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Olympic Games Confirmed As The World’s Most Appealing Sports And Entertainment Event

Thursday, 27 October 2022, 7:10 am | The NewsMarket

26 October 2022, Lausanne - Independent consumer research has confirmed that the Olympic Games continue to be the most appealing sports and entertainment event in the world, while the Olympic rings remain one of the most widely recognised symbols ... More >>

Excitement Builds For Paris 2024 As Olympic Qualifiers Get Underway

Thursday, 28 July 2022, 6:44 am | The NewsMarket

27 Jul 2022, Lausanne - Over 100,000 athletes around the world have begun their journey to the Olympic Games Paris 2024 . They are on their way to earning one of the available spots at the Games, with more than 3,000 competitions taking place ... More >>

A New Beginning: Refugee Athletes Share Stories Of Their Journeys To Citizenship

Tuesday, 21 June 2022, 5:58 am | The NewsMarket

20 Jun 2022, Lausanne - On World Refugee Day, we look at the inspirational stories of three athletes who, having represented the IOC Refugee Olympic Team , have now been granted citizenship in their host countries. Three different journeys that all ... More >>

PARIS 2024: IOC Announces Refugee Athlete Scholarship-holders Aiming For Paris 2024

Friday, 17 June 2022, 5:47 am | The NewsMarket

16 June 2022. Ahead of World Refugee Day on 20 June 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has released the initial list of 44 athletes who have been awarded Olympic Scholarships for Refugee Athletes to help them train towards the goal of ... More >>

International Day Of Sport For Development And Peace 2022: How Sport Can Assist And Protect Forcibly Displaced People

Thursday, 7 April 2022, 6:52 am | The NewsMarket

6 Apr 2022, International Olympic Committee - As four million people flee Ukraine and tens of millions flee other countries and territories around the world affected by conflict, disaster and persecution in search of refuge, creating access for forcibly ... More >>

International Olympic Committee Launches New Foursport Olympic Qualifier Series For Paris 2024

Saturday, 2 April 2022, 6:35 am | The NewsMarket

01 Apr 2022 - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is launching a new four-sport Olympic qualifier series for Paris 2024 . This is an Olympic Agenda 2020+5 project, which was presented today to the IOC Executive Board. The new IOC-led Olympic qualifier ... More >>

Olympic Movement Mobilises To Support Ukrainian Sport

Tuesday, 22 March 2022, 7:26 am | The NewsMarket

21 Mar 2022  - Ever since the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian army, the entire Olympic Movement has rallied round to provide much-needed help to the Ukrainian Olympic community and sports movement. National Olympic Committees ... More >>

IOC EB Urges International Federations To Relocate Or Cancel Their Sports Events Currently Planned In Russia Or Belarus

Saturday, 26 February 2022, 6:49 am | The NewsMarket

25 Feb 2022 - The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) reiterated today the IOC’s strong condemnation of the breach of the Olympic Truce by the Russian government and the government of Belarus through its support in this. ... More >>

IOC EB Decides No Medal Ceremonies Following CAS Decision On The Case Of ROC Skater

Tuesday, 15 February 2022, 6:56 am | The NewsMarket

14 Feb 2022, International Olympic Committee - The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) takes note of the decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to allow figure skater Kamila Valieva (Russian Olympic Committee) to ... More >>

Beijing 2022 Competition Opens With Mixed Curling In A Legacy Venue

Thursday, 3 February 2022, 7:14 am | The NewsMarket

02 Feb 2022  – Sport is now underway at  Beijing 2022  with the start of competition in an iconic venue from the Olympic Games Beijing 2008. Four groups of mixed gender curling teams stepped onto the ice tonight in the same ... More >>

Athletes From Across The World Start Arriving As Beijing 2022 Olympic Villages Open

Friday, 28 January 2022, 11:33 am | The NewsMarket

The Beijing 2022 Olympic Villages officially opened today, welcoming the world’s top winter sports athletes to Beijing, Zhangjiakou and Yanqing ahead of this year’s Games, which will take place between 4 and 20 February. Approximately 2,900 athletes ... More >>

Airbnb And IOC Support Olympians And Paralympians With Travel Grants

Tuesday, 25 January 2022, 7:32 am | The NewsMarket

Airbnb and IOC support Olympians and Paralympians with travel grants 24 Jan 2022 - Worldwide Olympic Partner  Airbnb , in partnership with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), is offering ... More >>

UAE Convenes World Leaders From Policy, Business And Industry To Take Climate Action

Tuesday, 11 January 2022, 6:52 am | The NewsMarket

UAE convenes world leaders from policy, business and industry to take climate action and accelerate sustainable development Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) will host heads of state, more than 500 global speakers, 150 government ministers, 1,000 ... More >>

New Data Shows No COVID-19 Spread Between Tokyo 2020 Participants And Local Population

Friday, 31 December 2021, 6:34 am | The NewsMarket

30 December 2021. Genomic sequencing data from the Government of Japan has confirmed there was no spread of the new coronavirus between participants of the postponed Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 this year and the local population. The findings ... More >>

IOC: All Future Olympic Games To Be Carbon Neutral, And Climate Positive From 2030

Wednesday, 15 December 2021, 7:10 am | The NewsMarket

IOC Sustainability Report highlights 2017-2020 achievements across the Olympic Movement The third International Olympic Committee (IOC) Sustainability Report notes that the IOC has achieved 15 of its 18 sustainability objectives for the period 2017-2020, ... More >>

IOC Welcomes Vaccine Donation From Pfizer And BioNTech For Beijing 2022

Saturday, 20 November 2021, 7:54 pm | The NewsMarket

19th November 2021 . The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced that Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE will donate doses of the companies’ COVID-19 vaccine to participants in the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. This follows ... More >>

 
 
 
 
 

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