Bach Officially Confirms He Will Run for IOC President
Germany’s Thomas Bach today officially announced that he will be a candidate to replace Jacques Rogge as President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The announcement was made at a press...
View ArticlePuerto Rican Richard Carrión Enters Race for IOC President
Richard Carrión today gave official confirmation he is entering the race to succeed Jacques Rogge as International Olympic Committee (IOC) President, bringing to three the number of declared...
View ArticleIOC Presidential Candidate C.K. Wu’s Vision is Education
C.K. Wu of Chinese Taipei, the president of the International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) and a member of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) policy-making executive board, on Thursday...
View ArticleIOC Presidential Candidates to Present to Session in Lausanne this July
The candidates vying to replace Jacques Rogge as the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will all be allowed to present their manifestos at the organization’s Extraordinary Session...
View ArticleWhat Does the Sheikh Want?
Marius Vizer was recently elected president of SportAccord, the umbrella organization of international sports federations. Ordinarily, this development would be consigned to the sports section’s back...
View ArticleWho Runs the IOC?
When, against expectation, Buenos Aires was elected host of the third Summer Youth Games for 2018. The crucial element was a gaffe by Juan Manuel Santos, state president of Columbia. It’s something...
View ArticleA Reflective Jacques Rogge
There are precisely two months to go in Jacques Rogge’s term as president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). He is not, at least in public, particularly reflective. History will be as it is....
View ArticleBubka to Present New Proposals to Deal with Athletes Attendants Involved in...
Sergey Bubka revealed yesteday that he expects the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to approve new tough sanctions for coaches and officials involved in helping athletes dope. America' former...
View ArticlePresident Obama: We Won’t Tolerate Gays Being Treated Differently at Sochi 2014
United States President Barack Obama has added his voice to the chorus of disapproval over 2014 Winter Olympic host Russia’s contentious new anti-gay law and issued a warning that he has “no patience”...
View ArticleBach, Tokyo 2020 and Wrestling Bookmakers Favorites for Buenos Aires
London bookmakers William Hill have installed Germany’s long-serving International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice-president Thomas Bach as clear favorite to succeed Jacques Rogge as the new leader of the...
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