Associations, the International Federation Icestocksport and International Cheer Union
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IOC president, Abe to discuss possible Tokyo Olympics postponement
Japan on Tuesday said Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is scheduled to hold talks with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach over the phone, with the coronavirus pandemic threatening this summer’s games. “The premier is expected to tell Bach that the Olympics should be rescheduled within one year if they are postponed, Kyodo news…
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Olympics qualification: IOC commends Nigeria’s Oshonaike
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has celebrated the feat achieved by one of Africa’s most successful female table tennis players, Olufunke Oshonaike after the former African champion became the first African female athlete to qualify for seven Olympic Games. Oshonaike qualified for her seventh Olympic Games recently at the African Olympic Qualifying Tournament held in…
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IOC confident of Tokyo 2020 success in spite of coronavirus
The President and Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) gave further strong backing on Tuesday to this summer’s Tokyo Olympics. They did not talk of a postponement or move to postpone the Games due to the coronavirus outbreak. “We are preparing for a successful Olympic Games Tokyo 2020,” IOC head Thomas Bach said…
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Hackers take over Olympics, Committee Twitter accounts
Twitter said on Saturday that an official Twitter account of the Olympics and the media Twitter account of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had been hacked and temporarily locked. The accounts were hacked through a third-party platform, a spokesperson for the social media platform said in an emailed statement, without giving further details. “As soon…
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IOC sanctions three athletes from London 2012 Games for doping
Azeri weightlifter Valentin Hristov was stripped of his 2012 Olympics 56-kg bronze medal on Friday after he was one of three athletes to test positive for banned substances in re-tests conducted by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The IOC said Hristov’s London Games sample tested positive for a prohibited anabolic steroid (oralturinabol) when it was…
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2020 Olympics: 11 Nigerian athletes get IOC scholarship
The Nigeria Olympics Committee (NOC) has secured scholarship for 11 Nigerian athletes from the International Olympics Committee (IOC) ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Games. Phemmy Adetula, Public Relations Officer of NOC, said in a statement in Lagos on Wednesday that the athletes were captured in the IOC scholarship scheme for 2019. The athletes that…