International Olympic Committee
AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - APRIL 29: President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Jacques Rogge (R) and his wife Anne attend a dinner hosted by Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands ahead of her abdication at Rijksmuseum on April 29, 2013 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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There was no relaxation in Sports Code. We discussed the Sports Code with the IOC which felt the code was in conformity with the Olympic Charter.
The IOC has paved the way to lift the suspension on the IOA. Now, Indian sportspersons will be able to join the Olympic Movement. A roadmap (to end the stalemate) has been drawn in consultation with delegates of the National Sports Federations (NSFs), the IOA and the IOC
This would be followed by a fresh general meeting to elect the new office-bearers of the IOA, based on the newly revised Constitution and the Olympic Charter. The entire process will be closely monitored and supervised by the IOC, which will issue a roadmap for the suspended IOA and all its members to followMore quotes »
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Wrestling rules changed to keep sport in Olympics
to include a female vice president and will increase the number of women's weight classes if it remains in the Olympics.The International Olympic Committee's executive board recommended in February that wrestling be removed from the 2020 Games.The move brought Read more »
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Iran beats US in Grand Central exhibition
Square.But this one took on added significance beyond supporting wrestling nonprofit Beat the Streets. In February, the International Olympic Committee recommended that the sport be dropped starting with the 2020 Games.So there were the United States, Iran Read more »
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Pescante endorses IOC presidential candidate Bach
-- Longtime IOC member Mario Pescante of Italy has endorsed Thomas Bach's bid to become the next president of the Olympic body.A day after declaring his candidacy for IOC president, Bach attended a ceremony in Rome Friday marking the Italian Olympic Academy's Read more »
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Istanbul hopes to impress IOC panel with 2020 bid
venues will need to be constructed from scratch but Turkey sees this as an advantage, not a setback. Tokyo hosted the 1964 Olympics and Spain held the games in Barcelona in 1992."The Istanbul Olympics would be presenting a totally modern, brand new, and specially Read more »
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Putin indicates support for Olympic wrestling
would not sit well with Vladimir Putin.Putin was quoted by Russian news agencies as saying Wednesday "the removal from the Olympic program of traditional forms of sports, which were its basis from the beginning and were in the program of the Olympic Games Read more »
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Iran rejects reports on wrestling team
team’s tour of Los Angeles for a second friendly exhibition that had been scheduled to be held on May 19. In February, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recommended that wrestling be dropped from the 2020 Summer Olympics as part of a “process of renewing 2:01 AM from Press TV Read more »
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RED FLAG: Lindsey Vonn, Red Bull and the German drug doctor
systematic doping programs. After the Cold War ended, many took their science abroad — a deep source of concern for the International Olympic Committee and anti-doping agencies. Extensive evidence shows that Pansold was not just a passive actor in the GDR 1:14 AM from New York Daily News Read more »
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Squash hopes for preliminary Olympic nod at May 29 IOC meeting
Delhi, May 21 (IANS) After twice failing to get the nod from the International Olympic Committee, the squash world is hoping that the IOC, at its meeeting in St. Petersburg on May 29, will shortlist the racquet sport for the 2020 Games. The final call on the 12:15 AM from TDNpost.com Read more »
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Podcast: Mike Hlas with Iowa coach Terry Brands
Podcast to talk about the progress wrestling has made in trying to get reinstated for the 2020 Summer Olympics when the International Olympic Committee votes in September. Brands has a long, continuing involvement with international wrestling. He talks about 5/20/13 from The Gazette Read more »
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Olympics Relax Regulation of Pot
not used in competition." The new threshold will affect over 600 sports organizations around the world, including the International Olympic Committee, International Paralympic Committee, and national professional leagues, which have adopted the World Anti-Doping 5/20/13 from TheFix.com Read more »
