24/05/2013
IOC ACTIVITIES PRESIDENT On 21 May, IOC President Jacques Rogge chaired the working meeting that brought together all stakeholders of the Olympic Movement – the IOC, IFs, NOCs and athletes – to disc...
With a little over one year to go until the next Summer Youth Olympic Games, the YOG spirit has taken hold of the host city of Nanjing! Last week, the Chinese city celebrated the third edition of the ...
23/05/2013
At just 17-years-old, Adam Lamhamedi had already made history. At the first-ever Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck last year, the young Moroccan Alpine skier became the first-ever African to win...
22/05/2013
United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban-Ki moon and IOC President Jacques Rogge will be keynote speakers at the 3rd International Forum on Sport for Peace and Development, which will take place from...
21/05/2013
Brasília’s Mané Garrincha National Stadium – one of six venues that will host football matches during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games – has been officially reopened. The original stadium, which was built i...
19/05/2013
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced today that two-time Olympic champion Yelena Isinbaeva will be an official Ambassador of the Nanjing (China) 2014 Youth Olympic Games (YOG). The Rus...
17/05/2013
IOC ACTIVITIES PRESIDENT On 13 May at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne, IOC President Jacques Rogge received an official visit from their Royal Highnesses Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde of Be...
16/05/2013
The Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (NYOGOC) is well on track to deliver successful Games next summer, according to the IOC Coordination Commission, which concluded its fourth vi...
15/05/2013
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today held fruitful meetings with a delegation from the Indian Sports Ministry, headed by Indian Sports Minister Jitendra Singh, and representatives from the ...
The 19-year-old Cuban weightlifter, Ediel Marquez, came away from the first Summer Youth Olympic Games, in Singapore in 2010, as a bronze medallist in the Men’s 69kg event, lifting an impressive 283kg...
London 2012 - The British ska band Madness perform their hit Our House during the closing ceremony in Olympic Stadium on August 12, 2012.
London 2012 - The saxophonist from the band Madness performs his solo while flying through Olympic Stadium during the closing ceremony on August 12, 2012.
London 2012 - Ray Davies of the Kinks sings “Waterloo Sunset,” a love letter to London, at the closing ceremony on August 12, 2012.
London 2012 - Acrobats, dancers, and performers give the eye much to behold in Olympic Stadium during the closing ceremony on August 12, 2012.
London 2012 - Motor scooters from London's mid-60's mod subculture deliver Ricky Wilson to the stage to sing The Who's "Pinball Wizard" during the closing ceremony.
London 2012 - As the David Bowie hit "Fashion" plays aloud, a parade enters of British supermodels sporting haute couture designs during the closing ceremony.
YOG curler and rising star Sarah Anderson joins Team USA’s curling elite
Judo builds bridges in Burundi
Sochi 2014: The final countdown
Sochi 2014: A lasting resort
A day in the life of Swiss biathlete Aita Gasparin