Tokyo 2020 Marathon and Race Walking courses will pass through the heart of Tokyo and take in some of the capital’s most iconic landmarks, providing an unforgettable experience for the athletes, as well as for spectators along the route and TV viewers around the world.
The Olympic Movement reaches out to thousands of global athletes to make their voice heard on the Athlete Charter in order to address and protect the fundamental rights and responsibilities of athletes around the world.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) approves plans to target African National Olympic Committees (NOCs) as potential host cities of the fourth edition of the Summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in 2022.
“The New Norm”, an ambitious set of 118 reforms that reimagines how the Olympic Games are delivered, was presented to the membership of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)at its 132nd Session.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) launches Olympic Refuge Foundation in its commitment to support refugees around the world.
IOC award exclusive broadcast rights to DStv SuperSport, Econet Media and the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) for the Olympic Winter and Summer Games 2018-2024 in Africa.
Lausanne 2020 preparations for the 3rd Winter Youth Olympic Games have been deemed well under way by the IOC after just over a year since the city was chosen as host.
International Olympic Committee to add baseball/softball, karate, skateboard, sports climbing and surfing to the sports programme for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
IOC’s new digital-first platform will be available anytime, anywhere and on any device, at the conclusion of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on 21 August, 2016.
The IOC Executive Board rose from a special session with the announcement that up to 31 athletes from six sports could be banned from competing at the Olympic Games in Rio – doped athletes from Beijing, London and Sochi all targeted.
IOC Commissions sees 60 per cent increase in women, African members in less than three years – another step in the implementation of the Olympic Agenda 2020 reforms.
Former International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) president Lamine Diack has resigned as an honorary member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Following the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) report on Russia’s doping violations, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said it could strip medals from the alleged cheats, but said there was “no reason” to doubt the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics tests.
Former IAAF President Lamine Diack, from Senegal, has been provisionally suspended as an Honorary Member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
The International Olympic Committee Ethics Commission has recommended the provisional suspension of former IAAF President, Mr Lamine Diack, as Honorary Member of the IOC.
IOC President Thomas Bach calls sport a ‘natural partner’ for the realisation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) during speech to the United Nations in New York on Saturday.
With two weeks to the end of his 16-year tenure in office as IAAF President, Lamine Diack opens up on his career journey and other topics in this exclusive interview with AIPS Africa.
IOC President calls for sport to be included in UN Sustainable Development Goals during speech at UN headquarters on Wednesday April 15, 2015.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach announces that the IOC will launch a free, online education service aimed specifically at Olympians, other elite athletes and their coaches.
In furtherance of it’s Olympic Agenda 2020 to protect clean athletes, the IOC launches whistle-blower hotline for competition manipulation and other ethical issues that threaten the integrity of sport.
In a letter to all Members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the IOC Ethics Commission has communicated the indemnity policy for all IOC Members.
Devoted to developing women’s sport, Meriem Cherni Mizouni – a pioneer of women’s and girls’ sport in Tunisia, has been awarded the 2014 IOC Women and Sport World Trophy.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) approves the launch of a digital Olympic TV Channel, despite concerns raised by former Namibian sprinter Frankie Fredericks, at the 127th IOC Session in Monaco.
IOC President Thomas Bach called for safeguarding the Olympic values, increased participation and reach of sports, and promotion of the educational and health values of sport for all.
Leading Olympians and representatives of the global sporting movement have added their voices in support of Olympic Agenda 2020 as the 127th IOC Session gets underway in Monaco.
Seychellois sprinter Joanne Loutoy and high jumper Lissa Labiche have been awarded the Rio 2016 Olympic Solidarity Scholarship by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Monday welcomed the historic recognition by the United Nations (UN) of the autonomy of the IOC and sport.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has expressed sadness at the death of Alpha Ibrahim Diallo, an IOC Honorary Member in Guinea.
Turkey donates US $250,000 to WADA as part of a global government initiative to match the IOC’s pledge to invest US $10 million in innovative anti-doping research.
Nigerian Olympian Enefiok ‘Enee’ Udo-Obong and AISTS course-mates joined the IOC President Thomas Bach to kick-off the 2nd edition of the Olympic Capital Run before Bach hosted the Olympic Day celebrations at the IOC headquarters today.
AthleticsAfrica.com supports the first International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP 2014) taking place worldwide today, April 6, 2014.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded the broadcast rights in Sub-Saharan Africa to Infront Sports & Media AG and SuperSport International for the XXII Olympic Winter Games in 2014…
The IOC, the Olympafrica Foundation and the FC Barcelona Foundation (FFCB) have announced a new agreement to bring sport to people of all ages and abilities throughout Africa. Following the…
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board (EB) will meet at the IOC headquarters in Vidy, Lausanne, on Tuesday December 10, 2013. The EB is scheduled to receive reports from…
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has called for the common fight against doping to be stepped up and strengthened to protect the “majority of athletes who are…
