Sporting powerbrokers including Thomas Bach and Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah have arrived to attend a European Olympic Committees (EOC) General Assembly here tomorrow at which Slovenia's Janez Kocijančič is set to be elected the body's permanent President.

The Lithuanian Olympic Committee (LTOK) organised an Olympism training course which attracted attendees from nine European countries.

Jordan Olympic Committee (JOC) President Prince Feisal Al Hussein has met with International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) counterpart Sebastian Coe in Amman.

The Sudan Olympic Committee (SOC) is to distribute sports equipment at five refugee camps in Darfur.

International Hockey Federation President Narinder Batra is considered the favourite to become the new head of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) after N. Ramachandran announced he will not seek a second term.

The Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee has hosted its third National Olympic Athlete Seminar, focusing on the Athlete Career Programme.

Rommel Knowles has been elected as the new President of the Bahamas Olympic Committee (BOC).

Leonid Yakovlevich Khromenkov, a member of the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of the Republic of Belarus, was honoured recently on his 70th birthday for his contribution to sport and particularly to the Olympic Movement in his country.

The Uruguayan Olympic Committee (COU) hosted a course for gymnastics coaches in the South American nation.

The Albanian city of Durres recently hosted the fourth International Committee of the Mediterranean Games (ICMG) sports management seminar on "Strategically Managing the Sports Organisation - the Way to Success."

Former swimmer Nicole Livingstone has stepped down from the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) Executive after she agreed to become the Australian Football League's (AFL) head of women's football.

The Venezuelan Olympic Committee (COV) has created a scheme to allow sporting coaches to gain university qualifications.

Tochigi Governor Tomikazu Fukuda has headed a delegation on its visit to Budapest as part of a recently-signed tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Hungarian and Japanese Olympic Committees in preparation for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

The Ghana Olympic Committee has announced grants totalling £5,000 ($6,600/€5,600) for seven of the country's athletes, in preparation for next April's Commonwealth Games in Australia's Gold Coast.

The Latvian Olympic Committee has published the fourth volume of its English-language Olympic Encyclopedia.