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| 2024 | The Refugee Olympic Team is set to participate in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, continuing the team's mission of representing displaced athletes on the global stage. |
| 2024 | First Refugee Olympic Team participation featuring 33 athletes from various countries including Afghanistan, Cuba, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iran, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, and Yemen, competing in multiple sports such as Athletics, Badminton, Boxing, Breaking, Canoeing, Cycling, Judo, Shooting, Swimming, Taekwondo, Weightlifting, and Wrestling. |
| 2024 | Cindy Ngamba became the first person to win an Olympic medal for the Refugee Olympic Team, winning a bronze medal in the women's 75kg boxing event. |
| December 13 2024 | Minister of Sport Mikhail Degtyarev was elected as the new president of the Russian Olympic Committee. |
| 2023 | Qatar Olympic Committee launched its comprehensive 2023-2030 Strategy, outlining a roadmap for sports development that includes expanding sports facilities, developing sustainable event planning, and bidding for international sporting events. |
| November 14 2023 | The organization renamed itself to Winter Olympic Federations (WOF), marking a significant rebranding of the international winter sports federation association. |
| October 12 2023 | The International Olympic Committee (IOC) suspended the membership of the Russian Olympic Committee. |
| 2022 | Competed at the Winter Olympics in Beijing. Albin Tahiri competed in four alpine ski events and achieved Kosovo's best Winter Olympics result with a 15th-place finish in the men's combined event. Kiana Kryeziu became the first woman from Kosovo to compete at the Winter Olympics in women's slalom. |
| 2022 | Colonel Nilton Gomes Rolim Filho from Brazil becomes the current CISM President, serving from 2022 to present. |
| 2022 | Team was awarded the Princess of Asturias Award for Sport for providing athletes opportunities in conflict zones and places with human rights violations. |
| September 2022 | Olympic synchronised swimming champion Anastasia Davydova resigned as ROC secretary general in protest of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. |
| February 26 2022 | The IOC temporarily suspended Belarusian athletes and officials from entering international events in response to the Belarus-assisted Russian invasion of Ukraine and NOC RB's treatment of Belarusian athletes. |
| 2021 | Mr. Chishimba Bwalya from the University of Zambia completed his internship with the NOC Zambia eqUIP Intern Programme. |
| August 9 2021 | The Belarus Olympic Committee was added to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List by the United States Department of the Treasury. |
| April 15 2021 | The uniforms for Russian Olympic Committee athletes were unveiled, featuring colors of the Russian flag. |
| March 25 2021 | Ismet Krasniqi takes over as chairperson of the Olympic Committee of Kosovo, succeeding Besim Hasani after a long-serving period. |
| February 19 2021 | Russia was announced to compete under the acronym 'ROC' at international sporting events. |
| 2020 | Second Olympic participation in Tokyo Summer Olympics. Won two Gold medals in Judo by Distria Krasniqi and Nora Gjakova, finishing in 42nd place overall. |
| 2020 | Mr. Chishimba Bwalya from the University of Zambia began his internship with the NOC Zambia eqUIP Intern Programme for the 2020-2021 academic period and Ms. Denise Cohen completed her internship from Cavendish University. |
| 2020 | Refugee Olympic Team participated in the Summer Olympics, entering the stadium second after Greece. The team's IOC country code changed from ROT to EOR. |
| December 2020 | The International Olympic Committee sanctioned NOC RB members Alexander Lukashenko, Viktor Lukashenko, and Dzmitry Baskau for political discrimination against Belarusian athletes. |
| December 17 2020 | The Court of Arbitration for Sport reduced WADA's penalty, allowing Russia to participate in Olympics as 'Neutral Athletes/Team' without using national name, flag, or anthem for two years. |
| July 23 2020 | The Refugee Olympic Team competed in the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics (held in 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic), representing displaced athletes from around the world in international competition. |
| 2019 | Zhongwen Gou of China became the president of the International Wushu Federation (IWUF), starting a new leadership term. |
| 2019 | Participated in the European Games in Minsk, winning all three medals in Judo: Majlinda Kelmendi won Gold in 52 kg, Nora Gjakova won Silver in Women's 57 kg, and Loriana Kuka won Bronze in Women's 78 kg. |
| 2019 | Seventh CISM World Games took place in Wuhan, China. |
| 2019 | Army Colonel Walter Jander completed his term as one of the four CISM Vice Presidents, representing the CISM of the Americas region. |
| 2019 | Mr. Felix Munyika from the University of Zambia participated in the NOC Zambia eqUIP Intern Programme for the 2018-2019 academic period and Ms. Denise Cohen from Cavendish University completed her internship from the 2019-2020 period. |
| December 9 2019 | The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) banned Russia from all international sport for four years due to manipulated doping data. |
| June 20 2019 | IOC releases the list of Refugee Athlete Scholarship holders for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on World Athlete Day, announcing 56 potential refugee athletes. |
| 2018 | Colonel Abdulhakim Al-Shino from Bahrain leads CISM, representing the Middle East in the organization's presidency. |
| 2018 | First representation at the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang by skier Albin Tahiri. |
| 2018 | Alexander Zhukov's term as an IOC member for the Russian Olympic Committee ends. |
| 2018 | Mr. Charles Ziwa from the University of Zambia participated in the NOC Zambia eqUIP Intern Programme for the 2017-2018 academic period. |
| October 2018 | International Olympic Committee decides to establish the Refugee Olympic Team (EOR) for the 2020 Summer Olympics during its meeting in Buenos Aires, building on the legacy of the 2016 Refugee Olympic Team. |
| May 2018 | Stanislav Pozdnyakov, a former fencer, was elected as the President of the Russian Olympic Committee, chosen by Vladimir Putin. |
| April 21 2018 | Colonel Nilton Gomes Rolim Filho of Brazil became the president of CISM, taking leadership of the international military sports organization. |
| February 28 2018 | The IOC reinstated the Russian Olympic Committee after completing doping test checks for Russian athletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics. |
| 2017 | Alfred Foloko begins his term as President of the National Olympic Committee of Zambia, leading the Executive Board for the 2017-2021 period. |
| 2017 | Ms. Tinyiko Lucert Kamanga from Copperbelt University completed her internship with the NOC Zambia eqUIP Intern Programme. |
| 2017 | Release of a home video box set '100 Years of Olympic Films: 1912–2012', which restored many Official Olympic films. |
| December 5 2017 | The Russian Olympic Committee was suspended by the IOC over its participation in a state-sponsored doping program, and banned from the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. |
| September 2017 | IOC established the Olympic Refuge Foundation to support refugees over the long term. |
| 2016 | First participation in the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Majlinda Kelmendi won Kosovo's first Olympic gold medal in the women's -52 kg judo category. |
| 2016 | Alexander Popov concludes his IOC membership, and Yelena Isinbayeva becomes an IOC member for the Russian Olympic Committee. |
| 2016 | Ms. Tinyiko Lucert Kamanga from Copperbelt University participated in the NOC Zambia eqUIP Intern Programme for the 2016-2017 academic period. |
| December 6 2016 | International Cheer Union (ICU) and International Federation of Muaythai Amateur (IFMA) received recognition on the same date |
| August 5 2016 | The first-ever Refugee Olympic Team was introduced at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics, marking a historic moment for refugee athletes by providing them a platform to compete under the Olympic flag. |
| March 2016 | The Refugee Olympic Team category was officially created, establishing selection criteria based on sporting ability, verified UN refugee status, personal circumstances, and individual athlete backgrounds. |
| March 2016 | International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach announced the creation of the Refugee Olympic Athletes Team to raise global awareness of the migrant crisis in Europe. |
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