Reforms will be painful but are a must, IOC chief urges FIFA
International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach encouraged FIFA to continue with its reforms on Monday but warned soccer's scandal-plagued governing body that the process would be painful....
View ArticleBeijing ready to showcase crucial bidding presentation to IOC
LAUSANNE, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Candidate cities Almaty (Kazakhstan) and Beijing (China) will present their respective bidding projects on Tuesday to International Olympic Committee (IOC) members in the...
View ArticleAlmaty, Beijing present 2022 Winter Games bids to IOC
Add comment Reprints + - Thomas Bach of Germany, President of the International Olympic Committee, IOC, right, welcomes Karim Massimov, center, Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Chairman...
View ArticleIOC Executive Board Meeting (Olympic Council of Ireland)
(Source: Olympic Council of Ireland) The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) wrapped up two days of meetings with reports on the implementation of Olympic Agenda 2020, the...
View ArticleIOC concerned about Rio water pollution
Lausanne, June 9 (IANS) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) remains concerned about water pollution at the Rio 2016 Olympic sailing venue, the organisation's president Thomas Bach said. Guanabara...
View ArticleAlmaty and Beijing showcase their 2022 Olympic bids to IOC Members - Both...
(Source: IOC - International Olympic Commitee) 09/06/2015 Almaty (Kazakhstan) and Beijing (China), the two Candidate Cities bidding to host the Olympic Winter Games in 2022, today officially presented...
View ArticleAlmaty presents 2022 Winter Games bid to IOC members
Lausanne, June 9 (IANS) The delegation for Almaty 2022 Winter Olympic Games held its first round of scheduled presentations on Tuesday to the International Olympic Committee (IOC)....
View ArticleAlmaty and Beijing unveil 2022 Winter Olympic bids
LAUSANNE: Kazakh city Almaty and Chinese capital Beijing on Tuesday officially presented their candidatures to host the 2022 Winter Olympics to the International Olympic Committee. Both cities...
View ArticleUnderdog Almaty makes good showing in 2022 bid presentation
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) -- The race for the 2022 Winter Olympics may not be as one-sided as many had thought. With Beijing long viewed as the favorite in the two-city contest, the Kazakh bid from...
View ArticleBeijing, Almaty highlight bidding strengths to press (Beijing Municipal...
(Source: Beijing Municipal Government) After Almaty of Kazakhstan and Beijing of China ended their first round of presentations for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games bids in the Swiss city of Lausanne on...
View ArticleUnderdog Almaty makes strong showing in presentation of bids for 2022 Winter...
A general view shows the Kazakhstan Almaty 2022 Winter Olympics bid delegation with Karim Massimov, centre, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan and chairman of the Almaty 2022 bid committee, during their...
View ArticleBeijing presents for great Winter Olympics at foot of Great Wall
China's Vice Premier Liu Yandong (3rd R) attends the presentation of Beijing Candidate City's bid for the 2022 Winter Olympic games, at the IOC Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, on June 9, 2015....
View ArticleMore big savings for Tokyo 2020 as IOC Executive Board meeting comes to a...
(Source: IOC - International Olympic Commitee) The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) wrapped up two days of meetings with reports on the implementation of Olympic Agenda...
View ArticleIOC still concerned by water pollution in Rio de Janeiro
The International Olympic Comittee (IOC) is still concerned about the water pollution in Rio de Janeiro barely one year before it hosts the Olympic Games, IOC president Thomas Bach said on Monday. Rio...
View ArticleIOC leaders meet with eye on FIFA scandal
As FIFA struggles to contain its burgeoning corruption crisis, Olympic leaders are preparing to meet at their headquarters about 100 miles (160 kilometers) down the road in Switzerland with a busy...
View ArticleMalls, housing societies face penalty for polluting Yamuna
GURGAON: HUDA has asked the senior town planner to initiate action against 10 builders, including mall owners, housing societies and commercial complexes, for discharging untreated toxic sewage into...
View ArticleClean air, water: A pipe dream for Bengaluru city
Bengaluru: Researchers from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have warned that Bengaluru was heading towards it worst crisis in clean water and air quality. Given the current trend of destruction...
View ArticleRio 2016: The 12-year-old girl Brazil wants to evict to stage the Olympics
This is Naomy Oliveira. She is 12 years old and lives in Vila Autodromo, one of the many favela communities in Rio de Janeiro. The people of Vila Autodomo were accorded to the right to live there some...
View ArticlePolluted, ailing city craves AMC’s attention
AURANGABAD: Garbage, e-waste and untreated sewage together are creating a big hurdle for the city. Despite repeated notices from the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPBC), the civic body has...
View ArticleIOC meeting opens discussion on key issues
Laussane (Switzerland), June 8 (IANS) The International Olympic Committee (IOC)'s executive board meeting has begun ahead of crucial presentations from the candidate cities bidding for the 2022...
View ArticleDemonstrators decry state of Rio's sewage-filled waters ahead of Olympics
A protester paddles with a toilet atop his board during a demonstration on Botafogo Beach, in the Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, June 6, 2015, near where Olympic sailing events are...
View ArticleBrazil demonstrators decry state of Rio's Olympic waters
RIO DE JANEIRO — Activists have staged a demonstration on a Rio de Janeiro beach strewn with sewage and trash to...
View ArticleActivists protest polluted waters in Rio de Janeiro
Activists on Saturday staged a demonstration on a sewage and trash-filled strewn Rio de Janeiro beach to protest authorities’ failure to make good on promises to clean up the Olympic city’s filthy...
View ArticleIOC still concerned about Rio water pollution
LAUSANNE - The International Olympic Comittee (IOC) is still concerned about the water pollution in Rio de Janeiro barely one year before it hosts the Olympic Games, its president Thomas Bach said on...
View Article‘Treatment of nullah water must to clean Ganga’
VARANASI: Additional director of National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), Chaman Lal, visited Assi Ghat and other ghats on Friday to inspect nullahs carrying sewage into river, adding to the pollution....
View ArticleUntreated waste polluting 70% water sources supplying cities, says CPCB
AURANGABAD: Untreated municipal sewage and effluents from cities and towns in the state being discharged untreated into rivers is causing 70% pollution of the drinking water sources, a recent...
View ArticleAMC rapped for poor waste mgmt
AURANGABAD: The poor sewage management record of the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has attracted the ire of the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB). The pollution watchdog has asked the...
View ArticleCost-cutting, venue changes benefit Tokyo
By Wakako Yuki / Yomiuri Shimbun Senior WriterThe International Olympic Committee Executive Board earlier this month approved drastic changes to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games venue plan. The main...
View ArticlePollution not an issue as NZ seek Olympic gold in Rio
WELLINGTON: Concerns that severe water pollution may have caused the death of thousands of fish at the rowing venue for next year's Rio Olympics is not an issue for the head of Rowing New Zealand's...
View ArticleBach encourages FIFA to continue with reforms despite painful process
Lausanne, June 9 (IANS) International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has said he is not in the position to advise FIFA but has encouraged football's world governing body to continue with...
View ArticleIOC head visits Beijing's bidding exhibition (Beijing Municipal Government)
(Source: Beijing Municipal Government) International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach visited Beijing's 2022 Winter Olympic Games bidding exhibition here on Wednesday. Beijing's...
View ArticleBach: FIFA must go through ‘painful experience’ as IOC did with Salt Lake case
International Olympic Committee, IOC, President Thomas Bach of Germany, speaks during a news conference after an executive board meeting at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, Monday, June...
View ArticleIOC members: Almaty narrows gap in 2022 race with Beijing
Reprints + - Yang Yang, Olympic Champion Short Track Speed Skating and Chinese IOC member, smiles at a press conference during the 2022 Winter Olympics Candidate City Briefing at the Olympic Museum, in...
View ArticleChina pledges "clean" Winter Olympics
This photo shows a sandbox model at the expo of Beijing Candidate City's bid for the 2022 Winter Olympic games at the Palace hotel in Lausanne, Switzerland, on June 10, 2015. (Xinhua/Zhou Lei)...
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