International Olympic Committee

Europe News

Refugee Olympic Team ready for Paris 2024 games

After four days of preparation and bonding in the historic Normandy town of Bayeux the IOC Refugee Olympic Team have now settled at the Olympic village in Paris.

20/07/2024

World News

IOC says 'aggressive' Russian criticism has reached 'new low'

In response to the Kremlin's criticism following the exclusion of Russian and Belarusian athletes from the Paris opening ceremony, the IOC denounced the accusations of "racism and Neo-Nazism" as "aggressive" and criticised them as "a new low."

20/03/2024

France

Celebrations on River Seine as Olympic Torch is unveiled

Residents of France and its overseas departments will be able to get a taste of Olympic fever by following the torch relay from May 8 next year until the opening ceremony. Then there are the hundred thousand lucky people who will get free access to that potentially stunning opening ceremony.

26/07/2023

World News

Baltic leaders threathen to boycott Olympic Games if Russians compete

The prime ministers of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have threatened to boycott the Paris Games in 2024 if Russian athletes are allowed to compete. This follows the International Olympic Committee's decision to allow Russian or Belarusians to participate as neutral athletes.

03/02/2023

Japan

Today at the Olympics: France in shock win over in Japan in judo

All the action from Tokyo on Saturday 31 July.

31/07/2021

Australia

Brisbane to host the 2032 Olympic Games

The Games will go back to Australia 32 years after the popular 2000 Sydney Olympics.

21/07/2021

Italy

Italy issues emergency decree to avoid Olympic suspension

The IOC has taken issue with the Italian government’s formation of a new organisation, “Sport e Salute,” that was created at the start of 2019 to run the country’s sports finances.

26/01/2021

Belarus

'Guilty of defending my country': Lukashenko hits out at Olympic ban

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) suspended Belarus' president on Monday.

08/12/2020

World News

Parkour community 'happy' sport not to be included in Olympics

In a bid to attract a younger audience, the International Olympic Committee is bringing several new sports into the fold, but parkour is not one of them.

08/12/2020

Switzerland

Euroviews. The Olympic Committee's new ban on politics denies reality - and its own poor history ǀ View

A new International Olympic Committee policy barring political expression at the Tokyo 2020 games benefits those in power.

21/01/2020

France

Billiard sports lobby to join Olympics

Former World Champion Shaun Murphy described billiard sports as "the most difficult range of sport in the entire world."

01/12/2018

Sport

Will esports be in the next Olympics?

Although esports lag behind traditional sports when it comes to making money—the industry makes around 800 million dollars of revenue a year—its 300 million fans put it on the map as one of the globe’s most popular sports.

07/11/2018

Russia

IOC to review overturned ban on Russian athletes

The International Olympic Committee could appeal an overturned ban on Russian athletes accused of doping at the 2014 Sochi Games.

03/02/2018

Russia

Doping allegations part of ‘anti-Russian campaign' - Medvedev

Relations with Washington are in an 'appalling' state, the worst he can recall, says the Russian prime minister.

30/11/2017

Sport

Carter appeals Olympic disqualification

The Jamaican sprinter Nesta Carter who was retroactively found guilty of doping at the 2008 Beijing Olympics has attended his appeal hearing

15/11/2017

World News

Paris elected 2024 Olympic host city and LA to be 2028 hosts

No surprise, but the decisions on host cities for the 2024 and 2028 Olympics have been ratified by the IOC.

13/09/2017