"Of course, there can be no Russian flag during the Paris Games, I think there is a consensus on that matter," said French President Emmanuel Macron.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Nita Ambani reiterated Sports Minister Anurag Thakur's words about India's dream of hosting the Olympics while announcing the 141st IOC session.
This will be the second IOC session in India. The country last hosted an IOC session in 1983 in New Delhi.
Modern pentathlon has effectively been told by the IOC to remove equestrian jumping from the event, provoking a backlash from angry athletes.
Modern pentathlon has effectively been told by the IOC to remove equestrian jumping from the event, provoking a backlash from angry athletes.
In a letter to IOA president Narinder Batra, the IOC said the elections should nonetheless take place before the end of January next year after requisite amendments in the IOA constitution.
Carlos Arthur Nuzman, the head of the Brazilian Olympic Committee for more than two decades, was found guilty of corruption, criminal organisation, money laundering and tax evasion.
The new guidelines are not legally binding and the IOC says it remains 'within the remit of each sport and its governing body to determine how an athlete may be at a disproportionate advantage compared with their peers'.
The ban means that Russian athletes won't be able to compete under the Russian flag in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach says he doesn't expect countries to pull out of next year's Tokyo Olympics due to Covid pandemic and that athletes too won't be barred if they test negative.
Afraki execution has attracted international outcry as the wrestler earlier claimed innocence and said he was tortured into false confession
Bach stresses that athletes will have to be co-operative and adhere to all the safety guidelines to be in place for the Olympics
The International Olympic Committee will hold its 136th session virtually on July 17.
The IOC has announced a new deadline for the Olympic qualification period after the Games were postponed to 2021.
Indian shuttler Parupalli Kashyap has reacted to IOC's statement, where it encourages the athletes to continue training for the Tokyo Olympics.
The Evaluation Commission had visited Mumbai in October last year to study the feasibility of hosting the Session in Mumbai.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) executive board on Tuesday expressed its full commitment to the success of the Olympic Games in Tokyo to be held between July 24 to August 9 this year.
On this very day, 125 years ago, Frenchman Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee and revived the Olympic Games.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Nita Ambani hosted a grand party in the honour of IOC president Thomas Bach, who is India on a two-day visit. Industrialist Ratan Tata, cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar and Bollywood actor Aamir Khan were a
Russia was banned from the Olympics because of a massive doping scandal at the 2014 Sochi Games.
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