ICOS News
- December 10, 2017Russian President Vladimir Putin has indicated that his government will allow Russians to compete as neutral athletes at the upcoming 2018 Winter Olympic Games.
- December 07, 2017The IOC has banned the Russian team from the upcoming 2018 Winter Olympic Games, but has left the door open for individual athletes who can prove that they are clean, to participate under a neutral flag.
- November 29, 2017A team of
- November 06, 2017The New Zealand Centre for Olympic Studies (University of Canterbury), the German Sports University Cologne, and the Centre d’Estudis Olimpics (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona) have announced publication of the first issue of Diagoras: The International Academic Journal on Olympic Studies.
- November 01, 2017The IOC Olympic Studies Centre invites the academic community to submit funding proposals related to at least one of the 14 IOC priority fields of research, focusing on topics such major youth elite sport competitions, or the contribution of technology in supporting elite athletes.
- October 05, 2017Carlos Arthur Nuzman, chief organizer of the 2016 Rio Olympics, has been arrested under suspicion of conspiring to bribe members of the IOC during the host city selection process for the 2016 Olympics.
- September 06, 2017The presidents of Germany and Israel have unveiled a memorial to the eleven Israeli athletes and coaches and a West German police officer killed during an attack by a Palestinian militant group at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
- August 31, 2017ICOS graduate Doiara dos Santos has accepted a position at the Federal University of Viçosa, Minas Gerais, one of the leading research universities in Brazil.
- July 31, 2017Los Angeles has accepted a deal to stage the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. In consequence, the 2024 Games will be heading to Paris.
- June 21, 2017In an attempt to reduce cross-border political tensions, South Korea has proposed that North Korea host some of the skiing events at next year’s Winter Olympics.
- June 03, 2017Several researchers and graduate students connected with ICOS gave presentations at the 2017 Convention of the North American Society for Sport History.
- May 07, 2017After several years of painstaking research, professor emeritus Bob Barney has finally solved the riddle of the photo of the Canadian team participating in the 1908 London Olympics
- April 25, 2017The IOC has launched the 2018 edition of its PhD research grant program. The program consists of the 'open subject' and 'NOC Policy Priority' research streams.
- April 04, 2017The National Hockey League (NHL) has notified the IOC that NHL players will not participate in the 2018 Olympic Ice Hockey Competitions.
- March 06, 2017Professor Zinon Papakonstantinou, University of Illinois-Chicago, has delivered the 2017 Ion Ioannides Memorial Lecture.
- February 28, 2017The IOC has amended its host city contract document to make human rights considerations a core requirement for cities intending to develop future hosting bids.
- February 22, 2017The Hungarian government has announced the city of Budapest's withdrawal from the 2024 hosting competition, citing a lack of national support for the application.
- February 10, 2017The Guardian newspaper shines a critical light on the state of Rio Olympic venues six months after the conclusion of the Games.
- February 04, 2017The IOC Athletes’ Commission has issued a statement supporting expedited athlete access to the United States.
- January 27, 2017The 2024 Paris Bid Committee has announced plans to slash carbon emissions that are claimed greatly to exceed the results of London 2012 and Rio 2016
- January 27, 2017Olympic sprint star Usain Bolt has lost his Beijing 4x100 team relay gold medal, after his team mate Nesta Carter tested positive for a banned substance.