Juan Antonio Samaranch, the 89-year-old former president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has died, the IOC said on Wednesday. 'The International Olympic Committee (IOC) was deeply saddened to learn today of the death of Juan Antonio Samaranch,' read a statement from the IOC.
The entire selection process of the IOC chairman was shrouded in mediocrity and mystery.
Left cornered after being served an ultimatum by the International Olympic Committee, the Indian Olympic Association is all set to amend its constitution in a general body meeting in New Delhi on Sunday to bar charge-framed contestants from its elections.
The International Olympic Committee's decision to reject calls to ban all Russian competitors from the Rio Olympics could lead to "lesser protection for clean athletes," the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said on Sunday.
State owned refiner Indian Oil Corporation has proposed merger of its subsidiaries Indian Oil Blending Ltd, IBP Co Ltd, Bongaigaon Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd and Chennai Petroleum Corp Ltd with itself, Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar said
Railway tickets can now be booked at select Indian Oil petrol pumps and LPG stations, following an agreement between IOC and Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation in this regard.
Germany's Thomas Bach was elected president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday, succeeding Belgian Jacques Rogge and maintaining a European stranglehold on the most powerful position in world sport.
The IBA has also welcomed the presence of an IOC monitoring group, which would "see first-hand IBA's best practices regarding technical and competitions rules, specifically its heralded bout review process," the federation said.
Russian whistleblower Yulia Stepanova may be in danger after her revelations on doping in her country that triggered a massive scandal and forced her to flee, but it is not the International Olympic Committee's responsibility, the IOC said on Saturday.
Global oil prices have slumped and India has access to larger amounts of discounted Russian crude oil, yet refiners are not passing on their savings to consumers
The International Olympic Committee said on Thursday it saw no reason to doubt assurances from Tokyo about the legitimacy of payments made during its successful bid to host the 2020 Games.
International Olympic Committee refused to change its stance on barring charge-sheeted persons from contesting Indian Olympic Association elections, saying that entertaining IOA's objections would amount to undermining the Olympic charter.
Fast food chain McDonald's and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) are close to agreeing a new, eight-year sponsorship contract and the deal could be sealed this month.
A shock International Olympic Committee (IOC) decision to remove wrestling from the 2020 Olympic Games programme and then include it in a shortlist of sports for those Games was no mistake, IOC president Jacques Rogge said on Friday.
A year before Paris Olympics, Ukraine torn over whether to compete
Pakistani shooters were not allowed to participate in the ISSF event in Delhi.
A scam-tainted Suresh Kalmadi escaped the International Olympic Committee's wrath by deciding to 'suspend' himself as IOA President, according to a top IOA official.
Indian Oil Corporation on Monday said there was no shortage of LPG even as it claimed it was checking against diversion of cooking gas for unauthorised use.
The Indian Olympic Association will not abide by Sports Ministry's direction to reply to the show-cause notice by Friday on the controversial elevation of Suresh Kalmadi and Abhay Singh Chautala as life presidents as it will first consult its parent international body.
The disinvestment-bound carrier, which is incurring Rs 15 crore loss per day, has huge dues towards oil companies and Airports Authority of India, among others.
With the Petroleum Ministry opposing disinvestment of IOC in the market, government is exploring the option of selling its shares to other oil PSUs like ONGC and OIL.
Indian Oil Corp, the country's largest oil firm, has opened its first petrol station in Mauritius, making it the second country after Sri Lanka where IOC has begun fuel retailing outside India.
Individual Russian track and field athletes assessed as clean will be able to compete for their country in Brazil, the Olympic Games' top official said on Tuesday, diluting a blanket ban the sport's global federation had called for.
A total of 23 athletes from five sports tested positive for banned drugs in re-checks of 265 samples from the London 2012 Olympics, the International Olympic Committee said on Friday.
The International Olympic Committee has told the Indian Olympic Association to sack "charge-framed" officials through constitutional amendments by October 31 and conduct fresh elections by December 15 if it wants to return to the Olympic fold.
Indian Oil Corporation and its partner Oil India Ltd have won an oil block in Libya in the first ever joint foray in oil and gas exploration overseas.
Singapore's Ng Ser Miang is expected to announce a bid for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidency on Wednesday, a source close to the Olympic movement told Reuters on Tuesday.
Deutsche Bank has chosen Indian Oil Corp as one of the top global stock picks in the oil and gas sector.
'We are trying passionately to protect those clean athletes who are going to Rio 2016'
As many as 500 athletes from the two countries could compete under a neutral flag, but will not be permitted to win medals.
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