MIAMI (AFP) -- Players from the National Hockey League will compete in the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Games after a deal was reached between players, the league and the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the NHL said on Friday, Feb. 2. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman speaks with the media on...
MOSCOW (AFP) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday, Dec. 14, of threatening the Olympic movement by imposing rules on Russian athletes for the Paris 2024 Summer Games. This pool photograph distributed by Russia's state agency Sputnik shows...
PARIS (AFP) -- The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Wednesday, Nov. 29, confirmed the French Alps and Salt Lake City as the sole candidates to host the 2030 and 2034 Winter Games. IOC member and Advisory Board Member Karl Stoss of Austria gestures during a press conference after an...
PARIS (AFP) -- International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach on Tuesday, Nov. 28, said that peace between Israel and the Palestinians was possible because they have lived in sporting "co-existence for decades." International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach (AFP) Bach said that the...
MUMBAI (AFP) -- International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach said on Monday, Oct. 16, he would not "dismiss out of hand" recent calls for him to stay in the post past the end of his scheduled term in 2025. International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach (AFP) The German...
MUMBAI (AFP) -- Only 10 countries are now capable of staging an Olympic or Paralympic Winter Games under existing criteria due to climate change, according to International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach. International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach. (AFP) Natural...
MUMBAI (AFP) -- The International Olympic Committee on Thursday, Oct. 12, suspended Russia's national Olympic body with "immediate effect" for violating the territorial integrity of Ukraine's membership by recognizing illegally annexed territories. International Olympic Committee (IOC) spokesman...
LAUSANNE (AFP) -- Russian and Belarusian athletes will not compete at the Asian Games in China this month after the International Olympic Committee concluded that the plan was "not feasible." International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach. (AFP) Both countries have been excluded from...
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach speaks during the closing ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, at the National Stadium, known as the Bird's Nest, in Beijing, on February 20, 2022. (AFP) The head of the International Olympic Committee on Wednesday pinned...
A general view of fireworks light up the sky above the National Stadium, known as the Bird's Nest, during the closing ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, on February 20, 2022. (AFP) The Beijing Winter Olympics have closed with IOC chief Thomas Bach hailing a smoothly run...
Alibaba Group, a Worldwide TOP Partner of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has unveiled its brand-new virtual influencer for the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 (“Games”). Based on cloud technology, Dong Dong, the advanced digital persona created by Alibaba to engage with fans,...
