ICOS News
- December 13, 2016At the invitation of Laura Misener, School of Kinesiology, graduate students in the Sport Management Program at Vrije Universiteit Brussel paid a visit to ICOS.
- December 09, 2016In the second part of his investigation, Western law Professor Richard McLaren has confirmed a system-wide doping conspiracy that benefited over 1,000 Russian athletes.
- December 08, 2016Olympic and world champion pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva has been appointed to take charge of the Russian anti-doping oversight board. Isinbayeva, who was blocked from Rio 2016, has been an outspoken critic of WADA policies.
- November 16, 2016The IOC has launched the 2017-18 edition of its Advanced Olympic Research Grant Programs. The programs support Olympics-related research under a humanities or social sciences perspective.
- November 01, 2016The World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) has published a report casting a critical light on several aspects of the testing regime at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympic Games.
- October 18, 2016To mitigate the projected budget increases for Tokyo 2020, the IOC is considering the relocation of some rowing and canoeing events to central South Korea.
- October 13, 2016A panel set up by Tokyo's Governor has concluded that the hosting costs for Tokyo 2020 are to exceed the initial budget four-fold.
- September 22, 2016Citing the potential high costs of hosting the 2024 summer Olympic Games, the new mayor of Rome has terminated the city's hosting bid.
- September 14, 2016The World Anti Doping Agency's computer systems have been hacked by a Russian cyber espionage group. The group published medical data of several high-profile athletes.
- September 09, 2016IOC President Thomas Bach missed the Opening Ceremonies of the Rio Paralympic Games to attend the funeral of a senior German politician.
- August 17, 2016Janice Forsyth, former ICOS Director, comments in the Globe and Mail on the recent debate surrounding the problematic issues of sex/gender testing.
- August 17, 2016ICOS Founding Director Bob Barney discusses the future potential of the Olympic Games on the CBC's national morning program, The Current.
- August 16, 2016The IAAF's reinstated ban of Russian long jumper Darya Klishina is overruled by the Court for Arbitration for Sport
- August 13, 2016Former ICOS Director Janice Forsyth discusses IOC sex/gender testing policies on CBC's national show, Sunday Edition.
- August 13, 2016Based on new information, the IAAF has rescinded Darya Klishina's special permission to participate in the Rio Games. The special permission had overridden an earlier ban.
- August 12, 2016Richard Pound, Doyen of the IOC, delivered the 2016 Earle F. Zeigler Address, during the 13th International Symposium for Olympic Studies, in Vitória, Brazil.
- August 11, 2016ICOS' 13th International Symposium for Olympic Research was hosted in Vitória, Brazil, in co-operation, with Arete-Centre of Olympic Studies, Federal University of Espírito Santo.
- August 11, 2016On the Huffington Post, Janice Forsyth offers critical commentary on current IOC sex/gender testing policies from a human rights perspective.
- August 03, 2016Academics associated with ICOS keep a regular schedule of media interventions during the Olympic period.
- July 28, 2016Over on the Huffington Post, former ICOS Director Janice Forsyth shines a critical light on IOC sex testing / gender determination policies
- July 25, 2016To avoid issuing a blanket ban on Russia's participation in Rio 2016, the IOC has passed on enforcement of anti-doping measures to the International Sports Federations.
- July 22, 2016Richard Pound, Chairman of the IOC's Olympic Broadcasting Services, will deliver the the 2016 Earle F. Zeigler Lecture.
- July 21, 2016The Court of Arbitration for Sport has confirmed the International Association of Athletics Federations' decision to ban the Russian track team from the 2016 Olympics
- July 19, 2016Independent investigator Professor Richard McLaren's report to the World Anti Doping Association paints a damning picture of systematic doping in the Russian sports system.
- July 13, 2016The International Track and Field Federation has rejected applications by 67 Russian athletes to clear them for participation in Rio 2016.
- July 13, 2016US-based Russian long jumper Darya Klishina has been cleared to participate in Rio 2016 under the IOC’s ’neutral’ flag.
- June 19, 2016Professor Alberto Reppold will address the 2016 Olympic Symposium to deliver the closing Keynote Address.
- June 18, 2016The IOC has come out in support of the IAAF decision to ban Russian track and field athletes from taking part in the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics.
- June 18, 2016Professor Robert K. Barney will deliver the opening Keynote Address at the 2016 International Symposium for Olympic Studies at the University of Espírito Santo, Vitória, Brazil. Professor Barney will investigate "Olympic Values and National Identity at the 1908 London Olympics."
- June 02, 2016Several graduate students and researchers associated with ICOS delivered papers at the 2016 NASSH Convention
- May 08, 2016Cogenta Social Sciences (Taylor & Francis) has issued a call for papers investigating the link between social sciences and the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
- May 07, 2016Jules Boykoff, Pacific University, has published, 'Power Games,' a critical history of the modern Olympic Games.
- April 27, 2016The IOC Olympic Studies Centre has announced the 2017 PhD. Student research grants. Candidates can apply to one of two different grant program categories.
- April 04, 2016Over at the Huffington Post, former ICOS Director Janice Forsyth offers some critical observations concerning Olympic Team Canada's fashion penchants
- March 26, 2016A visit to the IOC Archives kicks off Bob Barney and Stephen Wenn's new Olympics economic history study
- March 12, 2016Traveller and visitor information has now been added to the Symposium page. Please visit the page for all Symposium-related information.
- March 03, 2016The IOC has given the go-ahead for a team of refugee athletes to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- February 23, 2016In an open letter to the IOC, sport historian and former Olympian Bruce Kidd and colleagues have called for a reassessment of the IOC's position on sex testing for female athletes
- February 07, 2016Olympic critic Jules Boykoff maps out the winners and losers of the upcoming 2016 Rio Summer Olympics
- January 16, 2016Rio organizers respond with across-the-board cuts to deepening budget deficits
- January 09, 2016Yudoka Popole Misenga and Yolande Mabika, refugee athletes from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, hope to be the first athletes to be admitted to Rio 2016 under the new IOC refugee athlete policy.
