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 […]

Algeria’s Head of State Abdelkader Bensalah awarded track and field athlete Taoufik Makhloufi, 2nd world champion in Doha 2019 in 1500m.,  Olympic winner in London 2012 and silver medalist at Rio Olympics […]

The 50 European National Olympic Committees (ENOCs) are ready to travel to Poland this week for the 48th annual European Olympic Committees (EOC) General Assembly in Warsaw on 25 and 26 October. […]

IOC Member Mustapha Berraf who is also President of the Algerian NOC and the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA), has been awarded the Hungarian Order of Merit, in recognition […]