Olympic Games

Multi-sport
Sponsorship & Marketing

Business services company PricewaterhouseCoopers and software company Suirui Group have agreed deals to be Official Suppliers of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics
Multi-sport
Stadia

A report by Japanese financial firm SMBC Nikko Securities has estimated that Japan's gross domestic product would be reduced by 1.4 per cent, equivalent to ¥7.8tn ($75bn), if the Tokyo Olympics was cancelled.
Sponsorship & Marketing

France-based sportswear firm Le Coq Sportif has been awarded various kit supply rights at the 2024 summer Olympics in Paris, plus the 2022 winter Olympics in Beijing, in a wide-ranging deal with the Paris…
Multi-sport
Sponsorship & Marketing

Digital bank Starling has agreed a deal to become the official banking partner of Team GB for this summer’s Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Rugby Union
Events

The Six Nations rugby union clash between Italy and England in Rome on March 14 has been postponed until later this year as the country continues to attempt to stem the tide of its coronavirus outbreak
Host Broadcast & Production

International media company Discovery has opened a new technology hub in the Dutch city of Hilversum to store and distribute live sporting productions. Discovery has invested close to €40m ($44.5
Multi-sport
Media

Live events accounted for 71 per cent of all video views during the Olympic Channel’s coverage of the recent Winter Youth Olympic Games in the Swiss city of Lausanne, with viewers' average watch time i…
Multi-sport
Events

The executive board of the International Olympic Committee has approved the Paris 2024 organising committee’s plans for a new urban sports arena near the Champs-Elysées and also given the green light fo…
Multi-sport
Events

US network tops 2016 Rio sales with nearly five months to go before Games set to start
Events

Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund has cancelled plans to tour Asia this summer due to the coronavirus outbreak
Multi-sport
Events

The International Olympic Committee’s executive board has today released a statement expressing its “full commitment” to ensuring this year’s Summer Games in Tokyo go ahead as planned between July 24 and …
Sponsorship & Marketing

Delta Air Lines has signed an eight-year deal as a founding partner of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles 2028 and a supporter of the US Olympic and Paralympic teams
Swimming
Governance

Chinese swimmer Sun Yang, a multiple world and Olympic champion, is to appeal the eight-year ban he was given in a Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling last Friday
Badminton
Events

Motorcycle racing championship MotoGP has cancelled its season-opening race in Qatar that was due for March 8
Multi-sport
Events

Officials behind a potential bid for Salt Lake City to host the 2030 or 2034 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games have pledged to make the process transparent and frugal
Multi-sport
Sponsorship & Marketing

Australian financial services company Westpac has agreed a deal to become the official banking partner of the Australian Olympic team
Events

In an effort to build support for its bid to host the 2032 Olympics, Indonesia's National Olympic Committee plans to build an Indonesian Village, also called the House of Indonesia, within the Tokyo 2020…
Events

Japanese advertising and sports marketing agency Dentsu yesterday ordered its 5,000 employees at its Tokyo headquarters to work from home, after a staff member tested positive for the coronavirus