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IOC President reveals joint award idea

I wanted to test the waters, to see what waves it would make, Bach said.

20 Sep 2017 1:22 AM GMT

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach stands between Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, left, and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garrett at the end of the IOC session in Lima, Peru, on Wednesday. (Photo: AP)

Paris, Los Angeles confirmed as Olympic hosts

The 2024 Games will mark the third time Paris has staged the Olympics, coming exactly 100 years after they last hosted...

13 Sep 2017 6:39 PM GMT

Tokyo Olympics rescheduled for same dates next year

This year's Games were scheduled to open on July 24 and close on August 9

30 March 2020 12:29 PM GMT

Tokyo Olympics head expecting call from IOC's Thomas Bach on new date

New dates could be in the same July-August slot, given Mori's repeated statements that the Olympics will be held no...

30 March 2020 8:05 AM GMT

Early signs suggest summer dates for 2021 Olympics

Organizing committee president Yoshiro Mori suggested there would be no major change from 2020

29 March 2020 4:14 AM GMT

Athletes qualified for Tokyo 2020 will keep 2021 spots: Sources

Around 57 per cent of the 11,000 scheduled participants for Tokyo had already made sure of taking part before the Games...

27 March 2020 3:46 AM GMT

IOC president Thomas Bach at a press conference in Lausanne in Switzerland. AFP Photo

Tokyo Olympics thrown open to spring months too

Without giving any specific new date, the IOC president said "only it would be beyond 2020 but not later than summer...

25 March 2020 11:58 AM GMT

Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee president Yoshiro Mori (L) and CEO Toshiro Muto at the news conference in Tokyo, Tuesday, where they announced the postponement of the Games until 2021 because of the coronavirus outbreak. AP Photo

IT'S OFFICIAL: TOKYO OLYMPICS POSTPONED

Japan, Olympics chief agree to postpone 2020 Games by one year as the world battles the coronavirus pandemic

24 March 2020 1:34 PM GMT

A woman wearing a face mask, amid concerns of the COVID-19 coronavirus, walks past an Olympic rings sculpture. AFP Photo

Shinzo Abe proposes 1-year postponement for Tokyo Olympics

Pressure mounts on IOC as Olympic Committees of Britain, New Zealand and Germany seek postponement

24 March 2020 12:43 PM GMT

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) with Olympic Minister Seiko Hashimoto (L) at a recent cabinet meeting. AP Photo

Shinzo Abe and Thomas Bach to discuss the way forward for Tokyo Games

Tuesday's telephonic call also oncludes Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike, organising committee chief Yoshiro Mori and...

24 March 2020 8:25 AM GMT

The athletes village for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, which are to be renovated and sold soon after the Games. AP Photo

Postponing the Olympic Games is a complicated issue

According to IOC president Thomas Bach, postponing the Olympic Games is not like moving a football game to next Saturday

23 March 2020 8:35 AM GMT

In this file photo International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach (L), Japans Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) president Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah attend the XXIII ANOC General Assembly in Tokyo. AFP Photo

IOC decision on Olympics in four weeks

Turnaround in IOC's stand came after World Athletics president Seb Coe said that holding the Olympics in July is not...

23 March 2020 6:51 AM GMT