BERLIN: International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach will resign as member of the Olympic body after handing over to his presidential successor in June, the IOC said on Wednesday.

HARBIN, China: China kicked off the ninth Asian Winter Games in Harbin on Friday with a flashy opening ceremony attended by President Xi Jinping and other dignitaries in sub-zero conditions.

MILAN: Thomas Bach said Italy is ready to host next year’s Winter Olympics as the one-year countdown to the sprawling Milan-Cortina Games began at an event in Italy’s economic capital on Thursday.

PARIS: Johan Eliasch has told AFP that if elected Olympics chief he would offer an essential quality in a "divisive world" -- that of "hope" -- and also the hard-headed business sense to significantly increase the revenues of a "phenomenal brand."

BERLIN: Only a few people around the world know the name Thomas Bach and even fewer can rattle off those of the seven candidates out to replace him in March after 12 years as president of the International Olympic Committee.

BERLIN: International Olympic Committee presidential candidate Kirsty Coventry does not have outgoing president Thomas Bach working on her election bid despite a good relationship for more than a decade, she said on Monday.

LONDON: As a jam-packed sporting year featuring a much-praised Olympic Games and four continental soccer tournaments rolls to a close it is tempting to expect that 2025 will be a more sedate one.

LAUSANNE: The International Olympic Committee has no concerns over working with Donald Trump and his incoming administration on the Los Angeles 2028 Summer Olympics given the President-elect’s continued support of those Games, IOC President Thomas Bach said on Thursday.

TAIPEI: Taiwan’s Olympic boxing gold medallist Lin Yu-ting has pulled out of an international competition in Britain after the organiser questioned her gender eligibility, Taiwanese sports officials said Wednesday.

PUTRAJAYA: A Court of Appeal judge has recused herself from hearing Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s appeal to reinstate his RM1.9 million lawsuit against former attorney-general Tan Sri Tommy Thomas.

BUDAPEST: The International Olympic Committee should start work on ending Russia’s suspension from the organisation “the minute” Moscow obeys the rules again, IOC vice-president Juan Antonio Samaranch Junior said on Tuesday.

LONDON: World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe, multi-millionaire and Olympic newcomer Johan Eliasch and Zimbabwe’s Sports Minister Kirsty Coventry are among seven candidates for next year’s International Olympic Committee presidency election, the IOC said on Monday.

TOKYO: Japanese electronics giant Panasonic said Tuesday it will stop serving as a major sponsor of the Olympics and Paralympics, citing “management considerations.”

As China’s national diving team won gold medals at the Olympic Games in Paris, its artificial intelligence training system made a big splash in the field of sports innovations.

PARIS: France bid a reluctant farewell to an “enchanted” fortnight of Olympic sport as athletes headed home from Paris praising a dazzling edition of the Games that has breathed new life into the biggest show on earth.

PARIS: Hollywood star Tom Cruise abseiled from the roof of the Stade de France as Paris said farewell yesterday (Aug 11) to an Olympics hailed as one of the most successful in history.

PARIS: Breaking’s unique blend of artistry and athleticism grabbed the attention of the world at the Paris Games this week and left fans wanting more despite likely being a one-and-done Olympic sport.

PARIS: Movie star Tom Cruise rappelled from the roof of France’s national stadium and received the Olympic flag, bringing a heavy dose of Hollywood to the closing ceremony of the Paris Games as the French capital handed over to the next host Los Angeles.

PARIS: Paris prepared to bid a triumphant “au revoir” to the Olympics on Sunday as the curtain came down on its widely praised staging of the global sporting spectacular.

PARIS: Joining World Boxing is the only action national boxing federations can take to ensure the sport is included on the programme for the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028, the body’s president Boris van der Vorst said on Saturday.