The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Laureus Sport for Good have announced a ground-breaking collaboration that will see both organisations each invest $1 million into a two-year programme to advance youth education and employability through sport in Africa.
Olympics
Oct 10, 2018 14:10
BUENOS AIRES: The president of the PyeongChang 2018 Organising Committee (POCOG), Lee Hee-beom, has announced that his organisation has achieved a surplus of at least $55 million. This announcement was made during Lee’s final report to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session in the Argentine capital, which ended Tuesday.
Oct 10, 2018 14:10
BUENOS AIRES: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced there will be a Olympic team made up of refugees at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, as happened in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.
Oct 10, 2018 13:10
TOKYO: The Board of Audit of Japan has concluded that central and local governments need to be prepared in incurring expenses up to ¥3 trillion ($26.3 billion) for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics 2020, Japan Times reports.
Oct 09, 2018 16:10
BUENOS AIRES: The fourth edition of the Summer Youth Olympic Games 2022 (YOG) will be held in Dakar, Senegal. The decision was unanimously taken Monday by a show of hands from the full International Olympic Committee during the IOC session here.
This is the first time the Youth Olympic Games will be organised in Africa.
Oct 08, 2018 13:10
BUENOS AIRES: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will continue taking measures to cut costs for Olympic host cities in an effort to make future Games attractive to bidders, the organization’s president Thomas Bach has said.
Bach also said that the IOC will not make contingency plans for the 2026 Winter Games amid reports that several cities have withdrawn from the race, Xinhua news agency reported.
Oct 08, 2018 13:10
LAUSANNE: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) after much deliberation, has trimmed the candidates of cities which had earlier expressed their desire to host the Winter Olympic Games in 2026, down to three.
Oct 05, 2018 15:10
BUENOS AIRES: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) asserted here Thursday that its "Agenda 2020" and "new norm" have already resulted in savings of $4.3 billion in regards to the costs of delivereing the Olympic Games 2020 in Tokyo.
Oct 05, 2018 13:10
MUMBAI: Boxing Federation of India (BFI) president Ajay Singh is among the 11 names nominated to represent Asia in the executive committee (EC) of the International Boxing Association (AIBA).
Sep 24, 2018 14:09
MUMBAI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has initiated discussions for the possible inclusion of cricket as a discipline at the 20th Asian Games, which will be hosted by Aichi Nagoya, Japan, in 2026.
Sep 21, 2018 14:09
MUMBAI: The Sports Ministry Thursday declared Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli and world champion weightlifter, Saikhom Mirabai Chanu winners of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 2018 award, the highest sporting honour of the country.