Toon In! a new book by Michael Payne
Former IOC marketing supremo Michael Payne has compiled an unusual history of the Olympic Games in cartoon form. He describes his book “Toon In” as a “light hearted primer” on the Olympic Movement. […]
Olympic Museum celebrates Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
The Olympic Museum in Lausanne is celebrating Tokyo’s Olympic Games with an exhibition entitled Sport X Manga. The centrepiece will be nine “flagship” Manga and the displays are designed to offer “a complete […]
Dawn Fraser to make guest appearance at Olympic concert
ISOH member Ian Jobling has organised the “Spirit of Olympia” a concert which is set to take place on May 28th and 29th at the “J” Theatre in Noosa Heads, Queensland. Jobling, Olympic studies director at the […]
1896 Revisited: when the first Olympic Stadium again came alive!
Athens celebrated the 100th anniversary of the first Olympic Games with a re-enactment of the athletic competitions from 1896 with competitors drawn from the countries which had originally taken part. […]
PRINCE PHILIP – A Bold and Strong advocate for Sport
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh who died aged 99 last Friday was an active figure in international sport for much of his life. He served as the President of the International Equestrian Federation for 32 years […]
The Athens hotel at the heart of the first Olympics
The decision not to allow overseas spectators at the Olympics this July was soon followed by an announcement that the International Olympic Committee would not permit accompanying guests at the Games. […]
125 Years of the Olympic Anthem
This week, to mark the opening of the virtual IOC session which had originally been scheduled for Athens, the Olympic Anthem sounded in the Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens, just as it had at the first Olympic […]
After 57 years, the Olympic Flame to again travel across Japan
The Olympic flame lit in March 2020 is set to resume its journey later this month and New Tokyo 2020 president, Seiko Hashimoto, has insisted: “We have produced guidelines for COVID-19 countermeasures including […]
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