18/06/2013
The second visit of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s Coordination Commission to the 2018 Olympic Winter Games host city of PyeongChang got underway today. The visit will last for two days (...
17/06/2013
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) would like to inform all media that the 2020 IOC Evaluation Commission Report will be published on www.olympic.org at 11 a.m. Swiss time on 25 June. The three...
Want to experience or re-live the first-ever Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Innsbruck last year or the first Summer Youth Olympic Games in Singapore in 2010? Want to learn about the YOG’s Culture...
14/06/2013
IOC ACTIVITIES PRESIDENT On 10 June in Brussels (Belgium), IOC President Jacques Rogge met Androulla Vassiliou, the European Commissioner responsible for sport, in the framework of the “structured d...
The grand finale of the 11th annual edition of the “Mission Olympic” school sports competition was recently held in the Netherlands, bringing together some 6,000 secondary school students to Amsterdam...
Basketball superstar Kobe Bryant has joined forces with the International Olympic Committee in a ‘call out’ to the world to get active for Olympic Day on 23 June. In a short video posted on YouTube an...
For those planning to report on the Executive Board (EB) meeting, the 2020 Candidate Cities Briefing for IOC Members and the 2013 Extraordinary IOC Session taking place from 2 to 4 July in Lausanne, S...
13/06/2013
The Sochi 2014 Organising Committee has unveiled the Celebration Cauldron for the Olympic Torch Relay, which will begin on 7 October in Moscow. The lighting of the Celebration Cauldron will be the cul...
The International Olympic Committee’s Coordination Commission for the Lillehammer 2016 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) concluded their second successful visit today impressed with the Organising Committee’s...
12/06/2013
To celebrate International Children’s Day on 1 June, our friends in Nanjing, China, coordinated a series of fun-filled and interactive activities for local primary school children to learn about the s...
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.
Executive Board meeting wraps up in St Petersburg
Baseball/softball, squash and wrestling make cut for IOC Session vote in Buenos Aires
YOG on the Road speaks to British bobsleigh rising star Mica McNeill
Fisht Olympic Stadium set to provide iconic centrepiece for Sochi 2014
Yelena Isinbaeva announced as Youth Olympic Games Ambassador for Nanjing 2014