International Olympic Committee

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Athletics has become the first sport to offer prize money to Olympic champions, announcing that the 48 gold medallists in Paris this year will earn $50,000 each to end a 128-year tradition. Although the concept of purely amateur…

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Senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) Vice-President, John Coates, is unsure how many Russian athletes will compete as neutral athletes at the Paris Games, but said reports that it might be as low as 40 could be close to the mark.…

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Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo said she hoped Russian athletes would be banned from taking part in the Paris Olympics and their opening ceremony. Israeli athletes, however, should be fully welcome, she saidi n an interview, as organisers of…

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Russian Olympic Committee President, Stanislav Pozdnyakov, said it is "unacceptable" for the organisers of the Asian Games to reconsider a decision to allow athletes from Russia and Belarus compete at the multi-sport event in Hangzhou,…

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday of politicising sports, as it weighs a decision on Russian athletes' participation in next year's Games in Paris. Russians are facing the…

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The Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) has called on States across the nation to demonstrate full commitment to the success of the Olympic Day celebration, with “Let’s Move” as the theme of this year's event. Chairman of the Sports-for-All…

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The final Advance Sports Management Course (ASMC) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), organised by the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), has ended in Lagos with no fewer than 15 stakeholders in attendance. The concluding part of…

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Under the guidance of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Olympic Solidarity programme, the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) will organise a virtual Seminar for presidents and leaders of sports federations on management and…

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The International Olympic Committee's (IOC) recommendation to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to return to international competition as neutrals is "excessive and discriminatory", the Russian Olympic Committee's (ROC) athletes'…

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The Russian Government said on Wednesday that the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) guidelines that allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete in international competitions as neutrals contain "elements of discrimination".…