The city received a possibility to develop as a sports capital and an international resort thanks to Jacques Rogge, says Alexei Kopaigorodsky SOCHI, August 29. /TASS/. Sochi received a possibility ...

Rogge was the eighth President of the IOC, serving from 2001 to 2013. He has been Honorary President since then.

Rogge had competed at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Games. Former International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge has died at the age of 79, it was announced Sunday. At the time the ...

The candidates to succeed Thomas Bach as president of the International Olympic Committee and become the most powerful figure ...

(ATR) Considering he was a 16-time Belgian national champion in rugby, it’s no surprise that IOC Honorary President Jacques Rogge enjoys the rugged and physical nature of ice hockey. The 77-year ...

An Olympic fencing champion in 1976, Bach joined the IOC as a member in 1991 and succeeded Jacques Rogge as president 11 years ago. Nobody has campaigned to succeed Bach as yet. From news to ...

Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee, has said the Helsinki Games "have a particular significance for the Olympic movement" because it was the first occasion in which ...

Belgian-born Jacques Rogge is the eighth and current president of the International Olympic Committee. An orthopedic surgeon by profession, Rogge competed in yachting in the 1968, 1972 and 1976 ...