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Doping

09.08.2023

IOC will not investigate Sotnikova doping comments, South Korean official claims

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will not investigate comments by Russia's Sochi 2014 Olympic figure skating champion Adelina Sotnikova despite calls to do so in South Korea, it has been claimed.

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Doping

11.07.2023

Korea seeks to confirm Russian figure skater's doping admission

The top Korean sports body said Tuesday it will ask the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to investigate a recent doping admission by a Russian figure skater who beat Korean star Kim Yu-na for the controversial gold at the 2014 Winter Games.

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Olympic Movement

23.06.2023

Julia Plesovskikh

Julia Plesovskikh

140th IOC Session. Main Results

On June 22 the 140th IOC Session was held. The issues of suspension of Russian athletes and IBA recognition were discussed.

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IFs

07.06.2023

Future of Olympic boxing body on agenda at IOC meeting

The IOC stripped the IBA of recognition in 2019 over long-standing financial, sports integrity and governance issues. It could decide to reinstate the governing body or banish it completely.

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Politics in sports

16.05.2023

Olympic bans and boycotts go back a century

Ukraine and the three Baltic countries, all former Soviet republics, moved a step closer Friday to boycotting next year’s Paris Olympics because of the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes.

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Politics in sports

11.05.2023

IOC boss Bach encourages China to bid for future Games

IOC president Thomas Bach says he hopes to see China bid for future Olympic Games.

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Sports

08.05.2023

How gymnastics became a deeply beloved Olympic sport

Its roots can be traced to ancient Greece. But the rise of modern gymnastics has been fueled by nationalism—from the Napoleonic Wars to the Soviet era.

Naked men exercising in open-air plazas. Stalwart bodyguards at Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration. Diminutive teenagers rocketing off of the ground into a dizzying sequence of flips and jumps. These images aren’t random—they’re all part of the history of gymnastics.

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IFs

07.05.2023

IBA submits 400-page report addressing governance concerns to IOC in bid to save Olympic place

The International Boxing Association (IBA) has delivered a 400-page report to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to address the long-standing governance concerns raised against the governing body.

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Sports

03.05.2023

Ding wins China's first men's world chess title

China's Ding Liren had to overcome his own anxiety as well as his Russian opponent to become the country's first men's world chess champion in a tense final on Sunday.

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IFs

18.04.2023

Hunting trips, sex and a BMW: former biathlon chief charged with corruption

Anders Besseberg accused of taking gifts from Russia. If convicted he could face 10 years in prison in Norway

The former head of biathlon’s governing body has been charged with “gross corruption” following allegations he accepted bribes, prostitutes and free hunting trips from Russia.

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Sports

17.04.2023

Monte-Carlo Masters 2023: Andrey Rublev outlasts Holger Rune to win maiden masters title

The 25-year-old world No.6 defeated the tenacious Dane 5-7, 6-2, 7-5 to be crowned the master of Monte Carlo in a three-set thriller.

Andrey Rublev held off teenager Holger Rune 5-7, 6-2, 7-5 to win the Monte Carlo tennis Masters on Sunday (16 April).

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Olympic Games

13.04.2023

Britain represents highest proportion of foreign ticket sales for Paris 2024

Outside of France, British people have bought the most tickets for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games which is set to take place in the capital city for the first time in 100 years from July 26 to August 11.

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Politics in sports

01.04.2023

ANOC Executive Council criticises Ukrainian Government for boycott of Paris 2024 qualifying events featuring Russians

The Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) Executive Council has criticised the Ukrainian Government after it announced that the country's athletes would boycott Paris 2024 qualifying events featuring Russians and Belarusians.

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Olympic Games

28.03.2023

More than 300 fencers write to Bach calling for Russia and Belarus ban to remain

The letter describes the FIE vote earlier this month to reinstate Russian and Belarusian fencers as a "catastrophic error" and accused the federation of "not fulfilling its duty of care for athletes, particularly Ukrainians".

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Olympic Games

27.03.2023

Valieva coach wants apology from Bach over Beijing 2022 accusations about treatment of skater

Kamila Valieva’s coach Eteri Tutberidze has revealed that she is expecting an apology from International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach following his criticism of how she treated the Russian teenage figure skater at Beijing 2022.

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Politics in sports

26.03.2023

Former Russian President Medvedev claims sports could move to Asia where level is "high"

Former Russian President and current Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev has claimed the country's National Federations could switch affiliation from Europe "where the level of the Asian Federation is high".

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Sports

24.03.2023

World Athletics bans transgender athletes, reinstates Russia but retains ban

The World Athletics Council has today banned transgender athletes from women's competition, altered DSD athlete regulations, reinstated the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) following seven years of suspension - and retained the ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials.

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Politics in sports

23.03.2023

Putin and Xi release statement backing IOC stance as plans for rival events continue

Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping released a statement welcoming the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) move to allow Russians to compete as neutrals after meeting in Moscow.