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LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Arsenal reinforced their commitment to tackling climate change by becoming the first Premier League club to sign up to the UN Sports for Climate Action Framework on Monday. Arsenal join among others the International Olympic Committee, FIFA and English football’s governing body the Football Association in signing up to the initiative. It aims to bring together the global sports community with a commitment to align with the goals of the […]
by Jung Ha-Won Agence France-Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) – A dozen North Korean female ice hockey players entered the South Thursday to form a unified team — the Koreas’ first for nearly three decades — at next month’s Winter Olympics. The Pyeongchang Winter Games have triggered an apparent rapprochement on the divided peninsula, where tensions have been high over the nuclear-armed North’s weapons ambitions. But the unified team has provoked controversy in the South, with accusations […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) – South Korea’s prime minister apologized Friday for suggesting the country’s women’s ice hockey team had no chance of a medal at the Winter Olympics in an unsuccessful attempt to dampen criticism over a unified team with the North. The two Koreas agreed this week to field a unified women’s ice hockey side at the Games, which begin in Pyeongchang next month. It came after Pyongyang agreed to attend what organizers and Seoul […]
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) – The International Olympic Committee pledged to boost funding for the 2026 Winter Olympics on Wednesday as it seeks it encourage more cities to bid for the games. An ever-shrinking pool of cities willing to take on the multi-billion dollar cost of staging the games saw just two cities in the running for 2022 — Beijing and Almaty. Four cities — Sion in Switzerland, Stockholm, Calgary and Sapporo are believed to be exploring a […]
by Rob Woollard Agence France-Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) – Iconic venues from across Los Angeles’s sporting skyline took center stage on Thursday as a team of International Olympic Committee officials scrutinized the city’s bid for the 2024 Olympics. Members of the IOC Evaluation Commission, visiting Los Angeles before heading to fellow host city candidate Paris next week, spent the day inspecting proposed venues on the second day of a three-day mission. A tour […]
TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) — The International Olympic Committee (IOC) held on Monday (November 28) a debriefing of the Rio De Janeiro 2016 Olympics for Tokyo 2020 Olympic officials in Japan. The event was joined by prominent Games officials and affiliates including IOC’s Games Director Christophe Dubi and Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori. The IOC will be debriefing for the Tokyo 2020 organization over the next three days in Tokyo. IOC President Thomas Bach wasn’t able […]
(REUTERS) Egyptian judoka Islam El Shehaby has been sent home from the Rio Olympics after refusing to shake the hand of Israeli Or Sasson following the end of their bout, the International Olympic Committee said on Monday. El Shehaby, who was sent home by his own team, lost the fight on Friday and was reprimanded by the IOC for his actions. The athlete said he did not want to shake hands with an Israeli, […]
The water quality at the Olympic sailing venue in Rio de Janeiro is a serious issue but will be resolved by the time the Games begin next year, Rio Organizing Committee president Carlos Nuzman said on Tuesday (September 1). A scientific report carried out last month said the waters were so contaminated with high levels of bacteria and viruses from human sewage that athletes could become ill and unable to compete at the Games, the […]
(Reuters) — Beijing was chosen by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to host the 2022 Winter Olympics on Friday (July 31), becoming the first city to be awarded both summer and winter Games. The Chinese capital beat Almaty, Kazakhstan in a secret ballot of 85 IOC members, held at a convention centre in downtown Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with IOC president Thomas Bach opening an envelope to announce the decision. Beijing bid officials, towered over […]
