Circumnavigating Cyprus in the name of peace
A woman sitting on the International Olympic Committee plans on taking a bicommunal group of youngsters around the island’s coast next year to promote togetherness...
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Salt Lake City selected for potential 2030 Winter games bid
Salt Lake City has been selected by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) for a potential bid to host the Winter Olympics in 2030. The...
Talk of esports in Olympic Games is premature-IOC
Any discussion to include esports as a medal event at the Olympic Games is premature because of the way the gaming industry is structured, the International...
IOC says Rio anti-doping programme a success despite problems
The Rio Olympics anti-doping programme was successful despite a lack of trained staff and resources, the International Olympic Committee said on Friday following a World...
Paralympics chief apologises to IOC’s Bach over prank call
International Paralympic Committee chief Phil Craven has apologised in a letter to the International Olympic Committee for comments he made about IOC President Thomas Bach...
Brazilian police arrest Irish IOC member in ticketing probe (Update 2)
Brazilian police arrested a member of the IOC’s executive board, Ireland’s Patrick Hickey, in his hotel in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday in connection with...
Russia says 271-strong team will be cleanest at Rio
Russia will be represented in most sports at the Rio Olympics, with 271 of its sportsmen and women cleared to participate ahead of the opening...
Doping tsunami leaves No.1 Olympic sport on the brink
A year of unrelenting misery, of corruption, cover-ups, bans, appeals and doping, doping, doping, has ripped the heart and soul out of athletics, the sport...
IOC will not impose blanket ban on Russia for Rio Olympics
By Karolos Grohmann The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will not impose a blanket ban on Russia for next month’s Rio Olympics over the nation’s doping...
Trusted allies: why Putin won’t fire sports minister over doping scandal
President Vladimir Putin risks personal humiliation if all Russian competitors are banned from the Rio Olympics over doping, as now seems possible; yet the man...
