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International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge says he's pleased with Russia's preparations for the 2014 Sochi Games.
Chinese sports officials struck a deal to bring the Olympics to Beijing, promising to support Jacques Rogge's bid to head the International Olympic Committee in return for European backing for Beijing's bid, according to a recently released memoir.
IOC president Jacques Rogge and the International Olympic Committee are unhappy with three countries for failing to support the participation of female athletes.
Jacques Rogge easily won re-election as president of the International Olympic Committee on Friday for a final four-year term.
Jacques Rogge has presided over four Olympics, led a determined fight against doping and steadied the ship after the worst ethics crisis in the movement's history.
IOC president Jacques Rogge says the decision to give Rio de Janeiro the 2016 games shows the Olympic movement isn't out to make "big money" on its showcase event.
Now that the 2016 Games have been awarded, International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge has set his sights on cheaters.
IOC president Jacques Rogge said disputes with the U.S. Olympic Committee will have "no negative effects whatsoever" on Chicago's chances of landing the 2016 Summer Games.
International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge is confident the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver will break even despite a budget shortfall.
IOC president Jacques Rogge expects the race for the 2016 Olympics to be decided by "a couple of votes" and says Chicago's chances shouldn't hinge on whether President Barack Obama goes to Denmark to push his home city's bid.
IOC president Jacques Rogge says women's ski jumping will be included in the inaugural Winter Youth Olympics in 2012 and has a "very strong case" to be part of future Olympics.
IOC president Jacques Rogge plans to resign as an active member of the Olympic committee after his final presidential term ends in 2013, preferring to serve as an "honorary president."
IOC president Jacques Rogge says a legacy for athletes should outweigh economics as the priority for voters when choosing which city will host the 2016 Olympics.
IOC president Jacques Rogge says Roger Federer is now arguably "the best ever player in the world of all time."
Female ski jumpers suing to get into the 2010 Vancouver Olympics figured the International Olympic Committee told them to go take a giant leap.
International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge paid tribute to Asia on Thursday as a rising force in global sports.
IOC president Jacques Rogge says Michael Phelps deserves a second chance after being photographed with a marijuana pipe.
IOC president Jacques Rogge has defended the World Anti-Doping Agency's requirement that athletes be available each day of the year for out-of-competion drug testing.
International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge predicted the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics will be a success, despite the global financial crisis.
International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge visits Vancouver this week to mark the one-year countdown to the 2010 Winter Olympics amid worries about the global financial crisis.
IOC president Jacques Rogge says the Olympic body is in a good position to ride out the global financial crisis.
Jacques Rogge formally announced his candidacy for another term as IOC president Thursday, vowing to build on four successful Olympics under his stewardship and fight against drug cheats and childhood obesity.
IOC president Jacques Rogge says the global financial crisis should not hurt preparations for upcoming Olympics.
IOC president Jacques Rogge says the Beijing Olympics succeeded in raising understanding between China and the rest of the world.
International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge renewed his call Wednesday for governments and sports bodies to speed up implementation of global rules on fighting the use of performance-enhancing drugs.
Thanou to proceed with lawsuits against Rogge, IOCGreek sprinter Katerina Thanou has decided to move forward with a multi-million dollar legal action against the International Olympic Committee and certain of its members, stemming from her being barred from competing at the Beijing Olympics last August.
Rogge: IOC must be realistic to survive credit crisis"The IOC is in a position to weather the storm but we have to be realistic and flexible... and be ready for anything that might come," Rogge told reporters at the end of an Executive Board meeting. "We are in a mode for lean Games."
Rogge sees long battle against drugs in sport"Drug-free sport in general is Utopia. It will be naive to believe that no-one will take drugs. "There are about 400 million people practising sport on this globe, there are not 400 million saints on earth.
Olympic chief's criticism of Bolt 'gutless'Jacques Rogge is so bought, so compromised, the president of the IOC doesn't have the courage to criticize China for telling a decade of lies to land itself these Olympic Games.
At OpEdNews: Mr. Rogge and Olympic Committee: Get the Marathon, Cycling, and Triathlon Out of Beijing's Deadly Air Pollution, Please!I wrote out of concern that a few Olympic athletes would expire in the smog of Beijing, like marathoners, triathletes, and cyclists, and published a few days ago this article:
At OpEdNews: Beijing Air Pollution Will Kill Several Olympic Athletes; US Trainer Takes Precautions; Olympians Wearing Masks?A harsh prediction on the unavoidable consequences of China's air and water pollution, which Olympic officials are only giving lip service to, but training experts are taking great care to codesign masks for athletes, so they won't keel over from the smog, carbon monoxide, and pa …
IOC head calls for end of China hectoringIOC head Jacques Rogge believes that the international community should stop calling on China to clean up it's human rights image. He believes that a muted effort will be more productive with China, than a loud one.
Olympic Official Calls Protests a 'Crisis' BEIJING — China faced rare criticism of its human rights record from the head of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday, even as calls for a boycott of the opening ceremony of the Games grew louder in Europe and the United States.
IOC President 'very concerned' about Tibet Including Interactive Torch MapInternational Olympic Committee chairman Jacques Rogge is now expressing increasing concern as "The torch relay has been targeted." while the IOC called " for a rapid peaceful resolution in Tibet." Whatever that means.
Panasonic Renews Partnership With U.S. Olympic Committee Through 2016 | The Final Sprint (TFS) | The Internet's Premier Running, Fitness, and Nutrition PublicationPanasonic, the leading brand of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (NYSE:MC) , and the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) announced today that Panasonic will extend its partnership with the USOC an additional eight years through the 2016 Olympic Games.
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