Nawaf Bin Faisal: Out of IOC

Prince Nawaf Bin Faisal Bin Fahd Bin Abdelaziz, who in late June was replaced as head of the General Presidency of Youth Welfare (GPYW), has now resigned as president of the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee. In a statement on 11 July, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said that, as a result, his membership of the IOC had also been ended. It is not clear why Prince Nawaf, who is in his 30s, is leaving the roles. He had been a national Olympic committee representative since 2006, and head of the GPYW since early 2011; in 2012, he left another role as head of the Saudi Arabia Football Federation.