Tag: IOC President Thomas Bach
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President elect Emmanuel Macron speaks with IOC President Thomas Bach to express his full support for Paris 2024
By Tom Lloyd, Paris , May 12, 2017: Emmanuel Macron, the French President elect, spoke with IOC President Thomas Bach on Thursday, May 11 to express his absolute support for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Bid. President Emmanuel Macron, who was elected on Sunday May 7, confirmed his support for the Paris 2024 bid…
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IOC statement on the election of POCOG President
Lausanne, July 31, 2014: POCOG President, The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is pleased that Yang-ho Cho has been formally elected as the President of the PyeongChang 2018 Organising Committee (POCOG). We also welcome his plans to dedicate himself to the success of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. President Cho has a long-standing relationship with the…
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6th IWG World Conference on Women and Sport
Lausanne, June 12, 2014: 6th IWG World Conference, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach spoke today of the leading role sport can play in advancing gender equality, during a speech at the Opening Ceremony of the 6th International Working Group (IWG) World Conference on Women and Sport in Helsinki, Finland. The Conference, taking place…
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Sochi boost for Squash Olympic bid
Sochi, Feb 24, 2014: World Squash Federation President N Ramachandran, who attended the Sochi Winter Olympic Games as the newly-elected President of the Indian Olympic Association, is encouraged by the IOC vision to introduce new sports to the Summer Games programme “sooner rather than later”. Ramachandran, who led the Squash bid to be added the…
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Statement from IOC President on terrorist attacks
Lausanne, Dec 30, 2013: Please find below a statement from International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach that was issued today on the recent bombings in Volgograd, Russia. “This is a despicable attack on innocent people and the entire Olympic Movement joins me in utterly condemning this cowardly act. Our thoughts are with the loved…
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IOC President calls for smarter, more targeted
Johannesburg – South Africa, Nov 13, 2013: Smarter, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach today called for the common fight against doping to be stepped up and strengthened to protect the “majority of athletes who are clean”. Speaking at the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)’s 2013 World Conference on Doping in Sport in Johannesburg, South…
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SportAccord & ANOC Sign Partnership Agreement
Lausanne, Nov 5, 2013: Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) and SportAccord (union for Olympic and non-Olympic international sports federations and organisers of international sporting events) signed a partnership agreement today. The signing took place directly after the Welcome Ceremony of the IF Forum 2013 in Lausanne, Switzerland. This partnership aims at connecting International Sports…
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IOC President today paid a visit to Ueli Maurer,
Lausanne, Nov 1, 2013: International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach today paid a visit to the President of the Swiss Confederation, Ueli Maurer, in Bern. In the presence of the Director of Switzerland’s Federal Office for Sport, Matthias Remund, and personal adviser Jean-Blaise Defago, Maurer welcomed President Bach to the Federal Palace for a one-hour…
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10th IOC World Conference on Sport Environment
Sochi, Oct 30, 2013: The 10th edition of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s World Conference on Sport and the Environment officially got under way today in Sochi, Russia, host of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in February 2014. Under the theme “Changing Today for a Better Tomorrow”, leading environmentalists, academics, government figures and sports experts…
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Broadcast rights in NZ and Pacific Island Territories
Lausanne, Oct 15, 2013: Pacific Island, The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded SKY Network Television Ltd the right to broadcast the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, in 2014, and the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2016. SKY has acquired the broadcast rights on all media platforms…