BAGHDAD, May 22 (UPI) -- A National Olympic Committee of Iraq official said Thursday the International Olympic Committee threatened sanctions if Iraq disbanded its sporting authority.
MUSCAT, Oman, April 14 (UPI) -- The chairman of Oman's Olympic committee led a welcoming event Monday as the Olympic flame arrived in Muscat.
PARIS, April 7 (UPI) -- The head of the Olympic organizing committee said Monday he was concerned the protests against the Beijing Games went against the spirit of the games.
AMALIADA, Greece, March 23 (UPI) -- The lighting of the Olympic flame will take place Monday in the Greek sanctuary of Olympia, the International Olympic Committee announced Sunday.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, May 24 (UPI) -- Funding totaling $1 million was withheld from the Austrian Olympic Committee because of a doping scandal that led to the banning of six Austrian athletes.
BEIJING, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Atlanta's Coca-Cola Co. Monday said it has renewed its deal with the International Olympic Committee to sponsor the games through 2020.
BEIJING, June 24 (UPI) -- An audit has found widespread corruption and embezzlement involving government funds for China's Olympic committee, the BBC reported.
BAGHDAD, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- At least 14 Iraqi athletes are training for the Olympic Games, this time without fear of torture or death for failure, the Times of London reported.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- The Justice Department asked a federal appeals court Wednesday to reinstate bribery charges against two former members of Salt Lake City's Olympic bid committee. Six members of the International Olympic Committee, the group that picks the Games' venue, we
