The prize for the best sports photo in Greece, from the Hellenic Sports Press Association awarded to the Greek photographer Paris Sarikostas. The photo was taken during the Mediterranean Beach Games of […]

Addressing the 1,500 delegates attending the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)’s Fifth World Conference on Doping in Sport in Katowice, Poland, the President announced a commitment of USD 10 million by the IOC […]

GAISF and SportAccord President Raffaele Chiulli wrapped up 2019 IF Forum in Lausanne with a message on the importance of giving athletes sufficient tools to ensure their empowerment. The three-day Forum, which […]

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Worldwide Olympic Partner Dow rewarded 10 International Sports Federations (IFs) for taking concrete action to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. As part of the reward, carbon offsets will be offered to the IFs […]

The keys to the Youth Olympic Village, named the “Vortex”, were handed over to the Lausanne 2020 Organising Committee today during a ceremony on site. Born out of a partnership between the Canton of Vaud and the Vaud Pension Fund (CPEV), this symbolic building […]

The European Olympic Committees (EOC) announced that the Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the cities of Sarajevo and East Sarajevo have been nominated by Peace and Sport for a Diplomatic […]

IOC President Thomas Bach was in Warsaw, Poland, for the 48th European Olympic Committees (EOC) General Assembly and the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Polish Olympic Committee. He was […]

World silver medallist high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR) was awarded the Piotr Nurowski Best Young Athlete prize in Warsaw, Poland, following a vote by the 48th General Assembly of the European Olympic […]