Olympic Games

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Australian Olympic official John Coates warned that Brisbane's appointment as host of the 2032 Olympics was not yet ensured, ahead of a July 21 vote by the International Olympic Committee
Media

A group of Filipino media companies headed up by the chairman of telco PLDT, Manuel V. Pangilinan, have secured the broadcast rights for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics across the country
Sponsorship & Marketing

Randox Health, the UK’s largest Covid-19 PCR (polymerase chain reaction) testing provider, has signed a two-year sponsorship with the British Olympic Association as Team GB’s ‘Official Health Testing Partn…
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The Group of Seven nations has voiced support for member Japan's hosting of this summer's Olympics in Tokyo
Governance

The International Olympic Committee has finalised the sports and events programme for Paris 2024 and made several key decisions on the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics and LA 2028 Summer Games
Events

Brisbane is a step away from being confirmed the host of the 2032 Olympic Games after being put forward to the final stage of the selection process by the International Olympic Committee executive board…
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Indian Olympic Association has dropped Chinese sportswear maker Li Ning as its official kit partner after a public backlash in the country
Events

China has accused the US of “politicising sports” after a senior US politician said the country was lobbying allies for a ‘diplomatic boycott’ of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Ant
Finance & Law

The Association of Summer and Olympic International Federations said it has a “big job” on its hands when it meets with the International Olympic Committee to discuss how much revenue its federations wil…
Sponsorship & Marketing

Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo 2020 organising committee, has said that sponsors continue to support the hosting of the Games, despite reports that some Japanese backers have privately called…
Media

Malaysian pay-television broadcaster Astro, telco Telekom Malaysia (TM) and state broadcaster RTM have acquired the broadcast rights to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in a joint deal that is also understood to…
Events

The Paris 2024 organising committee says it is “on track” to hit two-thirds of its €1.1bn ($1.3bn) sponsorship target by the end of 2021, despite the ongoing difficulty of the Covid-19 pandemic. S
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The International Olympic Committee has teamed up with the International Paralympic Committee and the organising committees of the 2024, 2026 and 2028 Olympics to introduce a new global hospitality model,…
Events

International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound has said that it would take an “Armageddon” for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics to be cancelled.
Events

The Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee said its board has not discussed cancelling the Games after Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun became the first official partner to call for the cancellation of the Olympics…
Events

Cancelling the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics would cost Japan an estimated ¥1.8tn ($16.5bn/€13.5b
Sponsorship & Marketing

Investment management company XP has become one of four top-tier official sponsors of the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) in a deal from 2021 to 2024
Multi-sport
Media

Chinese digital media operators Tencent and Kuaishou have sublicensed on-demand and short-form video rights for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics from state broadcaster CCTV