Kazakh weightlifters stripped of 2012 Olympic gold medals
Three weightlifters from Kazakhstan have been stripped of their gold medals from the 2012 London Olympics after positive doping retests.
Latest in Tag: International Olympic Committee Highlight
Latest in Tag: International Olympic Committee
Egyptian Aya Medany elected to IOC’s Athletes Commission
President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach sent a letter to Egyptian modern pentathlon champion Aya Medany, congratulating her on being appointed at the Athletes Commission of the IOC. Medany was notified of her election two months after the formation of a new Commission, on 18 August, during the 2016 Olympic Games in …
Systematic Russian doping at Sochi 2014 identified by McLaren Report
Canadian lawyer Richard McLaren says his team established the pattern “beyond a reasonable doubt.” He told reporters in Toronto that Russia’s secret service, sports ministry and its anti-doping agency were all involved.
Hamburg votes on 2024 Olympics bid
People in Hamburg and Kiel are voting in a referendum on Hamburg’s bid to host the Olympics in 2024. Opinion polls point to a majority of ‘yes’ votes, but costs and security concerns have boosted the ‘no’ camp. Polling stations in both cities opened on Sunday morning and will be open until 6:00 p.m. local …
IOC’s Bach proposes big changes to WADA
The president of the IOC has proposed major changes to how the World Anti-Doping Agency works. Thomas Bach also recommended that a sports court be the only authority that can hand down sanctions for doping offenders. Speaking at the opening of the general assembly of European Olympic Committees in Prague on Friday, International Olympic Committee …
International sports associations caught between dollar signs and human rights ideals
By James M. Dorsey A just published study highlights how commerce and glitz are reinforcing support for autocracy by international sports associations, and undermining the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) newly found resolve to hold potential host cities to human rights standards to which world football body FIFA pays. The study by Andrew Zimbalist, Circus Maximus: The Economic …
Kurdish football team sparks Swedish FA ire over battle for Kobani
By James M. Dorsey When Ramazan Kizil established Dalkurd FF, one of Europe’s most successful immigrant football teams, in a remote town in northern Sweden, he dreamt of one day raising the Swedish and the Kurdish flag alongside one another in a European championship. These days, Kizil’s goals are more immediate: aiding embattled Kurdish fighters …
Protest and human rights shape debate on awarding of mega events
By James M. Dorsey Mass protests against Brazil’s hosting of the World Cup, Turkey’s loss of opportunities to host sports events and controversy over 2022 World Cup host Qatar’s labour system are impacting the global sports world’s thinking about the requirements future hosts will have to meet. The impact is likely to go far beyond …