International Olympic Committee
AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - APRIL 29: President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Jacques Rogge (R) and his wife Anne attend a dinner hosted by Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands ahead of her abdication at Rijksmuseum on April 29, 2013 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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There was no relaxation in Sports Code. We discussed the Sports Code with the IOC which felt the code was in conformity with the Olympic Charter.
The IOC has paved the way to lift the suspension on the IOA. Now, Indian sportspersons will be able to join the Olympic Movement. A roadmap (to end the stalemate) has been drawn in consultation with delegates of the National Sports Federations (NSFs), the IOA and the IOC
This would be followed by a fresh general meeting to elect the new office-bearers of the IOA, based on the newly revised Constitution and the Olympic Charter. The entire process will be closely monitored and supervised by the IOC, which will issue a roadmap for the suspended IOA and all its members to followMore quotes »
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Iran beats US in Grand Central exhibition
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Pescante endorses IOC presidential candidate Bach
-- Longtime IOC member Mario Pescante of Italy has endorsed Thomas Bach's bid to become the next president of the Olympic body.A day after declaring his candidacy for IOC president, Bach attended a ceremony in Rome Friday marking the Italian Olympic Academy's Read more »
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Istanbul hopes to impress IOC panel with 2020 bid
venues will need to be constructed from scratch but Turkey sees this as an advantage, not a setback. Tokyo hosted the 1964 Olympics and Spain held the games in Barcelona in 1992."The Istanbul Olympics would be presenting a totally modern, brand new, and specially Read more »
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Putin indicates support for Olympic wrestling
would not sit well with Vladimir Putin.Putin was quoted by Russian news agencies as saying Wednesday "the removal from the Olympic program of traditional forms of sports, which were its basis from the beginning and were in the program of the Olympic Games Read more »
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IOC visit Sochi again to check on preparations
meetings are leaders of the seven winter sports federations on the Olympic program.The IOC says talks will cover games operations, the torch relay, technology and the "client experience" for athletes, national Olympic committees, spectators and media. Read more »
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FILA approves new rules to keep wrestling in games
was transformed into a wrestling meet to raise money for charity, with the last two in Times Square. In February, the International Olympic Committee recommended that the sport be dropped starting with the 2020 Games. Photo: Bebeto Matthews Former Olympic 18 m ago from San Antonio Express Read more »
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Opening speech by FILA Acting President Nenad Lalovic at the FILA Extraordinary Congress
as any in the history of Wrestling. May 29th in St. Petersburg is the first date. The IOC Executive Committee…the same committee that decided that we were NOT going to be a core sport in the Olympic Games…will decide which of 8 sports will go to the full IOC 2:54 AM from TheMat.com Read more »
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Column: Restore wrestling, give others fair shot
is heeding the harshest of wakeup calls. Now it's time for the International Olympic Committee to do the right thing. Put this most historic of sports back on the program for the 2020 Summer Games. Assuming the governing body, known as FILA, follows through 5/17/13 from Washington Examiner Read more »
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Big Weekend of Track: Atlanta GP, Oxy on Friday, May 17, Shanghai DL, Ponce on May 18, the season goes on, by Alfons Juck, note by Larry Eder
athletics competitions in history when he served as London 2012 chairman. The IAAF Presidency also brings automatic International Olympic Committee (IOC) membership, something Coe is keen on, writes insidethegames. LOUGHBOROUGH (GBR): The Loughborough International, 5/17/13 from RunBlogRun Read more »
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Wrestling federation plots strategy at meeting
The meeting Saturday comes four months after the IOC executive board recommended that wrestling be dropped from the 2020 Olympics. Wrestling has a chance to regain its place by beating out seven other sports vying for one available spot. All those sports are 5/17/13 from Cape Cod Online Read more »
