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Baseball/softball, squash and wrestling make cut for IOC Session vote in Buenos Aires
The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today recommended that baseball/softball, squash and wrestling be proposed to the 125th IOC Session for possible inclusion as an additional sport on the Olympic programme for the 2020 Olympic Games.
Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games “on track for success” with detailed planning underway
The Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (NYOGOC) is well on track to deliver successful Games next summer, according to the IOC Coordination Commission, which concluded its fourth visit to the Chinese city today.
Bringing the "fair" back into play - MINEPS world conference
Bringing the "fair" back into play - World conference of sports ministers to discuss ways of cleaning up sport and making it accessible for all
Fighting corruption and manipulation in sport, increasing public investment, and with it the impact and standards of mega events and the provision of equal access to physical education and sport for all, will be the focus of the International Conference of Ministers and Senior Officials Responsible for Physical Education and Sport (MINEPS V), to be held in Berlin (Germany) from 28 to 30 May.
Grosetto 2013 review: Caironi smashes 100m and 200m T42 world records
Italy's Martina Caironi showed the form that led her to Paralympic gold last summer by smashing the 100m and 200m T42 world records at the fourth IPC Athletics Grand Prix of the year on home soil in Grosetto.
HRH Prince Philippe and HRH Princess Mathilde pay tribute to IOC President Rogge
HRH Prince Philippe and HRH Princess Mathilde of Belgium paid an official courtesy visit today to their compatriot and International Olympic Committee President, Jacques Rogge, at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne.