Tag: John Coates
IOC Warns Tokyo 2020 Budget Risks Giving Future Cities ‘Wrong Impression’ About Olympic Costs
International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission chair John Coates has warned Tokyo 2020 officials that their current budget cap of $20 billion risks "giving...
Coates Admits Rio 2016 ‘Most Difficult’ Games but IOC Insist They Will be a...
International Olympic Committee (IOC) officials insist they have "absolutely no regrets" about awarding the Games to Rio de Janeiro despite the organisation's vice-president John...
Zhukov Downplays Talk of Russian Olympic Boycott after Putin’s Press Secretary Suggests it Could...
Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) President Alexander Zhukov has insisted the country will not boycott Rio 2016 after Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov appeared to...
IOC Vice President Claims Russian Anti-Doping and Athletics Organizations are “Rotten to the Core”...
International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice-president John Coates has launched a scathing attack on the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) and the All-Russia Athletic Federation (ARAF)...
Alan Hubbard: the Curious Air of Indifference Surrounding Rio 2016
I had a call last week on behalf of the Organizing Committee of the Rio Olympics as, I imagine, did some of my colleagues. They...
Vice President of the International Olympic Committee is confident that Rio will “deliver excellent...
John Coates claims he is confident Rio 2016 will "deliver excellent Games" following reassurances from officials in Brazil and the International Olympic Committee (IOC)...
Australian Anti-Doping Authority Given Police-Like Powers as Senate Passes Bill
Australia's Senate has passed a bill giving the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) greater powers to help it speed up doping investigations. The new...
