PARIS—The International Olympic Committee executive board on Wednesday recommended withdrawing recognition of the International Boxing Association (IBA) over its failure to meet a set of reforms, the Olympic body said in a statement. The IOC has also decided to have the sport as part of the Olympic Games program at Los Angeles 2028, which was…
Russian Athletes Could Participate in Asian Competitions: IOC
BERLIN—Russian and Belarusian athletes could participate in Asian events with the International Olympic Committee looking at options for their return to international competitions. The IOC said on Wednesday the Olympic Council of Asia had offered Russian and Belarusian athletes the chance to compete in Asia. The IOC said in a statement it “welcomed and appreciated…
Australian Olympic Committee President John Coates to Step Down
Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) President John Coates, who helped deliver the Sydney 2000 and Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games, has announced that he is stepping down from the role after 32 years. When asked by 2GB radio host Ben Fordham if he was having second thoughts about his decision, Coates said, with a laugh: “Not at…
NHL Suspends Business Relations With Russia, Other Sports Federations, Isolating Russian Athletes
The National Hockey League (NHL) has issued a statement condemning Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine while also announcing a complete suspension of all its business relations in Russia. “Effective immediately, we are suspending our relationships with our business partners in Russia and we are pausing our Russian language social and digital media sites. In addition, we…
Russian Figure Skater’s Team Claims Doping Test Result May Be Due to Grandfather’s Heart Medication
Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s earlier positive doping test result may have been due to her grandfather’s heart medication, the teenager’s legal team and an Olympic official said. Denis Oswald, the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) permanent chair of the disciplinary commission, said on Tuesday that the teenage athlete claimed her test may have been contaminated…
IOC Human Rights Audit Lacks Transparency and Credibility, Activists Say
In its Jan. 19 statement, the IOC said it conducted an audit on its suppliers of branded products with “due diligence”—a United Nations framework describing corporations’ responsibilities in upholding human rights—and “did not find any forced, bonded, indentured or child labor.” However, the IOC’s audit lacks both transparency in results and an “analysis of suppliers’…
US Senators Introduce Resolution Condemning Beijing’s Silencing of Peng Shuai
February 10, 2022
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A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has introduced a resolution calling on China to guarantee the safety and freedom of tennis player Peng Shuai, and rebuking the failure of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to “clearly and forcefully challenge” Beijing’s narrative over her well-being. Sens. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) led their colleagues to introduce the…
‘Incomprehensible That Beijing Qualified to Hold Olympics’: Coalition Exposing Organ Pillaging in China
How is it that a human-rights violator has come to be hosting the Winter Olympics at this moment? This is the question put to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and participating governments and sponsors of the Games by an NGO involved with investigation and outreach over China’s billion-dollar, state-sanctioned murder-for-organs industry. The Chinese Communist Party…
Capitol Report (Feb. 9): Police Leaving the Force Across Nation
February 9, 2022
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A crime wave has swept across the nation—more robberies and the largest spike in murders in six decades. As President Joe Biden works to shed the “Defund the Police” label from the Democratic Party, a bipartisan push is underway on Capitol Hill to invest more in law enforcement. Crime is up all across the country,…
Interruptions to Reporting in Beijing not ‘an Isolated Incident,’ Dutch Reporter Disagrees With IOC
After Chinese security personnel interrupted a Dutch reporter’s live broadcast during the opening night of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) claimed it was a “one-off” incident, while the reporter went on Twitter to say that “it’s hard to see last night’s incident as an isolated incident.” Dutch broadcaster NOS posted a…
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