https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Forty-seven Russians implicated in doping lost a last-minute court bid to take part in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics on Friday, just hours before the opening ceremony. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180209/russian-athletes-lose-appeal-over-olympics-ban Fri, 09 Feb 2018 09:39:20 +0100 russian-athletes-lose-appeal-over-olympics-ban The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Thursday lifted life bans on 28 of the 43 Russians accused of doping at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, meaning some could still compete at this month's Pyeongchang Games. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180201/sports-court-in-switzerland-lifts-life-bans-of-28-russians-accused-of-doping Thu, 01 Feb 2018 12:39:58 +0100 sports-court-in-switzerland-lifts-life-bans-of-28-russians-accused-of-doping North Korea will send 22 athletes to next month's Winter Games in the South, the International Olympic Committee said in Lausanne, Switzerland on Saturday. The IOC also confirmed that the two nations will march together at the opening ceremony. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180120/22-north-korean-athletes-will-compete-at-2018-games-ioc Sat, 20 Jan 2018 15:19:44 +0100 22-north-korean-athletes-will-compete-at-2018-games-ioc The International Olympic Committee has "extended the deadline" for North Korea's participation in the winter Olympics, it announced on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180109/ioc-extends-deadline-for-north-korea-to-register-for-winter-games Tue, 09 Jan 2018 09:42:21 +0100 ioc-extends-deadline-for-north-korea-to-register-for-winter-games There is a maxim in politics that says you should never let a crisis go to waste: International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach seems to have taken that to heart. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170802/ioc-strategy-pays-off-as-los-angeles-agrees-to-take-on-2028-olympics Wed, 02 Aug 2017 10:26:50 +0200 ioc-strategy-pays-off-as-los-angeles-agrees-to-take-on-2028-olympics Employees of the International Boxing Association (Aiba) were locked out of their offices on Wednesday with president Wu Ching-Kuo set to be ousted from his role, according to an AFP journalist. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170727/staff-of-aiba-boxing-association-barred-from-lausanne-office-wu Thu, 27 Jul 2017 10:33:19 +0200 staff-of-aiba-boxing-association-barred-from-lausanne-office-wu The Lausanne-based International Olympic Committee (IOC) agreed on Tuesday to award the 2024 and 2028 Games at the same time, effectively guaranteeing that Paris and Los Angeles will be the hosts. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170712/ioc-agrees-to-award-two-olympics-at-same-time Wed, 12 Jul 2017 10:47:33 +0200 ioc-agrees-to-award-two-olympics-at-same-time French president Emmanuel Macron met with Olympic officials on Monday on his arrival in Lausanne ahead of a key vote likely to determine the hosts of the 2024 and 2028 Olympic Games. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170711/in-pics-emmanuel-macron-in-lausanne-olympics-paris-france Tue, 11 Jul 2017 10:47:59 +0200 in-pics-emmanuel-macron-in-lausanne-olympics-paris-france The new president of France, Emmanuel Macron, will visit Lausanne this week as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) debates Paris’ bid for the 2024 Olympics. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170710/macron-visits-lausanne-to-support-paris-olympic-bid Mon, 10 Jul 2017 13:18:08 +0200 macron-visits-lausanne-to-support-paris-olympic-bid Former sprinter Frankie Fredericks quit as head of the IOC commission monitoring candidates for the 2024 Olympics on Tuesday amid a probe into money he accepted from a sports marketing chief accused of corruption. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170308/former-olympian-quits-ioc-over-corruption-probe Wed, 08 Mar 2017 09:42:19 +0100 former-olympian-quits-ioc-over-corruption-probe Refugee athletes and cash-strapped national Olympic organizations were handed a half-billion dollar boost on Thursday by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). https://www.thelocal.ch/20161111/ioc-hands-cash-boost-to-refugee-athletes Fri, 11 Nov 2016 09:17:25 +0100 ioc-hands-cash-boost-to-refugee-athletes An Ethiopian journalist on Monday became the first man to win an Olympic award aimed at promoting women and sport. https://www.thelocal.ch/20161108/man-wins-iocs-women-and-sport-award Tue, 08 Nov 2016 09:21:10 +0100 man-wins-iocs-women-and-sport-award The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has hired Russian doping whistleblower Vitaly Stepanov as a consultant and is helping his runner wife Yuliya in recognition of their efforts, a spokesman said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20161025/ioc-hires-russian-whistleblower-as-consultant Tue, 25 Oct 2016 10:17:15 +0200 ioc-hires-russian-whistleblower-as-consultant At a meeting in Lausanne on Saturday, Olympic chiefs called on the World Anti-Doping agency to create a new drug testing body and called for sport's top court to rule on doping sanctions. https://www.thelocal.ch/20161008/sports-heads-meet-in-lausanne-to-recast-doping-rules Sat, 08 Oct 2016 13:49:30 +0200 sports-heads-meet-in-lausanne-to-recast-doping-rules Russian competitors will not compete in next month's Rio Paralympics after the country lost an appeal on Tuesday against a suspension issued over a vast, state-run doping programme. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160824/swiss-sports-court-upholds-russia-ban-from-paralympics Wed, 24 Aug 2016 10:35:16 +0200 swiss-sports-court-upholds-russia-ban-from-paralympics The Lausanne-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has temporarily relocated to Rio so it can make rulings over Olympic doping from the scene. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160727/swiss-sports-court-heads-to-rio-olympics Wed, 27 Jul 2016 19:41:31 +0200 swiss-sports-court-heads-to-rio-olympics The International Olympic Committee reported 45 new doping failures on Friday from the 2008 Games in Beijing and London 2012, bringing the total number of positive drug test to 98 since a retesting programme was launched. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160722/ioc-reports-more-doping-failures-pre-rio Fri, 22 Jul 2016 17:39:24 +0200 ioc-reports-more-doping-failures-pre-rio The international sports tribunal on Thursday rejected an appeal by 67 Russian athletes seeking to overturn an IAAF doping ban on them competing at the Rio Olympics. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160721/swiss-sports-court-upholds-ban-on-russian-athletes Thu, 21 Jul 2016 19:00:04 +0200 swiss-sports-court-upholds-ban-on-russian-athletes The International Olympic Committee barred Russia's Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko from the Rio Games and withdrew backing for international events in Russia over a state-run doping programme, but delayed ruling on a complete ban on the country until after a key court case on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160720/ioc-bans-putin-ally-from-rio-games Wed, 20 Jul 2016 10:17:01 +0200 ioc-bans-putin-ally-from-rio-games The Court of Arbitration for Sport, based in Lausanne, said on Monday it has put back its ruling on the two-year doping ban for Maria Sharapova for two months to September, ruling the tennis superstar out of the Rio Olympics. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160711/swiss-sports-court-puts-sharapova-out-of-rio Mon, 11 Jul 2016 16:58:58 +0200 swiss-sports-court-puts-sharapova-out-of-rio