National Olympic Committee

National Olympic Committee President Bogdan Gabrovec said that there was no way Slovenia could have pulled off another Sochi, when the team won eight medals, a Slovenian Olympic record.

Gabrovec, as well as retired cross-country skier and Olympic medallist Petra Majdič, believe that high rankings by young athletes at the games were reason for optimism.

After years of struggling with football violence, Montenegro's government has approved new legislation tightening the penalties for hooliganism.

Be?ikta? midfielder Necip Uysal, a product of the football club's youth academy, has been granted the 2015 Best Player Behavior Award by the Turkish National Olympic Committee (TMOK). 

The incident that brought him the award took place during a pre-match ceremony of the Istanbul derby between Be?ikta? and Fenerbahçe on April 4, 2015.  

Russia rejected on Nov. 10 explosive accusations of doping and corruption and promised a rapid response to avoid suspension from the 2016 Olympics due to the scandal that threatens to spread far beyond the borders of Russia and athletics.

"Until any proof has been put forward, it is hard to accept any accusations as they seem rather groundless," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

A just-published study highlights how commerce and glitz are reinforcing support for autocracy by international sports associations and undermining the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) newly-found resolve to hold potential host cities to human rights standards to which world football body FIFA pays lip service.