International Olympic Committee (IOC)

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has today (Wednesday) released the report by its Evaluation Commission into the bids of Los Angeles and Paris for the 2024 summer Olympic Games, stating their proposals are as “good as it can possibly get” for the multi-sport showpiece.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) will not take part in this year’s vote to select a host city for the 2024 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, according to the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

International Olympic Committee vice-president John Coates has insisted that the final cost of staging the Tokyo 2020 summer Games should not “scare off” future applicant cities.

Alexander Zhukov, president of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), has said the country could bid to host the 2028 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

France’s newly-elected President, Emmanuel Macron, threw his weight behind Paris’ bid to secure the 2024 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) concluded its visit to the capital today (Tuesday).

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said it has no plans to move the 2018 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games from Pyeongchang in South Korea despite ongoing tensions with neighbouring country North Korea.

North American ice hockey league the NHL has confirmed it will not participate in the 2018 winter Olympic Games, stating no “meaningful dialogue” has materialised to convince it of the benefits of disrupting its season so its stars can compete in Pyeongchang.

The benefits of staging the Olympic Games are not being sold persuasively enough, according to Kevin Roberts.

A free report, commissioned from SportBusiness by the Budapest 2024 Olympic Games bid, surveying attitudes to, and media consumption habits around, the Olympic Games.

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has agreed to pay the travel and insurance costs of NHL players for the 2018 winter Olympic Games in a bid to ensure their participation at next year’s event in Pyeongchang, according to the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

The International Olympic Committee’s Executive Board has today (Friday) approved the Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium as an additional host venue for baseball and softball events during the 2020 summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has moved to further strengthen its position on the future reform of the global anti-doping system by publishing a 12-point action plan for a more robust and independent mechanism.

Los Angeles 2024 bid chiefs have said US President Donald Trump will make changes to his travel ban should the city win the right to stage the summer Olympics, and have added that their sole focus is on the 2024 Games amid speculation the International Olympic Committee (IOC) could seek to award hosting rights to two events in September.

Frankie Fredericks has stepped down from senior roles within the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) after a newspaper report that he received almost $300,000 (€282,500) from disgraced marketing consultant Papa Massata Diack.

In the ‘fake news’ era, sport has an opportunity to be seen as a bastion of authenticity for brands, according to Kevin Roberts.

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