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IOC shortlists three Candidate Cities for 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games
IOC shortlists three Candidate Cities for 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that Buenos Aires (ARG), Glasgow (GBR), and Medellín (COL)* have been shortlisted in the bid to host the 3rd Summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in 2018. The three cities were chosen from among five Candidate Cities vying to host the YOG. Guadalajara (MEX) and Rotterdam (NED) did not make the final shortlist.
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IOC Executive Board recommends 25 core sports for 2020 Games
IOC Executive Board recommends 25 core sports for 2020 Games The 25 sports are: athletics, rowing, badminton, basketball, boxing, canoeing, cycling, equestrian, fencing, football, gymnastics, weightlifting, handball, hockey, judo, aquatics, modern pentathlon, taekwondo, tennis, table tennis, shooting, archery, triathlon, sailing and volleyball.
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Judo builds bridges in Burundi
Judo builds bridges in Burundi Young people from Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda came together peacefully at the Gatumba Community Youth Sport Centre in Burundi to share their passion for judo. The multi-sport complex was jointly set up by the IOC, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the government of Burundi in September 2011. It is located in the border region with the Democratic Republic of Congo, an area known for tension and violence and sorely lacking in recreational infrastructure.
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Sport for All

IOC World Conference on Sport for All Comes to a Close in Lima
IOC World Conference on Sport for All Comes to a Close in Lima The 15th IOC World Conference on Sport for All came to a conclusion in Lima, Peru, with a call to action to the Olympic Movement and the world of sport to “Get Moving”. The Conference, which ran from 24 to 27 April, brought together over 500 leading experts in the field of Sport for All from almost 90 countries to share their best practices on a wide range of activities.
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