Monday, January 21, 2019

7 reasons why Lausanne is the perfect home for next year's Winter Youth Olympics

A year from today, the Winter Youth Olympic Games will come home to Lausanne, Switzerland. And while “home” sounds like a misnomer for an event that rotates to a different city for each new edition, if any place can lay claim to the Olympic Movement, it’s Lausanne, the postcard-perfect Swiss city that proudly pre[...]

January 18, 2019

JOINT MEETING OF IOC EB AND IOC ATHLETES’ COMMISSION SEES DISCUSSION ON CRUCIAL TOPICS

THE EXECUTIVE BOARD (EB) OF THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC) AND THE IOC ATHLETES’ COMMISSION HELD THEIR ANNU[..]

January 17, 2019

PANAM SPORTS BEGINS IMPLEMENTATION OF STRATEGIC PLAN

Members of the Executive Committee of Panam Sports conducted a thorough review of the continental organization and its p[..]

January 16, 2019

Preparations for 2022 Olympics gearing up

China's preparation this year for the 2022 Winter Olympics will focus on venue readiness and training of Games-related s[..]

January 15, 2019

Saudi Arabia Olympic Committee holds seminar on Olympic values for teachers

A three-day educational programme on Olympic values, targeting 60,000 students, was held for employees of the Ministry o[..]

January 14, 2019

Stockholm-Are and Milan-Cortina submit innovative Games plans for the Olympic Winter Games 2026

The International Olympic Committee received Candidature Files from Stockholm-Are (Sweden) and Milan-Cortina (Italy)* on[..]

January 11, 2019

PANAM SPORTS STRATEGIC WORKSHOP FOCUSES ON THE FUTURE

The leaders of Americas’ Olympic Movement will gather in Miami next week to look at the big picture when it comes to t[..]

January 11, 2019

EOC PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY GENERAL HONOURED BY HELLENIC OLYMPIC COMMITTEE

European Olympic Committees President Janez Kocijančič and Secretary General Raffaele Pagnozzi were awarded at the Hel[..]

January 09, 2019

Lausanne 2020 unveiled its official mascot

Lausanne 2020 Organising Committee revealed its official mascot one year before the opening of the 3rd Winter Youth Olym[..]

January 05, 2019

New President of the Lausanne 2020 Organising Committee

The Executive Committee of Lausanne 2020, the 3rd Winter Youth Olympic Games, announced that Virginie Faivre, the multip[..]

December 11, 2018

IOC takes leadership role in the UN Sports for Climate Action Initiative

As world leaders at the UN Climate Change Summit in Poland (COP24) prepare to implement the Paris Agreement to limit the[..]

ANOC NEWS

January 10, 2019

ANOC mourns loss of José Ramón Fernández

ANOC is saddened to hear the news that former Cuban Olympic Committee President (COC) José Ramón Fernández has died a[...]

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PRESS RELEASES

January 18, 2019

Green light for new national sports promotion structures in Liechtenstein

The government of Liechtenstein and the Liechtenstein Olympic Committee sign a performance agreement to inaugurate new n[...]

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