Thomas Bach

IOC Session: International Olympic Council announces plans to explore Olympic eSports Games

"I have asked our new IOC eSports Commission to study the creation of Olympic eSports Games," said IOC president Thomas Bach during the opening ceremony of the 141st IOC session on Saturday in Mumbai.

IOC Session in India: Thomas Bach says Nita Ambani and her team have done a 'fantastic job' in boosting sports in nation

Citing India's spectacular run at the just-concluded Asian Games where they won a record 107 medals, Bach said that there was interest among the younger generation to take part in the Olympics.

'Serious considerations, interest in India on hosting Olympics': IOC chief Thomas Bach

The IOC session, which was initially planned for May, will now take place in Mumbai this weekend. It was postponed due to governance problems within the Indian Olympic Association.

IOC and Reliance Foundation sign agreement to advance Olympic values education across India

The new cooperation was agreed upon by IOC President Thomas Bach and Nita Ambani, IOC Member in India and Reliance Foundation Founder Chairperson, during a visit to the Reliance Foundation Young Champs (RFYC) football academy in Mumbai.

Olympic leader Thomas Bach criticizes Ukraine for blocking athletes from some Paris Games qualifiers

Ukrainian athletes have in recent weeks missed European championship events in judo, fencing and taekwondo where Russians and Belarusians could compete after being approved as neutrals.

IOC chief Thomas Bach slams sport’s ‘politicisation’ over Russia

International Olympic Committee president said it was "deplorable" that several European countries had criticised a move to readmit Russian and Belarusian athletes to world sporting competition.

IOC backs return of Russian athletes as individuals, no timeline for Paris Olympics

IOC president Thomas Bach said the IOC Executive Board had recommended to international federations and international sports event organisers that "athletes with a Russian or a Belarusian passport must compete only as Individual Neutral Athletes".

Fencers write to IOC chief Thomas Bach to uphold ban on Russian, Belarusian athletes

Thomas Bach, who won Olympic fencing team gold in 1976, has been keen to find a "pathway" for athletes from Russia and Belarus to at the very least try and qualify for the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

Paris Olympics 2024: IOC's Thomas Bach defends Russia stance amid pro-Ukraine protest

Thomas Bach said he opposed political influence on sports and any suggestion that Russians should be treated as if they have “collective guilt.”

IOC chief Thomas Bach insists sanctions on Russia, Belarus must remain in 2023

Bach added that Ukraine had the full support of the Olympic movement and that he wanted to see a strong Ukrainian contingent fielded at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.