International Olympic Committee

News Teaser:  The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has again invited representatives of the suspended IOA and Sports Ministry for a meeting in Lausanne on May 7 in yet another attempt to find a way for India's return to the Olympic movement even as the stand-off between the government and sport body persisted. Published April 13, 13:30, Edited By Navendu Shwetabh Dixit New Delhi: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has again invited representatives of the suspended IOA and...Read Full Story

News Teaser:  The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has again invited representatives of the suspended IOA and Sports Ministry for a meeting in Lausanne on May 7 in yet another attempt to find a way for India's return to the Olympic movement even as the stand-off between the government and sport body persisted. Published April 13, 13:30, Edited By Navendu Shwetabh Dixit New Delhi: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has again invited representatives of the suspended IOA and...Read Full Story

The automotive sponsor of the International Olympic Committee for the past 22 years has been Daimler-Benz. No more, as Audi has just signed a four-year deal to be the official auto supplier to the folks who keep the torch alight and on the move. Audi will supply vehicles for the IOC's headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland and the organization's international events.In case you're remembering all the stories about BMW and the London Olympics last summer and wondering where Mercedes-Benz was in...Read Full Story

The Power of the Winter Games Just Keeps on Going - Photo Courtesy of CNW May 18, 2011 @ 09:00AM Vancouver, B.C. – On the heels of its launch in February 2011 during celebrations marking the one-year anniversary of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, LIFT Philanthropy Partners, formerly 2010 Legacies Now, is the subject of the second in a two-part legacy study commissioned by the IOC. ‘The Evolution of 2010 Legacies Now – A Continuing Legacy of the 2010 Winter Games...Read Full Story

USOC 2020 Olympic Bid , U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) has announced that there will be no U.S. bid for 2020 Olympics, which means the Games are almost two decades without a visit to U.S. soil. The last time the U.S. hosted the Olympic games was in 1996 in Atlanta, and Winter Olympics, most recently in 2002 in Salt Lake City. U.S. has hosted the Olympic Games eight times, more than any other country, but two final bids were not considered rather embarrassing: the city of New York was...Read Full Story