Juan Antonio Samaranch

— December 20, 2024

Seven candidates and plenty of ideas for the IOC presidency

It was about time. A little over three months after revealing the list of seven candidates for its presidency, the IOC has (finally) ticked a new box on... Read more "

— November 19, 2024

Russia ready to change its approach to the IOC

The coming weeks will confirm this by removing the last doubts: the new strongman of Russian sport, still little known in the Olympic movement, is called Mikhail Degtyarev.... Read more "

— October 2, 2024

Juan Antonio Samaranch angers Ukraine

He could have done without it. And he certainly didn't ask for it. But Juan Antonio Samaranch (photo above), one of the seven candidates for the IOC presidency, and certainly one... Read more "

— September 25, 2024

Samaranch and Watanabe, two candidates in the campaign

The campaign is just beginning. Discreetly, as required by the rules and custom. The IOC has not even published the details on the dedicated space of its official website... Read more "

— September 18, 2024

Age will be a question for the IOC presidency

The casting is now known. It includes seven characters, six men and one woman. But the campaign for the IOC presidency, which opened on Monday, September 16, has not... Read more "

— September 17, 2024

Seven candidates for Thomas Bach's succession

There are seven of them. One woman and six men. Four Europeans, two Asians and one African. Seven candidates selected by the IOC Ethics Commission to launch into the... Read more "

— January 6, 2022

The Beijing Games will take place, they start now

The Beijing 2022 Winter Games will take place. And they will be held on the scheduled dates (February 4 to 20). 30 days from the opening, the question should not... Read more "

— November 29, 2021

In the modern pentathlon, the horses go out but the men stay

The crisis is over. But it made a big splash and could leave its mark. Meeting in a virtual elective congress in Monaco, the International Union of Modern Pentathlon (UIPM)... Read more "

— November 10, 2021

Beijing 2022, almost normal Winter Games

The phrase of the day, in the Olympic movement, is to the credit of a Chinese. Less than 90 days before the Beijing 2022 Winter Games, it will not... Read more "

— November 3, 2021

The modern pentathlon wants to leave the horses in the stable

A small revolution. Nothing less. According to certain British media, including the Guardian and the InsidetheGames site, modern pentathlon will radically change its face after the Paris Games... Read more "