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11 November 2019

Tokyo 2020 Unveils Details of Greece Torch Relay Events

Tokyo, 11 November 2019 – The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) today unveiled details of the Olympic Torch Relay and Olympic Flame Lighting and Handover Ceremony, both of which will take place in Greece prior to the Olympic Flame’s journey to Japan, and is organised by the[...]

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10 November 2019

NOC OF LITHUANIA WILL PROVIDE ITS ATHLETES WITH LEGAL HELP

Lithuanian athletes will be able to receive legal help to defend themselves from sexual harassment, abuse and discrimination. All legal services will be free and implemented under total confidentiality. This comes after a joint initiative of the Lithuanian National Olympic committee (LNOC) and local law firm IUSTU[...]

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08 November 2019

President of Oman Olympic Committee visits ANOC headquarters

President of the Oman Olympic Committee His Exellency Sayyed Khalid Bin Hamad Al Busaidi today met with ANOC Secretary General Gunilla Lindberg at the ANOC headquarters in Lausanne. The President was joined by Oman Olympic Committee Secretary General Mr. Taha bin Sulaiman Al Kishry. During the meeting, Secretary Gen[...]

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08 November 2019

The first Women and Sports Forum organised by Panama Olympic Committee

Con la presencia de más de 50 mujeres relacionadas con el deporte y el objetivo de promover la incorporación de las mujeres a todos los niveles del deporte, defendiendo la equidad y la igualdad de oportunidades entre hombres y mujeres en el ámbito deportivo a nivel nacional, la Comisión Mujer y Deporte del Comité [...]

Olympic movement news

06 November 2019

USD 10 million “action plan” and tougher sanctions against “entourage” members to strengthen protection of clean athletes

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach encourages all stakeholders in the fight against doping to “join hands to send a strong signal of determination, of cooperation and credibility to the athletes of the world and the general public.” Read the President’s full speech here. Addressing th[...]

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05 November 2019

Key sustainability projects by Tokyo 2020

The Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 is shaping up to be one of the greenest ever with renewable energy sources and recyclable materials featuring heavily across the organising committee’s sustainability plans. With a sustainability concept of “Be better, together – For the planet and the people”, Toky[...]

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05 November 2019

EUROPEAN WEEK OF SPORT BEYOND BORDERS SEMINAR SUCCESSFULLY HELD IN KIEV

The “European Week of Sport Beyond Borders” high-level seminar took place in Kiev, Ukraine on 28 October. The event was organised by the European Commission within the framework of the European Week of Sport (EWoS) to celebrate the success of this year’s activities in the non-EU countries. Since its launch in [...]

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04 November 2019

LAUSANNE 2020 INAUGURATES ITS YOUTH OLYMPIC VILLAGE

On 31 Oct 2019, the keys to the Vortex were handed over to the Organising Committee of Lausanne 2020 by the pension fund of the State of Vaud (Caisse de pensions de l’Etat de Vaud, CPEV) which financed and managed the construction of the building. An official ceremony was held on site. Born out of a partners[...]