Olympic Games

Basketball
Events

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has announced that its 3x3 Olympic Qualifying Tournament will be held in the Indian city of Bengaluru between 18 and 22 March
Media

Eurosport Germany is to broadcast daily live coverage from the German House at the 2020 Olympic Games after reaching an agreement with Deutsche Sport Marketing, the commercial of the German Olympic Sports…
Winter Sports
Events

The Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) executive board has approved Sapporo’s bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics.
Multi-sport
Media

Mexican commercial broadcaster TV Azteca and pay-television operator Televisa have announced that they will provide coverage of this year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Swimming
Sponsorship & Marketing

Swimwear company Speedo has extended its sponsorship of the Australia Paralympic Team to cover a fourth consecutive Paralympics
Technology

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch relay will use hydrogen fuel at certain stages as part of the organisers' efforts to hold an environmentally friendly Games
Boxing
Media

The International Olympic Committee's Olympic Channel will provide exclusive global digital coverage of the five boxing qualification events for Tokyo 2020 taking place between February and May
Multi-sport
Events

The organisers of Tokyo 2020 celebrated their six-months-to-go mark with a fireworks display in the city and a confident statement that "preparations for a successful Games are on schedule"
Sponsorship & Marketing

Fitness equipment brand Technogym has become the 67th the domestic sponsor of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games as a third-tier Official Supporter
Skateboarding
Events

Street League Skateboarding (SLS), the sport’s leading professional series, has announced its schedule for the 2020 season ahead of skateboarding’s Olympic debut in Tokyo this summer.
Archery
Governance

World Archery has lifted a suspension on the Archery Association of India that would have stopped Indian archers competing under their flag at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Sponsorship & Marketing

Japanese clothing retailer Aoki Inc and sportswear company Asics yesterday unveiled the official uniforms of the Japanese national team and the technical officials working at the Games
Winter Sports
Events

A report on Chinese winter sport consumption habits by the China Tourism Academy and online Chinese tour operator Ctrip has said the number of winter sports tourists during the 2018-19 season hit 224 million
Multi-sport
Media

The NBC Olympics division of US media company NBCUniversal has extended its partnership with social media platform Snapchat to cover the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo
Sponsorship & Marketing

Regulation has limited the extent to which China’s sporting stars can capitalise on their sporting prowess via commercial deals. But recent rule changes by the General Administration of Sports offers new possibilities. Chen Yaolin investigates.
Boxing
Events

Tokyo 2020 qualifying events in boxing and women's football scheduled for next month in Wuhan, China will be moved due to the coronavirus outbreak
Boxing
Governance

The International Boxing Association (Aiba) is considering a rebrand as it tries to overcome multiple issues that saw the International Olympic Committee (IOC) strip it of its Olympic status last June
Media

Czech public broadcaster Česká Televize will continue its long-running coverage of the Olympics after negotiating the acquisition of sublicensed rights to the 2022 winter Games in Beijing and the 2024 s…