Korea's eagerly-anticipated joint ice hockey debut ended in defeat as the unified women's team were thrashed by Switzerland in an historic encounter in front of a crowd featuring top-level officials from both countries here today.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) have rejected the appeal by the Virgin Islands Olympic Committee (VIOC), who filed an application seeking to earn a women's skeleton place at Pyeongchang 2018.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach will deliver opening remarks at the Advancing Women in Leadership Roles Forum for Europe in Vilnius this week.

Leading powerbrokers from across world sport are arriving here for a week of Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) meetings due to start tomorrow.

IOC PRESIDENT THOMAS BACH JOINED THE NOC OF LITHUANIA AND ITS PRESIDENT, DAINA GUDZINEVIČIŪTĖ, TO CELEBRATE THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF LITHUANIAN PARTICIPATION IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES BARCELONA 1992.

On 10-11 October 2017, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the National Olympic Committee of Lithuania (LNOC) organised the Advancing Women in Leadership Roles Forum for Europe in Vilnius. In response to the LNOC initiative, the IOC decided to host the first ever such forum for Europe in Lithuania.