Samaranch voted most influential sports executive

Last Updated: Friday, May 13, 2011, 15:47

IOC`s late former president was voted the most influential sports executive of the last 20 years.

IOA condoles Samaranch`s death

Last Updated: Thursday, April 22, 2010, 17:47

Indian Olympic Association condoled the death of former International Olympic Council chief Juan Antonio Samaranch.

Former IOC president Samaranch to be laid to rest

Last Updated: Thursday, April 22, 2010, 17:18

The coffin holding former IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch, draped with the Olympic flag, was wheeled into the Catalonia state headquarters to the sound of the Olympic hymn.

China mourns loss of `dream-maker` Samaranch

Last Updated: Thursday, April 22, 2010, 15:53

China mourned the death of Juan Antonio Samaranch on Thursday, remembering a "good friend" who eased its return to the Olympic movement and was instrumental in fulfilling the "100-year dream" of hosting the Games.

Former IOC president Samaranch taken to hospital

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 20, 2010, 23:31

Juan Antonio Samaranch, the 89-year-old former president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has been admitted to a Barcelona hospital in a "very serious" condition with acute heart problems.

Ex-IOC chief Samaranch suffers heart attack

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 14, 2009, 11:37

Former president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Juan Antonio Samaranch has been hospitalised in Monaco after a heart attack, a Paris sport newspaper reported.