New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has called upon all affiliated State and Union Territory Olympic Associations to organise a tree plantation drive, planting 2036 trees each as part of this year’s Olympic Day celebrations. Olympic Day is a global celebration of sport and getting active. It takes place on June 23 every year to commemorate the day the International Olympic Committee was founded in 1894, the birth of the modern Olympic Games. The first Olympic Day was …
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Milan, Feb 20 (IANS) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on Friday that Spanish basketball great Pau Gasol has been elected chair of the IOC Athletes’ Commission.Under the newly elected leadership team, Polish cyclist Maja Wloszczowska will continue as first vice-chair, while Kenyan rugby player Humphrey Kayange was elected second vice-chair. The commission has also created a third vice-chair position, to be filled by Canada’s Oluseyi Smith, a former athletics and bobsleigh athle…
Beijing, Dec 23 (IANS) The year 2025 marked a turning point for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as Kirsty Coventry, a seven-time Olympic swimming medallist from Zimbabwe, was elected the 10th IOC president. What came over the following months was not a rush of bold declarations, but a measured recalibration of how the IOC listens, decides, and moves forward.Her historic victory on March 20 in Costa Navarino, Greece, shattered a 131-year precedent, making her both the first woman and th…