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IOC denies Olympic team status to Greenland, Faroe Islands
The International Olympic Committee ruled Wednesday that Greenland and the Faroe Islands will not be recognized as separate Olympic teams, rejecting a formal request from Denmark's parliament just one day after it was made public.
IOC to pay $10,000 grants to all Olympic athletes
The International Olympic Committee announced Wednesday a new fund that will pay $10,000 grants directly to every Olympic athlete who competes, starting with those at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games. The initiative, called the "Fit for the Future Olympian…
IOC targets mid-2029 to elect 2036 Olympics host city
The International Olympic Committee approved a new timetable on Wednesday for selecting the host of the 2036 Summer Olympics, targeting mid-2029 for the final vote and introducing a new "Strategic Dialogue" phase aimed at increasing transparency in what has become…
IOC says sports cut from Brisbane 2032 can return
Sports and medal events cut from the 2032 Brisbane Olympics program will have a path to return at future Summer Games, IOC president Kirsty Coventry told sports leaders on Wednesday at the ASOIF General Assembly in Lausanne, Switzerland.
IOC lifts restrictions on Belarus athletes, keeps Russia suspended
The International Olympic Committee announced Thursday it is lifting all recommended restrictions on Belarusian athletes, clearing them to compete under their national flag in international competitions while maintaining its suspension of Russia.
Milan Cortina is first Olympics with no doping violations in 28 years
Not a single athlete tested positive for a banned substance during the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, making it the first Olympic Games — summer or winter — without a doping violation in 28 years, the International Testing Agency announced…
Caster Semenya plans class action suit over IOC trans ban
The International Olympic Committee announced last Thursday that transgender women and most intersex athletes will be barred from competing in women's events at the Olympics, introducing mandatory genetic screening that marks the most sweeping eligibility change in decades. The policy,…
France calls IOC’s Olympic gender testing a ‘backward step’
The International Olympic Committee on Thursday announced a sweeping new eligibility policy that bars transgender women and most intersex athletes from competing in women's events, effective at the 2028 Los Angeles Games. The decision reinstates genetic testing that the IOC…
IOC bars transgender women from Olympics with new gene-testing policy
The International Olympic Committee on Thursday approved a sweeping new eligibility policy that bars transgender women and athletes with differences in sex development from competing in women's events at the Olympics, a move that will take effect at the 2028…
1896 Olympic medal sells for $181K, four times estimate
A silver medal from the first modern Olympic Games sold for approximately $181,000 at a Danish auction on Sunday, fetching roughly four times its estimated high price and underscoring the enduring allure of early Olympic memorabilia.