Morinari Watanabe, the head of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) has been elected to the International Olympic Committee as the organisation admitted nine new members. Watanabe is joined by Andrew Parsons, the head of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), and Italian Olympic Committee President Giovanni Malago, whose country is bidding for
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Senegal picked as first African host to Youth Olympics in 2022
IOC president Thomas Bach with the Senegal delegation at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos AiresSenegal will host the fourth edition of the summer Youth Olympic Games in 2022 – the first time an Olympic event will be held in Africa. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) membership unanimously approved Dakar to