The International Olympic Committee has today (Friday) put forward eight names for election as IOC members, with International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) president Sebastian Coe and Fifa counterpart Gianni Infantino not named.
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IOC executive board backs inclusion of new sports on Olympic programme
Bids from baseball/softball, karate, skateboarding, sports climbing and surfing to join the programme for the 2020 summer Olympic Games in Tokyo cleared another hurdle yesterday (Wednesday) when the International Olympic Committee executive board voted in favour of their inclusion.
Nick Butler: Russian athletics ban must remain for Rio 2016 if sport is really serious about ending doping
This week’s International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board meeting in Lausanne promises to be the most significant not just of Thomas Bach’s tenure, but perhaps ever since the fateful 1998 affair at which former International Ski Federation President Marc Hodler first alerted the world to the simmering Salt Lake City corruption scandal.
Michael Hershman appointed as Group CEO of the International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS)
Dear Mr. Brian Lewis
With warm greetings from the ICSS, it is my pleasure to share with you the announcement that Michael Hershman, co-founder of Transparency International, has been appointed as Group CEO of the International Centre for Sport Security.
How MMA found its feeder system in Olympic athletes
This summer, Kayla Harrison will attempt to defend her Olympic gold medal in judo. If all goes as planned, she’ll end up atop a podium at the Rio Games, add more hardware to the trophy case and return home with a big decision to make.