The IOC is set to decide on Tuesday on Russia’s participation as more than 20 Russian athletes have been banned from the Olympics for life.
Browsing: International Olympic Committee
Long jumper, Anna Nazarova, and 400m and 4x400m runner, Yulia Gushchina, were both caught using the banned substance turinabol, with Gushchina also testing positive for the steroid stanozolol
All three men had pleaded guilty in the United States to separate federal charges ranging from wire fraud to racketeering and money laundering
He was accused of accepting a bribe of $299,300 (£230,000) from the son of ex-IAAF president Lamine Diack when Rio won the vote to host the 2016 Olympics.
The spokesman said: “The IOC will continue exploratory talks with interested National Olympic Committees and venues from Asia, Europe and the U.S.
NAN reports that the elections should have been held latest by December last year but it had suffered many postponements since the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil from August 5 to 21
The nine-day programme, which is coming through the International Olympic Committee, is facilitated by the Nigeria Tennis Federation
Carter, who ran the first leg in the Chinese capital, failed for banned energy boosting substance, methylhexaneamine, following re-analysis of frozen samples
The measures, first imposed on July 19 following the publication of the first part of the so-called McLaren report, include having no IOC-sanctioned events in Russia
The International Olympic Committee announced the decision on Wednesday in Brazil, venue of the ongoing Rio 2016 Olympic Games
The Brazilian was predecessor to Sepp Blatter at world football’s governing body, serving from 1974 to 1998
The IPC said Pistorius will not be barred from returning to the track after serving out his punishment
The IOC said it was impossible to rule out the risk of potential infection if athletes from the region were allowed to compete in combat sports.
The Tunisia Baseball Softball Federation, which hosted the first inaugural WSBC congress in June, was handed a six month suspension for the removal of Israeli flag
The decision came two days after the IOA held elections in accordance with IOC directions
The IOC had downgraded Wrestling from a sport that would feature in the 2020 Olympics to a candidate status in February 2013, meaning Wrestling had to compete for a space in the 2020 Olympics with sports such as Squash, Baseball and Softball