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IOC to cover VANOC deficit with a 20 m dollar guarantee

29 October 2009

Unbalanced budgets and a lack of sponsors have had the Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee fearing for the success of the Vancouver Games, but a 20 million dollar guarantee from the IOC is said to have secured the 2010 Winter...[more]




Comment: Rogge clears the way for further reform

10 October 2009

The next four years will show to which extent Rogge will succeed in becoming the great reformer of the Olympic movement that he was expected to when he took office in 2001.[more]




IOC’s President Rogge takes controversial questions from the press at closing of IOC Session

09 October 2009

President Jacques Rogge took questions from the press at the closing of the IOC Session in Copenhagen.[more]


Jacques Rogge - closing of the 121st IOC Session in Copenhagen - Final Press Conference (c)IOC/R. Juilliart


Two new Olympic sports elected despite controversy

09 October 2009

Despite discussions of whether the process of election of the new Olympic sports have been sufficiently transparent, rugby and golf were elected as the two newcomers to join the existing 26 Olympic sports by 2016.[more]


Rugby Sevens' elected to be on the Olympic Programme for the 2016 and 2020 Games (c)IOC/R. Juilliart


As the IOC brand gets stronger, so do the advantages of being situated in Switzerland

09 October 2009

The International Olympic Committee headquarters in Switzerland where the owners of the Olympics are registered as members of a non-profit sports club and as such they do not have to pay 20 percent income tax on their billion...[more]


Lausanne Olympic Capital (c) Martin Macias Jr/Radio Arte, used under a Creative Commons 2.0 licence


Only few women in sports policy positions

09 October 2009

Evaluation on women on sports and sports policy conclude that not enough women take part in the polices of sport[more]




Is rugby ready for the Olympics?

09 October 2009

Rugby sevens looks set to get the rubber stamp from the IOC to appear at the 2016 Summer Olympics. But while many rugby supporters are enthusiastic about the decision, structural problems within the the International Rugby Board...[more]




Hosting Play the Game 2011: Calling interested partners

08 October 2009

Play the Game calls upon potential partners to declare their interest in hosting Play the Game 2011, the 7th world communication conference on sport and society.[more]




Senior sport officials give their view on the need for a World Anti-Corruption Agency, Part 4

08 October 2009

Following an open letter to the International Olympic Committee calling for actions against corruption in sport, more senior officials have answered the question whether or not there is a need to establish a...[more]




Sports federations should work more closely together to combat corruption

08 October 2009

Tennis was applauded by IOC President Rogge for its anti-match-fixing efforts[more]




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