International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has reiterated his warning that the European sports model is under threat due to "purely profit-oriented goals of commercial sports providers and investors" amid The Super League breakaway in football, which now appears to be in tatters.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach is expected to visit Japan in May to attend the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay and meet Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.
The long-awaited updates to the Tokyo 2020 "playbooks" are due to be published later this month.
Juan Antonio Samaranch has refused to rule out a run for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Presidency when Thomas Bach vacates the position in 2025.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has inaugurated the renewed lighting at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens on his first foreign visit since his re-election earlier this month.
European Union (EU) sanctions imposed on Chinese officials in response to well-documented allegations of a systematic repression campaign against Uyghur Muslims were not discussed when International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach met with high-ranking officials including European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen this week.
I could not sit through every moment of last week’s three-day videoconferenced 137th International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) "is willing to hold a genocidal Games" by staging the Winter Olympics in Beijing, human rights groups claimed today, as President Thomas Bach insisted the organisation was not a "super-world Government" that can solve global issues.
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach insists any video game which encourages violence will be rejected after the IOC voted unanimously for closer ties with virtual esport and gaming communities.
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session has unanimously approved the Olympic Agenda 2020+5 strategic plan that is set to shape the direction of the organisation in Thomas Bach's last four years as President.
The International Volleyball Federation has just announced its 2021 calendar, which includes a new multi-tournament event - the Cancun Hub - designed to enable players to seek Tokyo 2020 ranking points in conditions minimising travel risks during the pandemic.
Athens has been confirmed as the host city for the 2025 International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session after missing out on staging the event this year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Olympic Partner (TOP) worldwide sponsorship programme is set to raise around $3 billion (£2.15 billion/€2.5 billion) in the 2021 to 2024 quadrennium, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has revealed.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has said the organisation is being guided by "science and facts" as it attempts to host the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Denver were awarded the 1976 Winter Olympic Games ahead of Sion in Switzerland, Tempere in Finland and Vancouver in Canada at the International Olympic Committee Session in 1970. But in a Colorado referendum in November 1972, voters rejected funding for the event. It is the only time a city has been awarded the Olympics but pulled out. The IOC then offered the Games to Whistler in Canada, but they too declined owing to a change of Government following elections. Salt Lake City offered to host the Games, but the IOC, still reeling from the Denver rejection, declined and selected Innsbruck, the 1964 host city, as a replacement.
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The Football Association (The FA) is the governing body of football in England. We are responsible for promoting and developing the game at all levels; from grass roots through to the professional game, The FA Cup and the England International teams, and has two core assets: Wembley Stadium and St George's Park. As the Insight & Analytics Manager you will be part of the Behavioural Insight & Business Analytics (BIBA) team. The primary role of the BIBA team within The FA is to generate insight which inspires, informs and enables evidence-based decision making across the organisation.
The coronavrius pandemic has had a profound impact on sport, but many elite athletes have also made their impact felt during the health crisis, working on the medical frontline and in some cases sacrificing their chances of sporting success for the good of public health. Mike Rowbottom reports.
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