New Vice President Andrew Parsons was also elected together with 10 Members at Large for the IPC Governing Board.

Irkutsk became the 65th city to host the Sochi 2014 Olympic Torch Relay. The Two-hundred-and-twenty-seven torchbearers carried the Olympic flame through the streets of Irkutsk, covering a distance of 34.3 km. Among the Olympic torchbearers were the winners of the competition organized by the Presenting Partners of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Torch Relay, the Coca-Cola Company, OSAO "Ingosstrakh" and OAO "Russian Railways".

From November 8 to 19, Sanki Sliding Center in Sochi is hosting the international bobsleigh and skeleton training week - the last International Test Event for the Olympic Games. The event was staged by the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee in cooperation with the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation (FIBT).

A Soyuz rocket carrying the torch for the Sochi Winter Olympics has docked with the International Space Station, as part of efforts to showcase next year's games in Russia.

In an event featuring the most popular sport of Lithuania, holding the Presidency of the EU Council, the diplomats assisting the Permanent Representatives have on November 4 in Brussels won a basketball contest against their colleagues assisting the Deputy Permanent Representatives.

Last Thursday was very successful for Žalgiris basketball players, as they have won with SIG Strasbourg (France) with the score 88:64 and achieved their first victory in Euroleague Basketball.

'Lotus' racing driver Romain Grosjean has reached the best time on Friday's training in Abu Dabi GP.