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Pat Hickey will receive the above award for his outstanding contribution to the Olympic movement, which includes his service as President of the Olympic Council of Ireland, President of the European Olympic Committees and the International Olympic Committee.

LOCOG met delegations from the Olympic Council of Ireland, Australia, Brazil, and Canada, at LOCOG headquarters in Canary Wharf to brief them on progress and seek their feedback on a number of planning issues for the London 2012 Games

The city winning the election for the 2016 summer Olympics will do so by a tiny margin, International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge has predicted.

Martin Cullen, TD, Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, today (18 September 2009) announced the appointment of seven new members to the Irish Sports Council (ISC).

London Olympic Games Organising Committee have scheduled meetings with National Olympic Committees next week to update on progress and provide opportunities to visit key venues in Olympic Park. The OCI delegation will consist of Chief Executive Stephen Martin , Sports Director Martin Burke, and OCI Executive Member Sonia O'Sullivan.

The Olympic Movement in Ireland has learned with deep regret of the untimely passing of Olympic bronze medalist Darren Sutherland.

The Russian Olympic Committee, EOC athletes’ representatives together with the EOC secretariat, will host the 3rd Athletes Assembly, in Moscow on the 11th and 12th September. Representatives from the 49 NOCs and the national athletes will elect the new Athletes Commission for Europe, out a list of 11 candidates.

Jamie Costin will Chair the Olympic Council of Ireland Athlete's Commission and is now a member ex officio of the OCI Executive Committee.

Billy Walsh, who led Ireland's boxing success in Beijing quite rightly removed the gold medal which public acclaim had draped around Katie Tatlor's neck, taking the women’s lightweight World and European champion off the London 2012 Olympic podium.

Women's boxing will be included at London 2012, and Rugby 7's and Golf are recommended for inclusion to the 2016 Games sports programme. The decisions were made by the International Olympic Committee's ruling Executive Board in Berlin this afternoon.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board (EB) proposed today the list of 26 core sports and 2 additional sports, golf and rugby, to be included in the 2016 Olympic Programme.

The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today approved several new events for the 2012 London Olympic Games. All of the new events had been requested by the relevant International Federations as part of the IOC’s systematic review of the sports programme. The changes reflect the IOC’s desire to continually refresh the Olympic programme and its commitment to increase participation by women.