IOC and Deloitte announce global partnership to advance the Olympic Movement
Deloitte joins The Olympic Partner (TOP) programme in a first-of-a-kind partnership to advance the Olympic Movement Over the course of the decade-long partnership, Deloitte will provide the IOC with Management and Business Consulting Services, including digital strategy and transformation, that…
“We hope we can help Ukrainian athletes…”
Bubka: “We hope we can help as many Ukrainian athletes and people as possible” 18 Mar 2022 – Olympic champion and International Olympic Committee (IOC) Member Sergii Bubka, in his capacity as President of the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Ukraine, has been tasked…
Olympic Movement mobilises to support Ukrainian sport
21 Mar 2022 – Ever since the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian army, the entire Olympic Movement has rallied round to provide much-needed help to the Ukrainian Olympic community and sports movement. National Olympic Committees (NOCs), Associations of National Olympic Committees, International Sports…
IOC President writes to Olympic Movement regarding humanitarian assistance for the Olympic Community of Ukraine
03 Mar 2022 – The IOC President, Thomas Bach, today wrote a letter to the Olympic Movement, setting out information on the next steps to provide humanitarian assistance for the Olympic Community in Ukraine. Dear colleagues, In response to the continued humanitarian crisis unfolding…
Olympic Movement mourns the death of Archbishop Desmond Tutu
26 Dec 2021 – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the entire Olympic Movement is mourning the death of Archbishop and Peace Nobel Laureate Desmond Tutu. IOC President Thomas Bach said: “I got to know Desmond Tutu in 1996 as a…
LA28 Initial Sports Programme to be put forward to the IOC Session
09 Dec 2021 – The list of sports to be included in the Initial Sports Programme for the Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 has been discussed today by the Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), along with the process that will be…
IOC Sustainability Report highlights 2017−2020 achievements across the Olympic Movement Release Date: 06 December 2021
06 Dec 2021 – The third International Olympic Committee (IOC) Sustainability Report notes that the IOC has achieved 15 of its 18 sustainability objectives for the period 2017-2020, raising its ambition to address climate change and helping to make sustainability mainstream across the Olympic…
New book explores the rise of the athlete voice within the Olympic Movement since 1981
03 Dec 2021 – Athletes are at the heart of the Olympic Movement. In addition to being sportspeople and role models, they are important spokespeople and key contributors in shaping the environment in which they compete. Their crucial position today is the…
Athletes’ mental health, contribution of the Olympic Movement to the SDGs among 19 priority topics in the Advanced Olympic Research Grant Programme
19 Nov 2021 – The IOC Olympic Studies Centre (OSC) has launched the ninth edition of the Advanced Olympic Research Grant Programme, which aims to enrich the discourse on key issues the IOC is looking to address. The programme was created…
Olympic Movement comes together to help ensure the safety of hundreds of members of the Afghan sports community
26 Oct 2021 – Over the past few months, the IOC has, in coordination with National Olympic Committees (NOCs), International Federations (IFs), the IOC Member in Afghanistan, Samira Asghari, and the Organising Committee for the Olympic Games Paris 2024, and in collaboration with…