Lausanne

The deal is key to the IOC, because the Lausanne, Switzerland-based organization relies heavily on revenue from Comcast to maintain the financial security it needs to stage the Olympics and Paralympic Games.

The only UK entrant at the coveted Prix de Lausanne ballet competition has seen a childhood dream realised after scooping three awards.

Hezbollah’s financial arm and business side, which it would need to rebuild, remains operational, said Joseph Daher, who wrote a book on Hezbollah and teaches at Lausanne University in Switzerland.

Candidates will make presentations to the full IOC membership at a private meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, in January.

George Mills finished last in the men's 1500m - nine seconds behind Ingebrigtsen - but there were some positive results for other British athletes in Lausanne.