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Sebastian Coe officially opened the University of Ulster’s new £20 million world-class sports facilities at the Jordanstown campus.

IOC President Jacques Rogge and European Olympic Committees (EOC) President Pat Hickey are in Vienna today, for the celebrations to mark the 100th anniversary of the Austrian NOC, which will be led by IOC member Leo Wallner.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today revealed the names of the finalist Candidate Cities from which the host city for the 1st Winter Youth Olympic Games in 2012 will be elected. Innsbruck and Kuopio were selected by the IOC Executive Board last week, and will now be submitted to a postal vote by the IOC members.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today revealed the names of the finalist Candidate Cities from which the host city for the 1st Winter Youth Olympic Games in 2012 will be elected. Innsbruck and Kuopio were selected by the IOC Executive Board last week, and will now be submitted to a postal vote by the IOC members.

The Coordination Commission of the 1st Summer Youth Olympic Games concluded its first visit to the host city Singapore today. Eight months after the host city announcement on 21 February 2008, the Singapore Organising Committee (SYOGOC) has already established all the foundations necessary to stage the Games in 2010.

Sonia O'Sullivan, Olympic Silver medallist and 4 time Olympian has been elected on to the Olympic Council of Ireland Executive Committee, and will play an important part in the build up to the 2012 Olympic Games in London .

President, Pat Hickey, is unopposed again this year as are the First Vice-President Willie O’Brien, Second Vice-President John Delaney, Hon General Secretary Dermot Sherlock, and Honorary Treasurer Peader Casey.

The International Olympic Committee on Wednesday said it would retest all frozen samples taken from athletes during the Beijing Games in August for traces of a new generation of drug.

IRISH canoeist Eoin Rheinisch, who narrowly missed an Olympic medal in Beijing, admitted today that he wished he enjoyed the financial backing British competitors do and the resources his European rivals enjoy.

The Olympic Council of Ireland will complete the 2008 Olympic cycle in October (9th -17th) with a thorough debrief with each of the 12 National Federations who qualified athletes for the Games.

At the invitation of the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Jacques Rogge, stakeholders of the Olympic Movement met today in Lausanne to discuss current European Union (EU) matters. All participants agreed to work together on a detailed definition of the specificity and the autonomy of sport, which needs to be further clarified with regard to the wording on sport in the Lisbon Treaty.

The Olympic Council of Ireland's Team Sport grant to Irish Curling has provided Team Manager Gordon McIntyre with an opportunity to give his athletes an enhanced level of support leading into the December 2008 European Championship. The tournament is part of the qualification process for Vancouver 2010. Last year the OCI provided support to enable Curling to employ a world class Canadian coach , Ron Meyers, to help the team win the European B Championship.