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.

Rogge pledges to preserve Samaranch`s IOC legacy

Last Updated: Thursday, April 22, 2010, 22:00

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

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.

China hails Samaranch as friend of people of China

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 22:33

Mourning the death of IOC chief Juan Antonio Samaranch, Chinese government today hailed him as a friend of the people of China who helped the nation to regain its position in IOC and awarded it the 2008 Olympics.

Former IOC chief Juan Antonio Samaranch dead at 89

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 18:02

Juan Antonio Samaranch, a former International Olympic Committee president, died Wednesday. He was 89.

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.