Right before Bode Miller's run, the first classic downhill of the World Cup season was canceled Saturday in Val Gardena, Italy, because of strong wind. Despite several delays, 21 competitors had negotiated the twisty and terrain-filled Saslong course before organizers decided to call it off for safety reasons. ''I think it was the right call,''...
With a resignation so covert it had to be virtually pried from FIFA and the International Olympic Committee, the Brazilian João Havelange appears to have finally left the scene of high-ranking governance over global sports. Havelange was the I.O.C.'s longest serving member. He joined that august circle of Olympic rulers 48 years ago, and he led...
Since 2000, no network has carried the Olympics but NBC. But when NBC Universal was bought by Comcast this year, there was doubt that it had the passion for the Olympics that led the network's former parent, General Electric, to pay billions of dollars to stock NBC with the Summer Games and the Winter Games. But Tuesday, Comcast responded with a...
Greve Jacques Rogge (født den 2. maj 1942) er præsident for den Internationale Olympiske Komité (IOC) og har bestridt denne post siden 2001.
Rogge stammer fra Gent i Belgien og har selv deltaget ved OL i 1968, 1972 og 1976 indenfor sejlsport. Han var præsident for den Belgiske Olympiske Komité i perioden 1989-1992 og blev medlem af IOC i 1991. I 2001 blev han i Moskva valgt som Juan Antonio Samaranchs efterfølger som præsident for IOC.
Han var ved Vinter-OL 2002 i Salt Lake City den første IOC præsident, der sov i den olympiske by frem for på et femstjernet hotel under legene.