Paralympic Games
Media

NBCUniversal has announced it will broadcast a record 1,200 hours from the Tokyo Paralympics this summer, including inaugural primetime coverage on the main NBC network.
Sponsorship & Marketing

Competitor-led movement Global Athlete has called on the sponsors of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and International Paralympic Committee (IPC) to support its calls for greater freedom of expression…
Multi-sport
Events

The International Olympic Committee's executive board meets today (Wednesday) to discuss preparations for the Tokyo Olympics, but is not expected to consider cancelling the event amid increasing scrutiny…
Para Sport
Media

The Infront agency has won a high-profile piece of new business after acquiring the European broadcast rights to the Beijing 2022 and Paris 2024 Paralympic Games
Para Sport
Events

The International Paralympic Committee Governing Board has approved the provisional sports programme for the 2026 Winter Paralympics
Events

The Australian state of Queensland is set to restart work on a Brisbane-centred bid for the 2032 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games after the project went into a six-month hiatus due to Covid-19
Governance

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is to provide €1.8m ($2.2m) worth of funding to its 200-plus member organisations in 2021 in efforts to combat the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Media

Free-to-air coverage of Tokyo’s 2020 Paralympics, which will take place next summer, will be shown by broadcasters in at least 24 sub-Saharan African countries thanks to an agreement announced by the I…
Events

A new co-operation agreement has been signed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) that ensures Para sport’s continued involvement at the Commonwealth G…
Events

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

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is seeking a host city for its next general assembly in December 2021, while it is also looking to fill the newly-created position of a full-time chief Paralympic…
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…
Athletics
Events

The Australian Institute of Sport is to provide funding of more than A$115m ($82.1m/€69.7
Rowing
Sponsorship & Marketing

British Rowing has extended its contract with global analytics partner SAS. The deal will now run until December 2021, meaning it will cover the rescheduled 2021 Olympic Games and Paralympics in Tokyo
Industry Moves

The organising committee for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games has named Mikako Kotani as its new sports director
Media

The Beijing Organising Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (BOCOG) has signed two co-operation agreements with state media company China Media Group
Media

The International Paralympic Committee has begun preparing the ground for its sale of broadcast rights in Europe to Paris’ 2024 Paralympics and Beijing’s 2022 winter Paralympics by starting a continent-wide req…