International Olympic Committee (IOC)

The Indian Olympic Association, which has been dragging its feet for more than a year on the International Olympic Committee's demand that it appoint a professional chief executive, will finally re-initiate the hiring process after being called out by the IOC. 

The IOA executive council, which met in Mumbai on Tuesday, decided to issue a new advertisement for the post. The CEO will be an ex-officio member of the IOA executive council without voting rights.

Feb 03, 2021 16:02
LAUSANNE: The International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee (Tokyo 2020) Wednesday published the first Playbook, a resource which outlines the personal responsibilities key stakeholders must take to play their role in ensuring safe and successful Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer.
Feb 02, 2021 16:02
LONDON: International athlete-led movement Global Athlete has published a letter to the International Olympic Committee and International Paralympic Committee urging them to immediately repeal prohibitions on taking a knee in solidarity with the global anti-racism movement.
Jan 28, 2021 17:01
LAUSANNE: Following Wednesday’s International Olympic Committee executive board (EB) meeting, IOC president Thomas Bach reiterated the IOC’s commitment to delivering the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 this summer. 
Jan 28, 2021 17:01
LAUSANNE: In response to the growing climate crisis, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is aligning with the Paris Agreement on climate change by setting a target to reduce its direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions by 45 per cent, by 2030. The decision was taken at the IOC executive board (EB) meeting held remotely Wednesday.
Jan 27, 2021 17:01
LAUSANNE: IOC president Thomas Bach has held consultation calls with the National Olympic Committees (NOCs), as the Olympic Movement enters the final stretch in the preparations for the postponed Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, and the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022.
Dec 08, 2020 13:12
LAUSANNE: The executive board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Monday approved the event programme and athlete quotas for the Olympic Games Paris 2024, which are centred on gender equality and youth.
Dec 01, 2020 19:12
LAUSANNE: International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach will be the only candidate for the presidential election to be held during the 137th IOC Session in Athens in March 2021, it was announced Tuesday. As decided by the IOC executive board, the elected president will take office after the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, which will take place from 23 July to 8 August 2021.
Nov 18, 2020 18:11
TOKYO: For the first time since February, the IOC’s Coordination Commission chair John Coates returned to Japan with IOC president Thomas Bach for the joint International Olympic Committee (IOC), International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and Tokyo 2020 Project Review.
Oct 21, 2020 16:10
LAUSANNE: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded Seven West Media Ltd. (Seven) the Australian broadcast rights for the XXIV Olympic Winter Games in Beijing in 2022.
Oct 08, 2020 16:10
LAUSANNE: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board (EB) and Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee have discussed the estimated $280 million (JPY30 billion) in cost savings that will be achieved by initial simplification and optimisation measures developed to deliver Games fit for a post-corona world.