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  TORONTO -- The CEO of the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) says organizing a boycott of next years Games in Beijing would be the wrong approach to addressing human rights issues in China. David Shoemaker, the committees CEO and secretary-general, told CTVNews.ca on Wednesday that the organization is "preparing to participate" at the 2022 Winter Olympics, which are scheduled to take place next February. "We have concerns about what we are hearing is occurring in the host country and we kn...

By Sports Reporter THE Zimbabwe Olympic Committee (ZOC) has appointed one of its board members Stephen Mudawarima as its new chief executive, taking over from Anna Mguni who stepped down after a nine-year reign at the national Olympic body. A seasoned sports and anti-doping expert Mudawarima was prior to his new appointment a member of the ZOC board in addition to his role as a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Education Technical Working Group-Global Learning Development Framework. He has also l...