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The International Olympic Committee has urged sports bodies to cancel or move all events they plan to hold in Russia and Belarus and stop using the countries’ flags and national anthems

Geneva (AFP) - The International Olympic Committee harshly criticised Russia Thursday for violating an "Olympic Truce" with its attack on Ukraine, and said it was coordinating humanitarian assistance to Ukrainian athletes where possible.

India on Saturday won the right to host the 2023 International Olympic Committee's (IOC) session in Mumbai in an unopposed race, during the 139th IOC Session in Beijing, China.

BEIJING — On the morning after figure skating's night of infamy, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach awoke to the deplorable way the adults who are supposed to look after 15-year-old Russian Kamila Valieva instead emotionally abused her.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach said it had been "chilling" to witness Russian teenage skater Kamila Valieva crumble under pressure at the Beijing Olympics in the wake of a doping scandal, hitting out at the 15-year-old's entourage on Friday. Valieva, who had been leading the women's figure skating…

An International Olympic Committee spokesman bats away several sensitive questions regarding human rights, Xinjiang labour camps, Taiwan and Hong Kong – but his counterpart on the Beijing Organising Committee is far more hawkish.

In a recent letter, Richard Pound, the longest-serving member of the International Olympic Committee, claimed that “the IOC is athlete-centered,” insisting the Olympics “can — and do — make the world a better place.”

The spirit of fair play, the foundation of sports, has been neglected. Relevant organizations such as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) need to get to the bottom of this issue as soon as possible and appropriately deal with it.

China is using yet another Olympic Games as a political tool to reinforce its position as a global power and sportwash its dismal human rights record.