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October 9th, 2018 - 07:00 GMT

Senegal Hosts 2022 Youth Olympic Games, 1st African State to do so

The International Olympic Committee has chosen Senegal to host the 2022 Youth Olympic Games – making it the first African host of any Olympics.

September 3rd, 2018 - 04:24 GMT

Kuwaiti Minister Welcomes Committee Seeking Post-Ban Sports Resurgence

the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games

August 20th, 2018 - 10:19 GMT

Kuwaitis Proud of Asian Games Post-Ban Participation

July 5th, 2018 - 02:18 GMT

IOC and International Partners Assess Progress in Tackling Corruption in Sport

Marcello Lippi

April 7th, 2018 - 08:21 GMT

Marcello Lippi Main Speaker at First Arab Conference on Sport

February 16th, 2018 - 08:13 GMT

How Asia Won Rights to Host Three Olympics in a Row

The IOC backed down on a decision to deny gift Samsung smartphones to both Iranian and North Korean athletes

February 9th, 2018 - 11:14 GMT

Olympic Games Organizers Apologize to Iran over Samsung Gift Snub

Clean competitors will participate as “Olympic Athletes of Russia

February 8th, 2018 - 06:14 GMT

80 Russians to Participate in Opening Ceremony of 2018 Olympics

Pyeongchang Olympic volunteers pose for a photo next next to the Olympics rings ahead of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang on Feb. 6, 2018 (Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)

February 7th, 2018 - 11:27 GMT

S. Korea Will Not Provide Smartphones to Iran, N. Korea Olympic Athletes

North Korea's women's ice hockey players who will form a unified Korean team at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics arrive at the inter-Korea transit office near the Demilitarized zone dividing the two Koreas in Paju on Jan. 25, 2018 (KOREA POOL / AFP)

January 25th, 2018 - 10:08 GMT

North Korean Ice Hockey Players Arrive in South for Unified Olympics Team

South Korean protesters try to burn a picture of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un during an anti-North Korea rally outside Seoul station in Seoul on January 22, 2018 as a North Korean delegation arrives at the station (YONHAP / AFP)

January 23rd, 2018 - 08:46 GMT

Seoul Rejects Criticism North Korea Hijacked the Winter Olympics

In a photo taken on Jan. 10, 2018 members of the South Korean air force Black Eagle aerobatic team perform above the ski jump venue of the Pyeongchang 2018 winter Olympics (YONHAP / AFP)

January 15th, 2018 - 02:27 GMT

North Korean 140-Member Orchestra to Perform at Winter Olympics

A North Korean vessel is under South Korean sanctions implemented during the previous Park Geun-hye administration. Pictures: The North-South Korea border. (AFP/File)

January 12th, 2018 - 04:18 GMT

North Korean Olympic Team Transport May Violate Sanctions