Tag: Thomas Bach
LANE ONE: Think politics and sports don’t mix? They mix, but pretty badly right...
During his 20-year term as the head of the International Olympic Committee, Avery Brundage often insisted that “sports and politics don’t mix.”
He found out,...
LANE ONE: Burger King is not an Olympic sponsor, but it has the solution...
This is a busy time for the leadership and staff of the International Olympic Committee, even though there is no Olympic Games – winter...
LANE ONE: Appreciating another legacy of the 1984 Olympic Games: David Simon
The modern Olympic Movement was dramatically changed with the staging of the Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad in Los Angeles in 1984.
The private financing,...
LANE ONE: Is the IOC setting the stage for a serious review of the...
When the International Olympic Committee issues one of its periodic statements on how it is adapting the Olympic Games to modern times, it’s hard...
LANE ONE: Ready for chaos? This might be the year for it in Olympic...
If you thought 2018 was a rough year for the Olympic Movement, in board rooms, courtrooms and the halls of the U.S. Congress, get...
LANE ONE: The top Olympic-sport stories of 2018, part II: Nassar overshadows all
As 2018 fades away, what were the top stories of the year in the Olympic Movement, both in the U.S. and worldwide? We found...
LANE ONE: The top Olympic-sport stories of 2018, part I: Thrills, yes, but also...
As the calendar runs out on 2018, it’s worth looking back at the stories that were the most compelling, the most exciting and the...
THE BIG PICTURE: IOC’s bad pun in its commitment to sustainability release underlines the...
The International Olympic Committee came out with a emotionally-worded statement entitled “IOC Takes Leadership Role in the UN Sports for Climate Action Initiative,” supporting...
THE BIG PICTURE: IOC tells Int’l Biathlon Union they are OK (and starts sending...
One of the international sports federations in hot water over the past several months has been the International Biathlon Union (IBU), which had its...
LANE ONE: Boxing elects “organized crime” leader Rakhimov as president; now what?
Elections of international federation presidents aren’t usually too exciting except for those in the sport. There are exceptions, of course, and one of those...
LANE ONE: Bach’s Olympic vision takes shape: City-center spectacle and fewer venues
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach of Germany has plenty of critics, but say this for him: he has a vision.
Since being elected to...
LANE ONE: Bach calls Buenos Aires Youth Olympic Games “superb” in his closing remarks
The third Youth Olympic Games closed in Buenos Aires (ARG) on Thursday evening and the nearly 4,000 athletes will now head back to their...
5-RING CIRCUS: Stunning loss of key IOC member Patrick Baumann, 51
A stunning and sad moment with the surprise passing of International Basketball Federation Secretary-General Patrick Baumann (SUI), at age 51 from a heat attack...
LANE ONE: The IOC is slowly – but quite surely – changing, and it...
This is usually a quiet time for the Olympic Movement and for the International Olympic Committee. But not in 2018.
The winter-sports season hasn’t started...
YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES: Competition starts in Buenos Aires
The third Youth Olympic Games got started in Buenos Aires (ARG) in an outdoor, ticket-free ceremony that attracted a reported 200,000 spectators to the...
THE BIG PICTURE: Senegal’s selection for Youth Olympic Games part of an emphasis on...
“Africa is the home of many successful and prominent Olympic athletes. Africa is a continent of youth. That is why we want to take...
OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES 2018: Korea’s Gangwon Province pops the IOC’s cost-containment balloon
The English-language version of the Korea newspaper, the Chosun Ilbo, started the story this way:
“Gangwon Province is mired in massive debts after hosting the...
Bach on why an Olympic Games could be canceled
During his lengthy interview with CNN Money Switzerland host Martina Fuchs, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach was asked about the IOC’s financial reserves...
Bach to CNN Money: “Organizing the Olympic Games is a feasible investment”
Say what you will about the International Olympic Committee and its 64-year-old president, Thomas Bach of Germany, but he’s not shy.
Bach gave a wide-ranging,...
Bach: Values, passion and possibilities define the Olympic Movement
TSX HEADLINES – for July 23, 2018: There was a lot of interest in The eSports Forum hosted by the International Olympic Committee last...
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