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Ai Fukuhara, Tomokazu Harimoto to take part in Olympic Day table tennis friendly
Ai Fukuhara and Tomokazu Harimoto will take part in a mixed table tennis friendly later this month to promote dialogue between North and South Korea and their neighboring countries, the IOC announced Thursday. Fukuhara, who won team silver at the 2012 London Games, and Harimoto, ...
International Olympic Committee Vice President John Coates stressed Tuesday that the IOC will remain "politically neutral" toward North Korea's participation at the 2020 Tokyo Games and will not try to force the government to accept non-sporting visitors. "We are keen to see sport be available ...
IOC chief Thomas Bach arrives in North Korea to discuss participation in future games
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach traveled to Pyongyang on Thursday, the Olympic body said, in a visit that comes after North Korea's participation in the Pyeongchang Winter Games helped ease inter-Korean relations. Bach will remain in North Korea until Saturday and will have meetings ...
A message for peace and harmony, featuring a mythical Korean "turtle" representing longevity, set the theme as the curtain fell at the closing ceremony of the Pyeongchang Olympics on Sunday. Athletes from the over 90 countries competing in 102 medal events across seven sports and ...
Organizers and IOC made many mistakes in planning and staging of Pyeongchang Games
Parting thoughts and parting shots from Pyeongchang: • It was terrible to see Gangneung Ice Arena with so many empty seats at the start of the figure skating events each morning. Very bad optics for the skaters and TV viewers around the world. All of the ...
The IOC apologized and said it expected better of its members after former Winter Olympian Adam Pengilly was sent home for "poor behavior" following an altercation with a security officer at the Pyeongchang Games. The 40-year-old former skeleton racer from Britain became aggressive and used ...
Olympic officials played down a suggestion that the unified Korean ice hockey team could be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize on Tuesday and said there had been "no formal discussion" about proposing IOC chief Thomas Bach for the honor. Mark Adams, spokesman for the ...
IOC boss to visit North Korea after Winter Olympics: source
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach will visit North Korea after the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics as part of an agreement between the IOC and North and South Korea, a source within the Olympic movement told said Monday. The source said the trip would be "sometime ...
Spirited opening ceremony marks official start of Pyeongchang Olympics
A ray of light shone and a bell rang out to pronounce the start of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics opening ceremony on Friday. All eyes settled on the rival Koreas, who marched together under a "Korean Unification" flag a day after the North staged a ...
IOC to bar Olympic Athletes of Russia from celebrating with Russian flag
The International Olympic Committee will crack down on independent Russian athletes at the Pyeongchang Winter Games, preventing them from celebrating with their national flag, IOC President Thomas Bach said Wednesday. A total of 169 Olympic Athletes of Russia, possibly more depending on a decision by ...
Contentious IOC meetings kick off with Dick Pound, Gerardo Werthein trading barbs
IOC president Thomas Bach called it "a lively and spirited debate." That's an understatement. With the Winter Olympics set to open in only three days, Bach faced a barrage of criticism — and entrenched support — from roughly 100 International Olympic Committee members on Tuesday over ...
Thomas Bach warns boxing could be knocked out of Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Boxing could be excluded from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics if the sport's worldwide governing body does not resolve problems ranging from governance to anti-doping issues, International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said Sunday. Following a meeting of its executive board, Bach said the IOC had ...
