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April 7, 2021

Ismet Krasniqi is the new President of the Kosovo Olympic Committee

Ismet Krasniqi was elected as the new President of the Kosovo Olympic Committee during its 8th Electoral General Assembly held at Pristina. Krasniqi received 53 votes, pipping his two opponents, Besim Hasani, […]
April 6, 2021

ICMG celebrates the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace

The year 2021 marks the 70th anniversary of the first Mediterranean Games, held way back in 1951 in Alexandria, Egypt. The International Committee of the Mediterranean Games has decided to celebrate the […]
April 5, 2021

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Αthletes become social entrepreneurs

The Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina launched a project named “Athletes Becoming Social Entrepreneurs! Developing a Gamification-Based Social Entrepreneurship Training Program for Athletes – SENTA.” Co-financed by the European Union, the […]
April 4, 2021

Federica Pellegrini qualified for fifth time in the Olympic Games

Federica Pellegrini has validated her ticket for the Olympic Games in Tokyo (July 23 – August 8), at 200 m. and it will be her fifth Olympics since Athens in 2004. The […]
April 2, 2021

Distria Krasniqi and Dardan Berisha were elected “Athletes of the Year 2020” in Kosovo

Distria Krasniqi and Dardan Berisha were awarded the main prizes in the fifth edition of the 2020 Laureates ceremony, organized by the Kosovo Olympic Committee. Judoka Krasniqi won the award “Female Athlete […]
March 31, 2021

IOC President Tomas Bach inaugurated a new lighting system at the Panathenaic Stadium of Athens

Following his re-election, IOC President Bach’s first official visit was to the country where the 137th IOC Session had been scheduled to take place before the COVID-19 pandemic. At the headquarters of […]
March 28, 2021

Albanian NOC celebrates International Women’s Day

To celebrate International Women’s Day on 8 March, the Albanian NOC organised a webinar entitled “Women in Sports, yesterday and today”, which was broadcast live on the NOC’s media channels. The webinar brought together […]
March 25, 2021

Olympic Torch Relay began in Japan

The Olympic Torch Relay began in the J-Village national football training facility in Naraha, Fukushima. The first torchbearers were the Nadeshiko Japan women’s football team, who won the 2011 FIFA Women’s World […]
March 21, 2021

Foreign spectators banned from Tokyo Olympics

There will be no overseas spectators at the Tokyo Olympics this summer, due to significant health risks, Olympic officials and Japanese authorities said after an online meeting on Saturday. The Olympic Games […]