ukraine
Die Ukrainer präsentieren sich stolz und selbstbewusst, traurig und nachdenklich, und bereit dafür, alles zu geben in den olympischen Arenen. "Jeder von uns denkt an die Menschen, die unser Land verteidigen", sagt Olympiasiegerin Olha Kharlan. "Es ist schwer, aber das macht uns noch stärker!"
paris 2024
Live-Blog vom zweiten Tag der 142. IOC-Session u.a. mit der Vergabe der Olympischen Winterspiele 2030 an die French Alps (Bedingung: Staatsgarantien, vorerst ohne Vertragsunterzeichnung) und 2034 an Salt Lake City (Bedingung: lasst die WADA in Ruhe).
paris 2024
Über den ersten Tag der IOC-Session in Paris und die immer weiter eingeschränkten Arbeitsbedingungen von Journalisten im IOC-Umfeld.
personenkult
A cult of personality has ruled the IOC since 2013. Now God, some call him Louis Quatorze, is holding court in France. One of the most important questions of these Games in Paris: will IOC's propaganda department produce even more images of God than at the current record in Rio de Janeiro 2016?
thomas bach
Thomas Bach fell for pranksters. Of course, this has also happened to high-ranking politicians in recent years. However, it surprises how arrogantly amateurish the IOC Sun King acts. What do his many princely-paid directors actually do for a living if they advise Bach incredibly badly?
integrity artists
The IOC President sought to get close to Putin even after the Sochi Doping Games. He fraternised with Xi Jinping. He politicised the 2018 Games in South Korea, driven by the dream of the Nobel Peace Prize. All a miserable failure that dragged the Games deeper into a political quagmire. A commentary.
olympic crime
Exclusive: the (non-independent) IOC Ethics Commission opens proceedings against Sheikh Ahmad. A district court in Lausanne dismisses a complaint by Sheikh Talal. Read the complete document of the IOC in THE INQUISITOR.
olympic crime
Sheikh Ahmad Al-Sabah, the long-time associate of IOC president Thomas Bach, loses both his ministerial post in Kuwait and also in the appeal proceedings against his prison sentence in Switzerland – but his penalty is reduced.
sportaccord
What is happening in Lausanne right now at the meeting of all Olympic and non-Olympic IFs? SportAccord continues to make itself superfluous in the interests of the IOC. The information provided by SportAccord and its stakeholders is a disaster. Pretentious. Is Uğur Erdener already president?
olympiabewerbung
Eine kleine Bedienungsanleitung für die Veranstaltungen zur Olympiabewerbung, die der DOSB als "Dialogforen" bezeichnet. "Dialog" ist so ein Buzzword, verkauft sich gut, suggeriert irgendwas, Lektion 1 im propagandistischen Grundkurs. Einige Hintergründe.
saudi-arabien
Die Nachricht hinter der Nachricht zur Vergabe der Fußball-WM 2030 lautet: Die WM 2034 geht an den Schurkenstaat Saudi-Arabien und das Kettensägen-Monster MBS. Klingt schräg, stimmt aber: Die FIFA agiert bei der Vergabe ihrer Mega-Events dennoch deutlich transparenter als das IOC.
olympic crime
One of the biggest crime stories in the Olympic world takes another surprising turn. The Executive Board of the IOC has suspended the highly influential Sheikh Ahmad Al-Sabah as an IOC member for three years. The consequences are hard to foresee. It has the potential to blow up the Olympic family.