The president's son is also chairman of Iraq's National Olympic Committee, owns several newspapers, and runs a television station.
BBC: News | Middle East | Iraqi police arrest assassin suspects
Overseas fans will be able to use other cards if purchasing tickets from their national Olympic committee, rather than London 2012 sites.
This led to Adel Ali, Secretary General of Iraq's National Olympic Committee, announcing a commitment to better funding for sport in Iraq.
Sports leaders, including Manfred Ewald, the head of East Germany's National Olympic Committee from 1973 until 1990, were convicted in the doping programs.
CNN: Athlete says sports steroids changed him from woman to man
After Rashid's victory, Secretary General of Iraq's National Olympic Committee, Adel Ali, said his organisation was committed to providing better funding for sport in the country.
In the first half of last year, according to the national Olympic Committee, four of its athletes tested positive for drugs compared with 42 in all of 1994.
Classified as an asset of the Italian National Olympic Committee.
Only a few days before its July announcement that the two women would attend, the Saudi National Olympic Committee said it could not find a woman qualified enough to compete.
"Clearly this is a mistake, we will apologize to the team and the national Olympic committee and steps will be taken to ensure this does not happen again, " organizers said in a statement.
The company cut its budget by almost half for games coverage which was a real draw during the 2009 event in Cyprus hitching a ride on the plane chartered by the national Olympic committee to make the numbers work.
WSJ: Cyprus Gets Another Financial Bailout, This Time For Athletics
The national Olympic committee will have to firm up funding for the Mediterranean Games, which are being held in late June in Mersin, Turkey geographically close to Cyprus yet difficult to reach because of the frayed relations between the countries.
WSJ: Cyprus Gets Another Financial Bailout, This Time For Athletics
The teen and her father signed an agreement with Saudi Olympics officials that she would be allowed to compete only if she wore "correct and approved" clothing that "sticks to Islamic principles, " according to Saudi National Olympic Committee representative Razen Baker.
The peace-deal was apparently brokered by the chairman of Cameroon's National Olympic and Sports Committee, Colonel Kalkaba Malboum.
In accordance with their usual procedures, the IOC is now notifying the athletes through their own National Olympic Committees, although the Italian Olympic Committee confirmed one of their male athletes was among those who tested positive.
The Australian Olympic Committee paid tribute to Norman's belief in social justice and the longevity of his national 200m record.
应用推荐