Olympic Games

Multi-sport
Sponsorship & Marketing

Energy company China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG) has signed as the 'Official Power Generation Partner' of the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing 2022
Surfing
Governance

International Surfing Association (ISA) president Fernando Aguerre has called for the governing body to receive a share of Olympic Games revenues distributed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC),…
Football
Media

Chinese streaming platform China Mobile Migu will carry live and on-demand coverage of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and the 2022 Fifa World Cup, under a deal with state broadcaster…
Multi-sport
Governance

The Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has been banned from attending the Tokyo Olympic Games next year by the International Olympic Committee as part of a series of provisional sanctions outlined…
Events

Breakdancing has been confirmed for its summer Olympic Games debut at Paris 2024, as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) approved an event programme and athlete quotas which have seen boxing and…
Media

Radio France, the public-service radio broadcaster in France, has acquired non-exclusive radio rights to the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris in a deal with broadcast group and rights-holder Discovery
Events

The Australian state of Queensland is set to restart work on a Brisbane-centred bid for the 2032 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games after the project went into a six-month hiatus due to Covid-19
Sponsorship & Marketing

Several British athletes are facing financial challenges after Nike reduced its spend on player endorsement deals as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic
Multi-sport
Events

The cost of the postponed Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games is now reported to be around ¥294bn (€2.3bn/$2.8b
Multi-sport
Attendance

Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics organisers have received refund requests from about 18 per cent of the people in Japan who bought tickets for the Games. With about 4
Multi-sport
Events

Athletes at next year’s Tokyo Olympics will be required to follow a code of conduct aimed at minimising pandemic-related risks and could face punishment for non-compliance.
Governance

Parkour Earth has written to the International Olympic Committee, urging the body to reject the application of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) to include the sport of free running on the…
Governance

Thomas Bach will stand as the only candidate in the election for president of the International Olympic Committee next year
Events

About ¥100bn (€800m/$957m) will be required for anti-virus measures at the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics next year, according to reports in Japan.
Multi-sport
Events

The Tokyo Games organising committee believes the postponement of the Olympics and Paralympics will push up costs by around ¥200bn ($1.9bn/€1.6bn), according to Japanese news reports.
Multi-sport
Media

Danish government-owned broadcaster TV2 and public-service broadcaster DR have agreed sub-licensing deals with media company Discovery for rights to the 2022 winter Olympics in Beijing and the 2024 summer…
Modern Pentathlon
Events

Global modern pentathlon federation, UIPM, has submitted proposals to introduce new more broadcast-friendly formats for the Paris 2024 summer Olympics
Multi-sport
Events

Chinese officials have poured cold water on reports last week that the cities of Chengdu and Chongqing were lining up a bid for the 2032 edition of the summer Olympic Games