CINCINNATI: FMCG behemoth Procter & Gamble, a Worldwide Olympic and Paralympic Partner, announced plans Tuesday to prominently feature superior performing household and personal care brands during the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024, including Olympic-inspired brand marketing and in-store campaigns, brand-sponsored athlete partnerships, and complimentary products and services for athletes in the Athletes’ Village during Paris 2024.
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Jun 21, 2019 18:06
MUMBAI: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday lifted its bar on India hosting international sporting events after the Union government tendered an unconditional guarantee to athletes from all nations to participate in sporting events in the country.
Jun 19, 2019 15:06
NEW DELHI: Acting on expected lines now that the elections are done and dusted, the Union government has tendered an unconditional guarantee to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) clearing the path for international tournaments to return to India.
Jun 13, 2019 14:06
CINCINNATI: Global FMCG behemoth Procter & Gamble, in partnership with the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee and the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Wednesday announced that for the first time in Olympic and Paralympic Games histories, all medal podiums will be created entirely from recycled materials – and consumers can directly contribute.
Jun 12, 2019 11:06
LOS ANGELES: The Oscars will take place in late February in 2021 and 2022 to accommodate the Olympics, Super Bowl and other events, organizers said on Tuesday. The 92nd Oscars is set for February 9 2020, but the following years, the Oscars will be on February 28, 2021 and February 27, 2022, the final Sundays of the month.
May 31, 2019 20:05
NOIDA: Special Olympics Bharat hosted a 3-day national Youth Summit from 28-30 May at Amity University, UP Noida to address the need and importance of creating an inclusive society for all.
May 23, 2019 11:05
LAUSANNE, Switzerland: The International Boxing Association (AIBA) has been suspended as the Olympic governing body for the sport and will not play any role in organising the tournament at Tokyo 2020, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) executive board announced today.
May 23, 2019 10:05
LAUSANNE, Switzerland: Narinder Dhruv Batra, president of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and International Hockey Federation (FIH), is one of ten nominees submitted Wednesday by the executive board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for election as new IOC members to the IOC Session that will meet ere in June.
The vote is due to be held on 26 June.
May 10, 2019 17:05
TOKYO: Six years since Tokyo was awarded the Olympic Games, the first tickets for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics went on sale on Thursday, with Japanese residents able to enter a lottery to watch the sport of their choice.
The lottery for the initial offering of Olympic Games tickets for sale to residents of Japan runs until 23:59 (JST) on 28 May. The results of the lottery will be announced on 20 June.
May 06, 2019 17:05
LAUSANNE: Sustainability is an essential part of any modern Games. This has been an increasingly important theme since the early 2000s and is a central concept in the IOC’s Olympic Agenda 2020, adopted in December 2014. Specifically, sustainability has been developed into a full IOC Sustainability Strategy that was approved by the IOC Executive Board in December 2016.
Apr 18, 2019 18:04
NEW DELHI: After the Union government's grand ignore to a missive sent by the International Olympic Committee nearly two months ago, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has interceded on IOC's behalf and issued a fresh letter.
IOA president Narinder Batra has written to Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, urging him to address the issue at the earliest.