International Olympic Committee (IOC)
Events

Fifa said it would not require football clubs to release players for international matches in March and April, and recommended the halting of internationals in that period
Multi-sport
Sponsorship & Marketing

The British Olympic Association has announced that it will further relax its Rule 40 marketing guidelines, marking the end of a legal conflict between the BOA and a group of British athletes led by sprinter…
Events

Senior executives at three of Tokyo 2020’s sponsors have reportedly stated the summer Olympic Games will likely be postponed due to coronavirus, with executive board member Haruyuki Takahashi stating a…
Multi-sport
Events

The International Olympic Committee's executive board will propose that its 2023 Session is hosted in Mumbai, with a decision to be taken at the next IOC Session, in Tokyo in July
Football
Events

Fifa and the Asian Football Confederation have moved towards postponing upcoming matches in the joint qualifying competition for the 2022 World Cup and the 2023 Asian Cup
Rugby Union
Events

The Six Nations rugby union clash between Italy and England in Rome on March 14 has been postponed until later this year as the country continues to attempt to stem the tide of its coronavirus outbreak
Weightlifting
Governance

International Weightlifting Federation president Tamás Aján has resigned as an honorary member of the International Olympic Committee's executive board.
Multi-sport
Media

Live events accounted for 71 per cent of all video views during the Olympic Channel’s coverage of the recent Winter Youth Olympic Games in the Swiss city of Lausanne, with viewers' average watch time i…
Multi-sport
Events

The executive board of the International Olympic Committee has approved the Paris 2024 organising committee’s plans for a new urban sports arena near the Champs-Elysées and also given the green light fo…
Multi-sport
Events

US network tops 2016 Rio sales with nearly five months to go before Games set to start
Multi-sport
Events

The International Olympic Committee’s executive board has today released a statement expressing its “full commitment” to ensuring this year’s Summer Games in Tokyo go ahead as planned between July 24 and …
Badminton
Events

Motorcycle racing championship MotoGP has cancelled its season-opening race in Qatar that was due for March 8
Multi-sport
Events

Officials behind a potential bid for Salt Lake City to host the 2030 or 2034 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games have pledged to make the process transparent and frugal
Sponsorship & Marketing

A majority of athletes believe they should have the right to build and sell their brands at the Olympic and Paralympic Games, according to a new survey
Events

Dick Pound, the long-serving member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has estimated there is a three-month window to decide whether the 2020 summer Olympic Games will proceed as planned in…
Mixed Martial Arts
Other

China has forfeited its away Davis Cup tennis match against Romania next month as its team cannot travel due to the coronavirus epidemic. The match was scheduled for March 6-7
Sponsorship & Marketing

Tokyo 2020 has expanded its sponsorship with Japanese electronics firm NEC to cover a new product category, "Private Network Radio Systems"
Beach Volleyball
Other

This year's Tokyo marathon is being confined to 200 elite runners due to the coronavirus outbreak, wiping out the mass participation element that would have involved 38,000 amateur runners