Tag: IOC

IOC halts planning for boxing at 2020 Olympics, opens AIBA probe

LAUSANNE: The International Olympic Committee Friday froze preparations for boxing at the 2020 Games and launched a probe into the sport's troubled governing body,...

32 Russian athletes file suit urging IOC invitation to Olympic

LAUSANNE: Russian athletes, who had been denied an invitation the Olympic Games in South Korea’s Pyeongchang, have filed a suit against the International Olympic Committee...

Uplifting of Russian doping bans ‘disapoints’ IOC chief

LAUSANNE: A decision by sport's top court to lift life bans for doping of 28 Russian athletes was "extremely disappointing and surprising", IOC chief...

IOC bans Russia from 2018 Winter Olympics, allows athletes to compete...

Russia were banned from the 2018 Olympics on Tuesday under allegations of state-sponsored doping but the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said Russian competitors would...

2018 Winter Olympics: IOC sees over 20,000 drugs tests in Pyeongchang lead-up

IOC medical chief says there will be a lot more in coming two or three months SEOUL: More than 20,000 doping tests will have been conducted...

IOC mulls Russia’s fate in 2018 Winter Olympics

The eyes of the sporting world will be on the International Olympic Committee's headquarters in Lausanne on Tuesday evening when President Thomas Bach announces...

WADA criticises IOC for failing to ban Russian team

  The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) is "disappointed" its recommendation to ban Russia from next month's Olympic Games in Rio has been rejected. Following the country's...

23 positives in retests of samples from London Olympics: IOC

Nearly two dozen athletes tested positive in reanalysis of their doping samples from the 2012 London Olympics, adding to the more than 30 already...