Spain

— May 16, 2022

Thomas Bach visiting Madrid

A clarification for the candidacy of Barcelona and the Pyrenees for the 2030 Winter Games? Thomas Bach, IOC President, will travel to Spain on June 1.... Read more "

— March 11, 2022

Blanco believes Madrid unbeatable

Will Spain be a candidate for the Summer Games again? Alejandro Blanco (pictured above), the president of the Spanish Olympic Committee, is dead set on it. For him, Madrid promises to be... Read more "

— June 1, 2017

Blanco keeps his chair

No bad surprises for Alejandro Blanco. The only candidate in the running, he was re-elected on Wednesday May 31 for a fourth consecutive term as president of the Olympic committee... Read more "

— August 5, 2014

Olympic amusement park

Those nostalgic will no doubt regret it: the Olympic stadium of the Barcelona Games in 1992 will soon be transformed into a vast amusement park dedicated to sport. The public will be able... Read more "

— July 4, 2014

New anti-doping program

Often singled out as a bad student in the fight against doping, Spain wants to strengthen the fight. Its Olympic committee presented the broad outlines of its new program... Read more "

— May 19, 2014

WADA extends its list and reprimands Spain

Is this a Craig Reedie effect? Now chaired by the Scottish leader, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) wants to significantly accelerate the pace. Meeting in Montreal as a “Foundation Council”, the international institution... Read more "

— September 17, 2013

No track in Madrid

Direct consequence of Madrid's defeat in the race for the 2020 Games: the La Peneita stadium, where the Olympic athletics events should have been held, will not have... Read more "

— July 22, 2013

Spain has empty pockets

Less than two months before the IOC General Assembly, the battle for the 2020 Games seems more uncertain than ever. The only certainty: Madrid's candidacy for a long time... Read more "