IOC, Olympians and Climate Leadership

IOC candidate Samaranch sees diplomacy with Trump as key priority ahead of 2028 LA Olympics
One of the strong candidates to win the IOC's presidential election next week says meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump should be high on the winner's agenda.
Olympics-Olympians make climate plea to IOC presidential candidates
More than 400 Olympians from nearly 90 countries around the world have joined in a call for the winner of next week's International Olympic Committee presidential election to make climate their top priority.
IOC President Hopefuls Embrace Olympians’ Call For Climate Leadership
As the race for the next International Olympic Committee president heats up, climate change and sustainability have emerged as defining issues.
Olympic athletes call on incoming IOC president to prioritise climate change
More than 400 Olympic athletes have urged the next president of the International Olympic Committee to prioritise tackling climate change, describing it as a “current and growing harm to the sports we love”.
Hundreds of Olympians call on IOC candidates to make climate top priority
Just days before the International Olympic Committee (IOC) elects a new president in Greece more than 400 athletes on Friday called on the future leader of the body to strengthen its action for the environment.
Warming climate should be top priority, Olympians urge IOC presidential hopefuls
More than 400 athletes, including more than 20 Canadians, speak up about threat of climate change to both the Winter and Summer Olympic Games.
Ahead of IOC election, 350 Olympians urge candidates to make climate action top priority
Around 350 Olympians from 85 countries, including India's Saina Nehwal and PR Sreejesh, have written a letter to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidential candidates, urging them to make
Olympians make climate plea to IOC presidential candidates, 400-plus send signed letter
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Olympics-Paris Games gender row was product of Russian fake news campaign-IOC's Bach
A gender row involving two female boxers at the Paris 2024 Olympics was the result of a Russian fake news campaign and had ...
Olympic presidential candidate Prince Feisal sees real-world politics playing a bigger role
The IOC presidential election on Thursday takes place in a political climate that seems a world away from the last contested ...
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IOC and NBC to sign new $3bn Olympic broadcast deal until 2036
The International Olympic Committe (IOC) has agreed on a new $3 billion deal with long-time partners NBC for the United ...
Here’s what the outgoing IOC president says about Utah’s Games — and a push to bar transgender athletes at the Olympics
Outgoing IOC President Thomas Bach had plenty of praise for Utah; blamed a push to change the IOC policy on transgender ...
NBC and IOC sign $3B Olympic media rights deal through 2036 including Salt Lake City Winter Games
NBC signed its most recent Olympic rights deal in 2014 covering each Summer Games and Winter Games through 2032. That was ...
NBCUniversal agrees extension of Olympic media rights to 2036 - IOC
The International Olympic Committee and Comcast-owned NBCUniversal have agreed a $3 billion extension of their Olympic Games ...
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IOC and NBCUniversal Secure $3 Billion Olympic Media Rights Extension
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and NBCUniversal have extended their $3 billion Olympic Games media rights deal in ...
IOC’s Bach sees ‘new world order’ ahead of LA Olympics and says Trump will ‘fully support’ Games
Thomas Bach says he feels a rare calm in his final weeks as IOC president even as a “new world order” gains speed ahead of ...
Olympics-Athletics prize money model is not one-size-fits-all for all sports, says IOC candidate Coe
World Athletics' decision to start offering prize money to Olympic champions should not be seen as a template for all other ...