The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Tuesday that president Thomas Bach will stand unopposed in the presidential election that is scheduled for March next year.

The IOC denied claims that President Thomas Bach intervened to help steer an Olympic official implicated in corruption away from France where the investigation has been led.

With 500 days to go before the opening of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has lauded Beijing 2022 for being a historic event which will...