The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is working towards the 2021 Tokyo Olympics on the assumption that there will be international spectators, president Thomas Bach said on Wednesday. “We are working on the basis of course there will be…
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach is set to receive the Seoul Peace Prize for his efforts to promote peace during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics. In a media release, the Seoul Peace Prize Cultural Foundation said…
Thomas Bach will again stand for re-election as International Olympic Committee’s president. Bach has confirmed his intention to run for a second term as President of the IOC Bach, who became IOC President in 2013, said he would…
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach has accepted that the Tokyo Olympics would have to be cancelled if it cannot take place next year. He said that the local organisers have told there is no back-up plan after…
International Olympic Council president Thomas Bach has written an open letter to all the Olympic athletes to address the mounting concerns about the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and the threat from the COVID-19 pandemic. Ruling out any possibility…
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach and Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga are likely to meet next week with Tokyo 2020 on agenda. According to Agence France-Presse, Tokyo 2020 President Yoshir? Mori confirmed Bach’s impending visit at…
IOC President Thomas Bach sounded an optimistic note on Thursday about holding the Tokyo Olympics next year, taking heart from the recent resumption of major sports events and progress in novel coronavirus vaccine development. “We can see that…
Tokyo Olympics: International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach desires to visit Japan next month to meet the country’s new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, according to Japan’s senior Olympic official. According to the Japan Today’s report, Yoshiro Mori,…
IOC PRESIDENT THOMAS BACH TODAY SENT A LETTER TO THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT ENTITLED “OLYMPISM AND CORONA” TO INITIATE A COMPREHENSIVE DEBATE ON “THE CHALLENGES WE ARE FACING AND THE POTENTIAL OF THE OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE.” OLYMPISM AND CORONA…
The postponement to 2021 of the Olympic Games in Tokyo because of the coronavirus pandemic will cost the International Olympic Committee (IOC) “several hundred million dollars”, its president Thomas Bach said on Wednesday. “We already know that we…