IOC Statement
TOKYO 2020
Some news reports circulating today are claiming that the Government of Japan has privately concluded that the Tokyo Olympics will have to be cancelled because of the coronavirus. This is categorically untrue.
At an IOC Executive Board meeting in July last year, it was agreed that the Opening Ceremony of the...
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CONI and Esselunga partner up for the Tokyo Olympic Games
Today, Esselunga and the Italian National Olympic Committee presented, in Milan, at the Viale Famagosta store, the agreement that sees the leading Italian company in large-scale distribution become the official partner of the Italy Team and official supplier of Casa Italia at the XXXII Olympics, which will take place from...
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World leaders at G20 Summit express support for Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022
VIRTUAL SUMMIT HOSTED BY SAUDI ARABIA
The world’s leaders assembled at the virtual G20 Leaders’ Summit, hosted by the G20 presidency of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, have expressed their strong support for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 and the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. The final declaration of the Summit said: “As a symbol of humanity's...
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Italia Team acts as ambassador for quality Italian extra virgin olive oil for Tokyo 2020
PARTNERSHIP CONI–ISMEA–MIPAAF
Thanks to the CONI-Ismea-Mipaaf partnership, the world of sport is also taking to the field to promote one of the symbolic products of the Mediterranean diet. The initiative is part of the institutional communication campaign “Olio su tavola - I capolavori dell'extravergine” (“Oil at the table - The masterpieces of extra...
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2024 European Championships awarded to Rome
ATHLETICS
A triumph for Italy and for all Italian sport. The European Athletics has awarded the 2024 European Championships to Rome. The Capital will therefore once again host the greatest continental athletics event in the world, fifty years after the 1974 edition. It will also be the third time hosting for Italy, ninety years...
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Francesco Ricci Bitti confirmed for the third time as the head of ASOIF
SUMMER OLYMPIC SPORTS
Francesco Ricci Bitti has been confirmed for the third time as the head of ASOIF, the association that brings together the international federations of summer Olympic sports.
The 78-year-old Italian executive, Honorary President of the International Tennis Federation and member of the National Council of CONI, was...
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Ferriani elected no.1 of the AIOWF, another CONI Board member at the top of world sport
WINTER OLYMPIC SPORTS
Ivo Ferriani, President of the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation, has been elected to the presidency of the AIOWF, the association that brings together the international federations of winter Olympic sports.
During the General Assembly held yesterday by video-conference, the 60 year old from...
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Milano Cortina 2026 Foundation expresses satisfaction on the approval of the infrastructures decree by the Italian Government
OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES
Milano Cortina 2026 Foundation, the Organizing Committee of the Italian Winter Olympic Games, expresses its satisfaction with the decree signed by Minister Paola De Micheli. The decree will finance the infrastructures in the Olympic territories with one billion Euro. "The challenge of Milano Cortina", as Vincenzo Novari,...
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Milano Cortina 2026, Confindustria Lombardia and Veneto together for the Italian Games
2 PROTOCOLS SIGNED
Synergy and the best of the industrial, creative and sporting excellence of the two regions that alone produce over 30% of the national GDP in view of the 2026 Winter Olympics: this is the objective of the two Memoranda of Understanding signed by Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026, Confindustria Lombardia, Confindustria...
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Olympic Solidarity, a worldwide programme to ensure universality in sport
IOC
In 1960, several events led to the foundation of Olympic Solidarity. A terrible earthquake in Chile claimed thousands of victims and sparked a wave of solidarity within the sports movement, with the French National Olympic and Sports Committee covering the Chilean athletes’ travel expenses for the Olympic Games in Rome,...
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