Olympic Games
Events

The organising committee of the 2024 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris has presented a new venue masterplan as it continues efforts to achieve savings of around €400m ($476.4m).
Athletics
Events

The three-round qualification tournament before the first round of the Australian Open could be axed to guarantee the grand slam will only be delayed one week – The Age S
Multi-sport
Events

The committee responsible for planning Salt Lake City’s proposed bid for a future Winter Olympic Games has said that the Covid-19 pandemic “hasn’t dampened our enthusiasm” for hosting the Games. Fra
Events

International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach has stated no IOC rules were broken by payments of more than $8m (€6.7
Multi-sport
Events

Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, has said he is confident spectators will be able to attend next year's Tokyo Olympic Games, following a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister…
Media

A pool of six free-to-air Thai channels are to broadcast live coverage of Tokyo’s rescheduled 2020 Olympics after details were announced at a press conference in Thailand.
Finance & Law

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has agreed to boost the Olympic Solidarity budget for the next four-year cycle by 16 per cent, and has expressed renewed confidence that it will have fans in venues…
Media

Spanish public broadcaster TVE is not looking to acquire all broadcast rights in the country to next year’s rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympics in a deal with rights-holder Discovery in a bid to save costs, a…
Gymnastics
Events

Coronavirus control measures that may be employed at next year's Olympics were trialled at a gymnastics event in Tokyo at the weekend, in what was Japan's first international sports event since the pandemic…
Governance

SportBusiness speaks to with industry insiders in the Asia-Pacific region for their views about the adoption of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) benchmarking measures in sports and the importance ESG will have in the future.
Multi-sport
Events

Japan will lessen Covid-19 immigration curbs for athletes traveling to the country for competition or training in the run-up to next year’s Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, government sources said.
Events

The Italian government has approved investment of €1bn ($1.1
Events

Indonesia has stepped up its bid plans for the 2032 summer Olympics and Paralympics, with President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) ordering the formation of a special committee to oversee the effort, while Vancouver…
Football
Attendance

The Beijing 2022 Organizing Committee is actively trying to involve more disabled people in benefiting from the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games – China.o
Events

Vancouver City Council will tomorrow (Wednesday) discuss a motion that could lead to the Canadian city launching a bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics
Basketball
Events

Two torches that will be used in the Olympic and Paralympic torch relays at the postponed Tokyo Games next summer have started an eight-month tour of Tokyo
Industry Moves

The organising committee for the Milan-Cortina 2026 winter Olympics has recruited Fifa’s Giulio Alessandrini as head of venue design and overlay.
Events

The organising committee for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games has announced its refund policy for ticketholders who are unable to attend the two rescheduled events in 2021