Thomas Bach
IOC to Rio 2016: We Will Not Help Pay Your Olympic Debt
At this week's IOC Executive Board meeting, the Rio 2016 committee asked the IOC to help settle approximately $28 million in outstanding debt. The IOC, despite receiving $4 billion in TV rights for the Games, refused.
Official at Both FIFA and IOC Resigns From Soccer-Related Roles Amidst Bribery Claims
The DOJ has indicted or accepted guilty pleas from more than 40 people since it opened its investigation on FIFA in 2015. That tally could soon jump significantly.
Rome's Mayor Rejects "Irresponsible" 2024 Olympics Bid
Holy shit, a politician said something reasonable and correct. Must not have been in America.
IOC President Won't Attend Any of the Paralympics
Thomas Bach has a pretty busy schedule and won't be able to make any of the Paralympics (which he's known about forever).
The Rio Games Were An Unjustifiable Human Disaster, And So Are The Olympics
Like the other Olympics before them, Rio 2016 proved that the IOC is blithely indifferent to the waste, corruption, and human wreckage the Games leave in their wake.
IOC Will Explore "Legal Options" For Russian Ban, Urges Federations to Avoid Holding Events in Russia
A pending case in the Court of Arbitration for Sport might be gumming up the works.
Latin America Responds to the Zika Virus With Soldiers, Repellent, and Pregnancy Warnings
Here’s what the region’s governments are doing about the the mosquito-borne virus as it spreads rapidly through the Americas, amid evidence suggesting it is linked to abnormal births Brazil.
Germany's Absurd New PED Law and Why It Won't Fix Anything
Germany, like some other countries, is looking to jail athletes for using PEDs. This is both wrong and utterly useless.
The Olympic Committee Thinks You're Stupid
The UN and IOC have a bizarre relationship that goes a long way toward explaining why neither one of them does much of anything to realize their ideals.