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Zhao Xintong waves to the crowd with a Chinese flag draped over his shoulders after winning the World Championship Snooker final in Sheffield, England, on Monday.
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May 8, 2025
Snooker chief feels Zhao Xintong's historic world title can help Olympic bid
Snooker's hope to be included in the 2032 Brisbane Olympics is realistic and will be enhanced by China's growing power in the sport, according to one of the men behind the bid.
IPC President Andrew Parsons poses for photos before a news conference at the Milano Cortina 2026 Organising Committee headquarters in Milan, Italy.
PARALYMPICS
Mar 7, 2025
IPC chief tasks sports with setting own rules for transgender athletes
The Olympic Games and the Paralympics currently allow transgender athletes to compete.
The Olympic flag flies at Centennial Park in Atlanta on Jan. 19.
OLYMPICS
Feb 27, 2025
World Boxing looks toward Olympics after provisional recognition from IOC
The Olympic body said World Boxing had met several key criteria to merit provisional recognition.
Japanese Paralympic Committee Chairman Junichi Kawai says this summer's Paris Games offer an opportunity to pass on the legacy of the Tokyo Paralympics.
OLYMPICS
May 22, 2024
Paris Games a chance to pass on Tokyo's legacy: Paralympics head
Japanese Paralympic Committee chairman says increasing the number of medalists is more important than the number of medals.
Sebastian Coe speaks at a news conference during an International Olympic Committee session in Mumbai on Saturday.
OLYMPICS
Oct 15, 2023
Sebastian Coe says IOC made 'only decision' in banning Russia
The IOC's move came after the Russian Olympic Committee recognized regional organizations from four annexed Ukrainian territories.
Japan Times
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Jul 15, 2023
Russian fencing drama plays out in U.S. against backdrop of war
One year out from the Paris Games fencing is providing political, sporting and familial drama related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / Summer Olympics
Jun 27, 2023
USOPC will listen to any IOC plan for Russians to compete in Paris
Pressure is mounting on the IOC, sporting federations, national Olympic committees and governments to make a call on the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Apr 30, 2023
Russian athletes say IOC participation plan excessive, discriminatory
Table tennis, pentathlon, fencing, judo and taekwondo are among the Olympic sports that have readmitted athletes from Russia and Belarus as neutrals.
Japan Times
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Dec 25, 2022
IOC raises prospect of boxing being pulled from Paris Games
Qualifying for the Paris 2024 boxing tournament is being organized by the IOC, but it said that concerns regarding global boxing's governing body mean it will take further decisions.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Dec 16, 2022
IOC at odds with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy over Russian athletes at Olympics
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said the Olympics have a unifying mission when he spoke to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who called for a ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes, the IOC said on Thursday.
Japan Times
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Aug 17, 2022
Australia relocates more Afghan athletes fleeing Taliban rule
The Australian Olympic Committee said five Afghan families with 'ties to the Olympic movement' had arrived in Australia in recent months following a 12-month project to bring them to safety.
Japan Times
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Jun 23, 2022
Martina Navratilova calls out IOC over lack of leadership on transgender issue
Tennis great and gay rights trailblazer Martina Navratilova has slammed the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for its lack of leadership on the issue of the inclusion of transgender athletes in sports.
Japan Times
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Jun 10, 2022
Olympic champion Maria Lasitskene calls on IOC head Thomas Bach to lift sanctions against Russian athletes
Lasitskene, who is also a three-time world champion, said in an impassioned open letter that her Russian passport was being used as a 'trump card' by World Athletics.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
May 18, 2022
Boxing great Wladimir Klitschko calls for IOC ban on Russian athletes
The former world heavyweight champion told a news show that isolating the country is a 'painful' but necessary response to its ongoing war in Ukraine.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
May 1, 2022
Australia supremo John Coates steps down after 32 years
In his 32 years in charge at the AOC, the 71-year-old helped Australia land two Olympics and successfully steered the troubled 2020 Tokyo Games to the finish line last summer.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Mar 17, 2022
Paris mayor will discuss Russia's participation at 2024 Games at appropriate time
'Vladimir Putin is breaching international law, he does not recognize the existence of international law. We will have to take that into account.'

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Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan