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IOC candidate Samaranch sees diplomacy with Trump as key priority ahead of 2028 LA Olympics
Meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump should be high on the agenda of the next IOC leader, according to a strong candidate to win the Olympic body’s presidential election next week. “It has to be a priority,
Olympians Demand Climate Action from IOC Candidates
Around 350 Olympians, including India's Saina Nehwal, have called on IOC presidential candidates to prioritize climate action. Olympians from 85 countries have highlighted the increasing climate-related threats to the Olympics,
Saina Nehwal, other Olympians write letter to IOC presidential candidates, urge them to make climate action top priority
Climate impacts are 'no longer a distant threat, but a current and growing harm to the sports we love and to the countries that make up our Olympic family', the letter said
How Should The Olympics Evolve? IOC Presidential Candidates Have Plenty Of Ideas
The seven IOC Presidential candidates vying to replace Thomas Bach as the top Olympics official have no shortage of suggestions about how to improve the Games.
Olympics-Olympians Make Climate Plea to IOC Presidential Candidates
The signatories to an open letter calling for IOC action on climate change range from Australia's most decorated Olympian, swimmer Emma McKeon, to Cyrille Tchatchet II, a weightlifter who represented the refugee team at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
Olympic athletes call on incoming IOC president to prioritise climate change
More than 400 Olympic athletes have urged the next president of the International Olympic Committee to prioritise tackling climate change, describing it as a “current and growing harm to the sports we love”.
Olympians urge IOC to prioritise climate action amid growing environmental threats
More than 350 Olympians, including 57 Olympic champions, call on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to prioritize environmental sustainability. They emphasize climate change's immediate impact on sports and urge the IOC to reduce carbon emissions and promote green initiatives in Host Cities.
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Olympic Hopeful's Plan: Trump Meeting is Priority for IOC Leader
International Olympic Committee vice president Juan Antonio Samaranch, a candidate for next IOC presidency, stresses the ...
NBCUniversal agree extension of Olympic media rights to 2036-IOC
The International Olympic Committee and Comcast-owned NBCUniversal have agreed on a $3 billion extension of their Olympic ...
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Rekabi leaves Iran after IOC intervention
The 35-year-old climber has finally departed following a tumultuous few years which began when she gained global attention ...
It’s Time For That Rarest Of Olympic Events: Picking An IOC President
Thomas Bach’s tenure as International Olympic Committee President is almost at an end, and a new leader of the Olympic ...
IOC’s Bach sees ‘new world order’ ahead of LA Olympics and says Trump will ‘fully support’ Games
Thomas Bach says he feels a rare calm in his final weeks as IOC president even as a “new world order” gains speed ahead of ...
Lappartient prepared to tell Trump IOC's autonomy must be respected
International Olympic Committee presidential candidate David Lappartient is prepared to sit down with Donald Trump in the ...
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IOC reviews 10 years of changes
On the eve of the 144th International Olympic Committee Session, which will take place in Greece on 20 March, where the ...
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IOC welcomes recognition of sport as a tool for gender equality and empowerment in declaration adopted by the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has welcomed the Political Declaration adopted unanimously by the 69th session of ...