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IOC chief says 'no plan B' for Tokyo Olympics: Kyodo News

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 21 09:38 PM

The virus-delayed Tokyo Olympics will go ahead this summer, and there is "no plan B", International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach said. Read more »

For Pinoy breaking community, long road to 2024 Paris Olympics lies ahead

Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 03 02:36 AM

Once breaking was confirmed as part of the Olympics program beginning in France 2024, Filipino dance-athletes had one question — how do they get there? Read more »

IOC's Bach 'very confident' Tokyo Olympics will have fans

Hiroshi HIYAMA, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 16 12:29 PM

International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach said Monday he is now "very, very confident" that spectators will be able to attend next year's Tokyo Olympics. Read more »

IOC’s Cojuangco-Jaworski takes active role, as solution to SEA Games report sought

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 04 12:55 AM

The POC executive board has yet to see the 2019 SEA Games spending report, which should have been handed to the board on October 10. Read more »

Olympic chief says Games cannot be 'marketplace of demonstrations'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 24 03:18 PM

Olympic chief Thomas Bach warned against allowing the Games to "descend into a marketplace of demonstrations" on Saturday after criticism of a rule banning protests by athletes. Read more »

Iran executes wrestler, evoking shock and condemnation

Amir Havasi, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 12 11:35 PM

Navid Afkari, 27, had been found guilty of "voluntary homicide" for stabbing to death a water department employee in August 2018, the judiciary said. Read more »

Tokyo Olympics will go ahead 'with or without COVID,' says IOC's Coates

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 07 12:03 PM

Tokyo's postponed Olympics will go ahead next year regardless of the coronavirus pandemic, IOC vice president John Coates told AFP Monday, saying they would be the "Games that conquered Covid". Read more »

IOC urges PH Olympic body to immediately tackle amendments to its bylaws

Manolo Pedralvez
Posted at Aug 25 03:24 AM

Expected to be discussed in Tuesday's meeting are the amendments to the age limit of 70 years old for those running in the POC polls, and the composition of the POC executive board. Read more »

Running for IOC Board was 'win-win' for Mikee Cojuangco

Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 13 06:26 PM

For Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski, her decision to run for the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee put her in a "win-win" situation, regardless if she won the position or not. Read more »

How Mikee Cojuangco broke IOC news to dad Peping

Manolo Pedralvez
Posted at Aug 02 04:54 PM

The newly elected IOC executive board member said her dad, former POC president Jose Cojuangco Jr., found out about the development from other people. Read more »

Mikee Cojuangco wants to prove that IOC Board is ‘a place for a Filipina to be in’

Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 30 04:30 PM

Cojuangco-Jaworski knows the spotlight is on her as the first Filipina to make it to the powerful Executive Board, the IOC's highest decision-making body. Read more »

Mikee Cojuangco anticipates plenty of adjustments in Tokyo 2020

Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 28 05:50 PM

Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski will be quite busy for the foreseeable future, as she and the rest of the IOC work on reorganizing the postponed Tokyo Olympic Games.    Read more »

IOC keeping track of POC issues, says Mikee Cojuangco

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 28 04:50 PM

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is not clueless as to what is happening within the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC). Read more »

Qatar confirms plan to bid for 2032 Olympics

Gregory WALTON, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 28 09:09 AM

Qatar will seek to host the 2032 Olympic Games, it said on Monday, joining a crowded field and raising questions about scorching summer temperatures and underwhelming attendances at past events. Read more »

Simpler. Cheaper. Safer? Tokyo 2020's unanswered questions

Richard CARTER, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 22 09:40 AM

The year-long postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics due to coronavirus has presented organisers with unprecedented challenges and questions over costs, sponsorship and safety. Read more »

Only one quarter of Japanese want Olympics next year: poll

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jul 20 03:55 PM

Just one in four people in Japan want to see the coronavirus-delayed Tokyo Games held next year, with most backing either further delay or a cancellation, a new poll shows.   Read more »

How underdog Mikee Cojuangco secured the position of a lifetime at IOC

Manolo Pedralvez
Posted at Jul 19 09:14 PM

Cojuangco-Jaworski's election to the elite IOC executive board was no accident, and could be credited to a number of factors coming together at the perfect time. Read more »

Mikee Cojuangco elected to IOC executive board

Manolo Pedralvez
Updated as of Jul 18 01:34 PM

Cojuangco, considered the face of Philippine equestrian, won a gold medal in the 2002 Asian Games. Read more »

IOC confirms protest ban remains -- report

Reuters
Posted at Jun 10 11:05 AM

The IOC has confirmed that athletes are still banned from protesting at the Games after several sports moved to allow protests in the wake of George Floyd's death in police custody. Read more »

IOC chief Bach says Games would be cancelled if not held in 2021

Reuters
Posted at May 21 01:34 PM

IOC chief Thomas Bach says the Tokyo Games would have to be scrapped if the event cannot be held next year due to the COVID-19 crisis. Read more »