Olympic Games
LA28, Team USA strike Fanatics merchandise agreement
LA28, the organizing committee for the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, has secured a wide-ranging merchandise and omnichannel retail agreement with global merchandise giants Fanatics ahead…
Uefa’s Uva ‘lined up’ as new CEO of Milan-Cortina 2026
Uefa executive Michele Uva is being lined up to swap European football’s governing body for the chief executive role at Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026, local organising committee for the Winter Olympic a…
Tokyo 2020 official, Aoki executives ‘arrested on suspicion of bribery’
Japanese prosecutors have arrested former Tokyo 2020 organising committee executive Haruyuki Takahashi and three men associated with fashion company Aoki Holdings on suspicion of bribery, according to…
Germany ‘thinking about’ Olympic bid after Munich’s staging of European Championships
Thomas Weikert, president of the German Olympic Sports Federation (DOSB), has revealed that the governing body is considering a future bid for the Olympic Games amid Munich’s successful staging of the E…
Cost of staging Milan-Cortina 2026 set to surpass €2bn
The budget for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo is set to rise to more than €2bn ($2.04bn).
Cricket Australia sets out plans for Big Bash revival, Brisbane 2032 inclusion
Cricket Australia has outlined the revitalisation of the Big Bash League (BBL) and the inclusion of cricket at the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games as two of its top priorities over the next…
Indonesia bidding to host 2036 Olympics in new capital city
Indonesian president Joko Widodo has instructed officials to bid to host the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Games in the yet-to-be-built city of Nusantara, according to the country’s youth affairs and sports m…
ICC ‘invited to present case’ for cricket at LA 2028, 33 sports bid for Paralympics inclusion
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has invited the International Cricket Council (ICC) to present the case for including the sport at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games, according to reports
TVP’s Paris 2024 output in line with Tokyo after Warner Bros. Discovery deal
A Paris 2024 sublicensing deal struck between TVP and Warner Bros
Paris 2024 announces ticketing plans and events schedule, amid Macron budget meeting
Paris 2024 has announced the first ticketing pricing plans for the Olympic and Paralympic Games and confirmed the events competition schedule, as French President Emmanuel Macron hosted a meeting designed…
Banques Populaires and Caisses d’Epargne to sponsor Paris 2024 torch relay
French banking brands Banques Populaires and the Caisses d’Epargne have been announced as official sponsors of the torch relay for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
LA28 sets official dates for 2028 Olympics
Official countdown begins for highly anticipated Games
NFL, IFAF unveil ‘Vision28’ to place flag football in LA Olympics
The National Football League and International Federation of American Football have unveiled the newly-formed “Vision28” group, which will lead flag football’s efforts towards inclusion at the 2028 Su…
Nordic combined future in doubt as IOC approves Milano Cortina 2026 sports programme
The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) has hit out at the International Olympic Committee’s “surprising and disappointing” decision to exclude women’s Nordic combined from the 2026 Winter …
Tokyo 2020 cost $10.45bn, say organisers
The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (OCOG) has confirmed the staging of last year’s postponed events cost ¥1.423.8tn (€9.91bn/$10.45bn
Fiba against moving Paris 2024 basketball to Lille
The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has rejected a proposal to stage some basketball matches during the Paris 2024 Olympics at the Pierre-Mauroy Stadium in Lille as organisers search for a new…
Skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing must wait until LA 2028 for IOC revenue share
The Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF), the umbrella organisation for the summer Olympic federations, has amended its statutes to allow sports to receive a share of Olympic…
LLDC reboots sponsorship offering as London Stadium naming deal search continues
Nathan Homer, chief commercial officer of the London Legacy Development Corporation, admits that the body has made mistakes in its search for a naming rights sponsor for the London Stadium, venue for the London 2012 Olympics and home of West Ham United, but a reboot of the organisation's commercial offering has created a more brand-friendly proposition.