Amateur sports and national olympic committee or TASANOC said as hosting co-rights holder, it should be kept in the loop.

This is despite backing from the National Olympic Committee in November.

The opening of the Oceania National Olympic Committee General Assembly is today in Queenstown.

The Afghan National Olympic Committee donated a plot of land.

The fund is backed by the Samoa Weightlifting Federation and the National Olympic Committee.

The president of the Kiribati National Olympic Committee, David Collins, has praised the weightlifter's effort.

The Samoa Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee is reviving Samoa Games next month.

As a result the IOC has urged national Olympic committees to discuss the matter with athletes.

But France's national Olympic committee (CNOSF) said they were carried in case of an emergency.

We launched a dialogue between the interested national Olympic committees and a special commission in the IOC.

Europe's national Olympic committees also scrapped a congress they were due to hold next month in Eilat.

The IOC suspended Kuwait in October 2015, accusing the government of interference in its national Olympic Committee.

The latest Virtual Medal Table forecasts a total of 84 National Olympic Committee's will win an Olympic medal.

The Georgian National Olympic Committee (NOC) and its athletes wore black stripes as they marched in.

However, Mr Fakakovikaetau said the National Olympic Committee still needs to discuss a potential hosting bid with the government.

A National Olympic Committee of Thailand spokesman said Vanessa-Mae would be welcome to race for Thailand if she qualified.