In a potential direct challenge to the IOC and the Olympics, judo federation chief Marius Vizer plans to organize a global world championships every four years for all international sports federations ...

(Adds International Paralympic Committee withdrawing membership) April 21 (Reuters) - The Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) has suspended links with SportAccord following ...

LONDON (AP) IOC President Thomas Bach is keeping Marius Vizer waiting on his invitation for a clear-the-air meeting. Vizer, who heads the umbrella body SportAccord, wrote to Bach on Tuesday asking for ...

Gian Franco Kasper and Raffaele Chiulli, the Presidents of ASOIF and ARISF respectively, are Vizer's two closest lieutenants at SportAccord, serving as the senior vice-president and vice-president ...

Marius Vizer, right, was presented with the IOC President's Trophy by Australia's John Coates, left, in Tokyo ©IJF Vizer received the President's Trophy from John Coates, leader of the Australian ...

LONDON -- A senior Olympic powerbroker distanced himself from Marius Vizer on Tuesday and threw his full support behind IOC President Thomas Bach in the latest backlash against the leader of umbrella ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — In a potential direct challenge to the IOC and the Olympics, judo federation chief Marius Vizer plans to organize a global world championships every four years for all ...

BERLIN, May 20 (Reuters) - SportAccord president Marius Vizer has urged the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to end pressure on federations to withdraw their membership of his organisation after ...

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BERLIN (Reuters) - SportAccord president Marius Vizer has urged the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to end pressure on federations to withdraw their membership of his organisation after he ...