“We highly welcome this resolution as a historic milestone in the relations between sport and politics,” IOC President, Thomas Bach, said in a statement issued on Monday, following the UN resolution on sport for development and peace on Friday
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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
Bach gave the hint, after a whistle-stop tour on Sunday of three African countries – South Africa, Kenya and Ethiopia
According to “Inside Games”, an online publication for upcoming games and events, Bach visited the teenagers in the Athletes Village and attended several events in the Games’ final two days
Bach’s election means that the most powerful position in world sport will remain in Europe