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Afghanistan's National Olympic Committee was suspended by the IOC from 1999 to 2003, although has thus far avoided the same sanction.
Source: https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1134967/ali-zada-afghanistan-paris-2024-warning
After working in London, "galavanted" around Europe, spent a stint in India teaching cricket to street kids and worked in sports management, including a year with the Australian Olympic Committee, before discovering the auction industry in 1998.
As part of the deal, Baklai Temengil, secretary general of PNOC and also an International Olympic Committee member, will be a keynote lecturer at the 2023 International Sports Affairs Training Course hosted by CTOC during a visit to Taiwan.
Source: https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1138159/palau-chinese-taipei-olympics-agreement
A Step Towards the Olympus" kicked off in Glubokoye with a press tour and a sports festival, BelTA learned from the press service of the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Belarus.
Source: https://eng.belta.by/society/view/vytoki-in-glubokoye-kicks-off-in-style-159813-2023/
A Summit of European Sports Ministers is expected to discuss the issue in Britain on Friday (February 10), according to National Olympic Committee of Ukraine President and Ukrainian Sports Minister Vadym Guttsait.
Source: https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1133348/czechia-rules-out-boycott
China wants to work with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to oppose the politicization of sports, Premier Li Qiang said, after protests over human rights and the playing of a Hong Kong protest-linked song at some events angered Beijing.
Source: https://japantoday.com/category/sports/chinese-premier-urges-ioc-to-oppose-politicisation-of-sports
Despite the mayor's enthusiasm, the New Zealand Olympic Committee was not happy with his suggestion Christchurch could step in at short notice.
Due to the International Olympic Committee ban on Iraq competing at 2008 in Olympics in Beijing, there were concerns that Hussain might be unable to participate, despite qualifying for the 100 and 200 metres.
Source: https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1134036/iraq-london-2012-flag-bearer-doping-ban
Earlier this month, the International Olympic Committee announced the addition of the sport at the 2028 Summer Games in LA, adding more fuel to the girls' fire.
Source: https://abc30.com/merced-high-flag-football-girls-team-playoff-game/13981564/
Espinós and Ikramov were joined by the National Olympic Committee of Uzbekistan general secretary Oybek Kasimov, AKF President and WKF vice-president Nasser Alrazooqi and WKF general secretary Toshihisa Nagura.
Source: https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1132177/espinos-meets-ikramov
France has claimed that geopolitics is behind the current crisis in boxing, which is set to see the International Federation expelled by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at a crucial vote tomorrow.
Source: https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1138166/france-iba-world-boxing-ioc-olympics
French President Emmanuel Macron and International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach hold a press conference.
Source: https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1143097/macron-if-there-are-security-problems
"Given your unique situation, the International Olympic Committee will allocate an additional quota place to you for the Olympic Games Paris 2024 in case you will not be able to qualify in the remaining period," Bach wrote.
Source: https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1139327/kharlan-2024-place
“I can promise that we will do everything to organize these games in Poland,” the president of the Polish Olympic Committee, Radosław Piesiewicz, Wednesday in response to Duda’s announcement.
In 1972, the then United States Olympic Committee (USOC) relocated its headquarters from New York City to Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Source: https://thechampionnewspaper.com/georgia-to-get-quite-a-kick/
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has said he fears international sport will turn into the "Games of Political Bloc A" and the "Games of Political Bloc B".
Source: https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1138196/thomas-bach-rebel-events
International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said Monday he would not “dismiss out of hand” recent calls for him to stay in the post past the end of his scheduled term in 2025.
Source: https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/bach-open-calls-stay-ioc-president.1061517
In the first instance, he didn’t want to cede control to the International Olympic Committee and International Ice Hockey Federation; he used the potential 2022 Olympic break to make up games lost to COVID.
It is organized every four years by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) under the supervision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Source: https://www.kuwaittimes.com/zain-official-partner-of-team-kuwait-at-19th-asian-games/
It was set up by a collection of leading figures from National Federations around the world and rivals the International Boxing Association (IBA) which is locked in a long-running feud with the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Source: https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1135948/sport-resolutions-world-boxing