International Olympic Committee (IOC)
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A coalition of 160 human rights groups have written a joint letter to the International Olympic Committee calling on it to revoke its decision to award Beijing the 2022 Winter Olympics because of China’s h…
Events

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has said “important and intensive discussions” will take place in the coming weeks over Covid-19 countermeasures for Tokyo’s summer Olympic Games…
Sponsorship & Marketing

Self-confessed 'Olympophile' Lee Gibbons, managing director of the Sport Unlimited agency, explains why the values and strategies attached to Olympic sponsorships translate so well to today's market in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Cricket
Events

International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said "important and intensive discussions" were taking place in the coming weeks about Covid-19 counter measures for the Tokyo Olympics
Events

Kevin Roberts speaks to Christopher Carroll, the IOC's director of digital engagement and marketing, about how the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games has challenged the IOC to raise its games and accelerate its digital engagement and marketing programme.
Events

The International Olympic Committee has questioned the validity of a study from Oxford University that criticised the organisation for its failure to address hosting cost overruns
Badminton
Finance & Law

The French Open tennis championship at Roland Garros later this month will allow entry to up to 11,500 fans per day - Reuters/CNA
Events

John Coates, the vice-president of the International Olympic Committee, has said that the Tokyo Olympic Games will go ahead in 2021 regardless of the status of the Covid-19 pandemic
Multi-sport
Events

A study from the University of Oxford claims the Tokyo Olympics are the most expensive Summer Games on record, with expenditure set to increase further due to the one-year postponement
Cricket
Events

Chinese streaming platform PP Sports is going to sue the English Premier League over the termination of their media-rights contract for the 2019-20 to 2021-22 cycle, according to Chinese news service Beijing…
Athletics
Events

Chinese company LD Sports is to walk away from its £7.5m ($9.8m/€8.3m
Sponsorship & Marketing

The four-year extension to the International Olympic Committee’s TOP sponsorship with technology partner Atos – starting after the Tokyo 2020 Summer Games – was contracted at an increase on the previous deal,…
Events

Terence Burns remembers how a game of table tennis thawed relations between the US and China and shows how the Olympic Games can provide an antidote to an increasingly polarized world.
Events

International Olympic Committee vice-president and chair of the Coordination Commission for Tokyo’s summer Olympic Games, John Coates, has said organisers are still planning for events to be held with f…
Multi-sport
Events

Qatar has confirmed an interest in bidding to host the 2032 Olympic Games, joining a race that potentially includes India, the Australian state of Queensland, Shanghai, and a joint bid by North and South…
Multi-sport
Media

CBC Gem, the OTT platform of Canadian public service broadcaster CBC, has signed a carriage with the International Olympic Committee to carry the body’s Olympic Channel TV.
Sponsorship & Marketing

Olympic sponsors have rallied around the cause of athletes in response to the postponement of Tokyo 2020 with at least four brands creating new athlete-focused programmes
Sponsorship & Marketing

Consumer goods company Procter & Gamble (P&G) has extended its Worldwide Partnership deal with the International Olympic Committee for the next four Olympic and Paralympic Games