Olympic Games

Multi-sport
Marketing

Olympics 'TOP' partner Toyota is supplying 20 autonomous vehicles to move athletes and staff around the Olympic and Paralympic villages at Tokyo 2020
Sponsorship & Marketing

Global Athlete, the body that exists to give athletes a stronger voice in sport, has called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to mandate all National Olympic Committees (NOCs) to relax their…
Sponsorship & Marketing

The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) has updated its Rule 40 marketing guidelines for athletes, giving them greater freedom to associate with sponsors during Olympic and Paralympic…
Basketball
Events

Basketball world governing body Fiba announced that India will host the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Qualifying Tournament for 3x3 basketball in March 2020
Events

The number of security staff at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics is likely to fall considerably short of the required amount, leading to organisers to reach out to Japan's Self-Defence Forces for help
Boxing
Governance

The International Olympic Committee is racing to organise a series of continental qualifiers in early 2020 while also preparing for the Tokyo 2020 games, and revealed they are still working with boxing's…
Multi-sport
Media

Claro Sports, the broadcaster owned by Carlos Slim's Mexican telecoms giant América Móvil, is to offer free content from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on YouTube through its editorial tie-up with Spanish m…
Industry Moves

The Olympic Council of Malaysia has confirmed Michelle Chai as its new chief operating officer, to take office from October 7
Rugby Union
Events

The organising committee of the 2020 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo has moved to cancel around ¥180m (€1.5m/$1.7m
Multi-sport
Sponsorship & Marketing

Technology firms Alibaba Cloud and Intel have unveiled plans for joint work on broadcast-related technology at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
Winter Sports
Stadia

Gangwon Province Governor, Choi Moon-soon, has revealed legacy plans for three venues from the 2018 winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, adding that a bid is set to be made for the 2024 winter Youth Olympic…
Hockey
Governance

Malaysian Hockey Confederation president Datuk Seri Subahan Kamal has criticised the Asian Hockey Federation for failing to protect the continent's interests in the sport
Events

The Beijing Organising Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games has launched the events' official mascots at a ceremony at the Shougang Ice Hockey Arena
Technology

Chinese technology company iFlyTek has agreed be an official partner for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics to supply automated translation software for the event
Multi-sport
Sponsorship & Marketing

The organising committee for the 2024 summer Olympics in Paris is set to issue an invitation to tender aimed at sportswear manufacturers as it seeks a single kit supplier for the various French teams
Sponsorship & Marketing

The International Olympic Committee has agreed a new partnership with Chinese textile company Hengyuanxiang Group (HYX) spanning the next two editions of the Olympic Games
Multi-sport
Governance

Seiko Hashimoto, a female Japanese lawmaker and former Olympian, has been appointed the country's new Olympics minister in a cabinet reshuffle by prime minister Shinzo Abe
Events

A delegation from the Australian proposal to host the 2023 Summer Olympic Games visited the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne yesterday (Tuesday) to discuss its potential bid, winning praise…