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ALTHOUGH the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has agreed to review Rule 50 of the Olympic Charter, the fraternity’s president Thomas Bach believes there is “no reason to rewrite history” amidst a renewed focus in athlete activism.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach sees "no reason to rewrite history" amid a renewed focus on the legacy of the organisation’s former leader Avery Brundage.

PRESIDENT of the TT Olympic Committee (TTOC) Brian Lewis has been appointed chairman of the Sport Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA) task force dedicated to race, gender diversity and inclusion.

Brian Lewis, president of the T&T Olympic Committee (TTOC), will chair a new task force dedicated to race, gender, diversity, and inclusion to press meaningful reform.

THE LIFETIME ban imposed on former American Olympic track and field medallists Vince Matthews and Wayne Collett should be lifted, and the pair awarded the Olympic Order – the highest award of the Olympic Movement.

At a time of global uprisings, the Olympic ban on political dissent is under renewed scrutiny.

BRIAN Lewis, president of the Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees (CANOC), believes that sport associations in the Caribbean will have to find innovative ways to coexist with COVID-19.

When Janelle “Penny” Commissiong became Miss Universe in 1977, the world sat up and took notice.