The involvement of professional bodies in the boxing tournament at next year's Olympic Games appears to have moved a step closer after the World Boxing Association (WBA) revealed a desire to help organise the sport at Tokyo 2020.
I once came face to face with Shaquille O’Neal. Or should I say, face to kneecap.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has today released the report by its Evaluation Commission for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, providing a thorough assessment of the two candidates – Stockholm Åre and Milan Cortina.
A refusal to remove officials linked to the Rio 2016 judging scandal and a failure to conduct proper due diligence when opening a new bank account contributed to the suspension of the International Boxing Association (AIBA), the International Olympic Committee (IOC) report reveals.
It is not every day that you see a mention of weapons of mass destruction in a document about a sporting organisation.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Khunying Patama Leeswadtrakul of Thailand has been elected Deputy President of the Badminton World Federation (BWF).
Double Olympic short track speed skating gold medallist Yang Yang is set to become vice-president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) after she was nominated as the Olympic Movement representative for the position.
Future hosts of the Olympic and Paralympic Games could be multiple cities, regions or countries and the elections may be held over or less than seven years in advance if changes to the bidding process are approved by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session next month.
Greece's absence on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is set to end with Spyros Capralos being proposed for election as a member here today.
The International Boxing Association (AIBA) has been suspended as the Olympic governing body for the sport and will not play any role in organising the tournament at Tokyo 2020, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced today.
The International Boxing Association (AIBA) is set to be stripped of the right to organise the Olympic tournament at Tokyo 2020 when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board holds its latest meeting here tomorrow.
Interim International Boxing Association (AIBA) President Mohamed Moustahsane says the organisation is confident of remaining the Olympic governing body for the sport after leading an eight-person delegation in a meeting with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne today.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach attended the evening session of the penultimate day of action here at the 2019 World Taekwondo Championships.
Members of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) Executive Committee agreed to put on hold plans to sue the International Olympic Committee (IOC) but expressed concern about the timing of a meeting with officials from the organisation next week.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) maintains the legal case won recently by a German athletes' group which lessened individual advertising restrictions addressed in its Rule 40.3 is not generally applicable to other National Olympic Committees.
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 Thomi Keller swept to the head of the body then known as the General Assembly of International Sports Federations, heralding an era of increased influence as sport’s metamorphosis into big business got under way.
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