The 2022 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Dakar have been pushed back by four years to 2026, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has provided International Federations (IFs) and National Olympic Committees (NOCs) with $100 million (£78 million/€86 million) of financial support since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, IOC President Thomas Bach revealed today.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach sees "no reason to rewrite history" amid a renewed focus on the legacy of the organisation’s former leader Avery Brundage.
New details have emerged of the loan World Sailing secured from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as part of the estimated $150 million (£117 million/€129 million) aid package for the Olympic Movement assembled by the Lausanne body in the wake of postponement of Tokyo 2020.
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach has reaffirmed that the organisation is "fully committed" to the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games taking place next year, also emphasising a wish for the event to be "frugal".
Tokyo hosting a successful Olympics and Paralympics next year would boost Sapporo's chances of landing the hosting rights for the 2030 Winter Games, according to the head of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC).
The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) has hit back at the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) and Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) in a row over an audit of RUSADA.
Tokyo 2020 and the International Swimming Federation (FINA) are set to alter the marathon swimming course for the postponed Olympic Games in the Japanese capital.
Birmingham 2022 has launched a competition to find a child to design the official mascot for the Commonwealth Games in two years' time.
The Panam Sports Athletes' Commission has held a meeting on Rule 50, with potential modifications rather than abolishment the focus of discussions.
Commonwealth Games weightlifting silver medallist Pardeep Singh of India has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for human growth hormone (HGH).
The Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) has reportedly been forced to reduce grants to national federations due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Native American groups have launched a "take back what is stolen" campaign in a bid to recognise the achievements of Jim Thorpe, a double Olympic gold medallist at Stockholm 1912.
Iran’s Komeil Ghasemi and Russia’s Bilyal Makhov have been upgraded to gold medals in the men’s 120-kilogram freestyle wrestling event at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
The match schedule for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar has been released, with the 32-team tournament set to begin on November 21 and reach its climax on December 18.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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Fifty years ago this week, the 1970 British Commonwealth Games began in Scottish capital Edinburgh. Brian Oliver explains how a cricket cave-in, the Highland Games and a drunk high jumper were all part of the story.
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