European Olympic Committees (EOC)

Athletics
Governance

World Athletics’ plans to award prize money for gold medalists at the Olympic Games have been described as “discriminatory” by Spyros Capralos, president of the European Olympic Committees.
Multi-sport
Governance

Jan Lehmann, a former German Football League (DFL) and Infront agency executive, has been appointed as the first chief executive of the European Olympic Committees (EOC)
Multi-sport
Events

Istanbul will host the fourth edition of the multi-sport European Games in 2027 having pledged that no additional construction will be needed beyond existing venues or those already being planned for the…
Multi-sport
Events

The fourth edition of the European Games is staying in the east of the continent, with Turkey all but confirmed as the host country
Multi-sport
Media

Carving out digital clips to be used in-competition by athletes and sports bodies looks set to become the norm in media rights negotiations for events below the top tier, according to Glen Killane, executive…
Multi-sport
Host Broadcast & Production

Mediapro, the broadcast production group and rights agency, has been appointed as the host broadcaster for the 2023 European Games in Kraków and the Małopolska region. The Spain-based group will work with Polish company Festival Group to produce live coverage of the two-week event.
Multi-sport
Media

Spyros Capralos, president of the European Olympic Committees (EOC), is confident that the new European Games broadcast deal with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) consortium of public-service broadcasters…
Multi-sport
Media

Eurovision Sport, the sports arm of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) consortium of public-service broadcasters, has signed off on a media rights and host broadcast agreement covering the multi-sport…
Fencing
Events

The European Olympic Committees has announced the sport of fencing will return to the programme of the European Games for its next edition in Krakow-Malopolska in 2023
Events

Breaking has gained an additional showcase at a multi-sport event ahead of its Olympic Games debut at Paris 2024 with the announcement that it has been added to the sports programme for the 2023 European…
Football
Events

The European Olympic Committees has added beach soccer and kickboxing to the programme of events for its 2023 European Games in Poland
Table Tennis
Events

Table Tennis will be included in the 2023 European Games programme in Poland, the European Olympic Committee has confirmed
Events

The newly-elected president of the European Olympic Committees, Spyros Capralos, has pledged to do “much better work” in boosting the exposure of its flagship event, the European Games, following its pro…
Media

The European Olympic Committees (EOC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Eurovision Sport, the sports arm of the European Broadcasting Union consortium of public service broadcasters, to work…
Events

The Polish region of Silesia has been added to the hosting plan for the 2023 edition of the European Games multi-sport event, joining nearby Krakow and the Region of Malopolska
Governance

Acting European Olympic Committees president Niels Nygaard and International Olympic Committee member Spyros Capralos are both to stand for the permanent EOC presidency at elections to be held next year
Winter Sports
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Infront agency has agreed a four-year extension to its deal to exclusively market sponsorship rights to the Four Hills Tournament, ski jumping’s showpiece otherwise known as the Vierschanzentournee.
Governance

European Olympic Committees president Janez Kocijančič has died at the age of 78 after what the EOC described as a “sudden and severe” disease. T