About half of Summer Olympic International Sports Federations now publish financial accounts every year, according to exclusive insidethegames analysis conducted this month.

Runners competing in tomorrow's SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Hyères are being invited by European Athletics to carry an “I Run Clean” message on their bibs, to show their commitment to a doping-free sport.

Calls for a referendum on Budapest’s bid to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games are gathering pace in Hungary following reports suggesting that a public vote will be held if an opposition initiative attracts 140,000 signatures.

Thomas Bach is presenting the expansion of the powers of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) as a fait accompli, even revealing yesterday that he hopes it will be up and running in February 2018 to coincide with the opening of the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has revealed here it has targeted Pyeongchang 2018 to have established an independent anti-doping testing body. 

Recent scandals surrounding the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and FIFA are not the same and concern “different issues”, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach claimed here today as he expressed confidence that steps are being taken in the right direction to address the problems within both governing bodies.

Broadcast rights for the Olympic Games in Brazil have been awarded to Globo until 2032, it was announced here today. 

An independent financial audit will be conducted by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) into grants it awards to the various International Federations and National Olympic Committees (NOCs) in a bid to increase transparency within sport in the midst of corruption and doping scandals, Thomas Bach announced here today. 

The first stone of the new International Olympic Committee (IOC) headquarters has been laid here today at a ceremony attended by President Thomas Bach and members of the organisation’s Executive Board during the final meeting of the year.

A special ceremony attended by International Olympic Committee President has been held here to re-name the Lausanne-Ouchy metro and bus stops the “Ouchy-Olympique” station, and was attended by International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has vowed to renew the trust in sport in the wake of a series of corruption and doping scandals, describing recent developments in some sports as “particularly upsetting”.

Most medal winners at this weekend’s World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) Grand Prix Finals were naturally preoccupied with end of season celebrations following their competitions, or with watching their team-mates while finding somewhere to deposit the large sombreros awarded as part of the podium ceremony.

I was somewhat surprised, therefore, to spot China’s under 49 kilograms champion Wu Jingyu handing out a flyer covered with pictures of her alongside the International Olympic Committee (IOC) President, Thomas Bach, the morning after her victory.

The host city for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games will have to implement a carbon management and reduction plan for the event, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach told the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris.

Doubts over the budget, controversy surrounding Germany's bid to host the 2006 FIFA World Cup and recent doping scandals contributed to Hamburg's citizens voting against the city bidding for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics, it was claimed today by Thomas Bach.

Last night’s referendum result in Hamburg was another huge blow for the Olympic Movement.