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Has the Olympic Movement sold its own public short by signing up with Eurosport?

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has criticised Boston for not delivering on its promises in the wake of its failed bid for the 2024 Olympic Games, adding the US Olympic Committee (USOC) is “committed” to delivering a replacement candidate.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today (Tuesday) unveiled changes to the bidding procedure for the 2024 Olympic Games and improvements to the host city contract for the 2022 winter Games as officials weighed up the news of Boston’s withdrawal as a bid city for the former event.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the International Olympic Committee to fully respect human rights commitments in preparing for and hosting the 2022 winter Olympic Games, adding the forthcoming decision over whether Almaty or Beijing will stage the event will provide an “extreme test” of the IOC’s new Agenda 2020 measures.

Lausanne 2020 has outlined the extensive commercial backing it has received for its bid to host the 2020 winter Youth Olympic Games, as the process nears its conclusion.

Audience ratings and trends for major events in 2014-15 including the Fifa World Cup, Winter Olympics, Tour de France and more, with data from Eurodata TV Worldwide.The Fifa World Cup 2014 generated the largest average audience for a major international sports event (as opposed to domestic leagues and competitions) in four of the five major European markets in 2014-15. 

World Rugby has called for urgent talks with the local organising committee for the 2019 Rugby World Cup after Japan’s Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, today (Friday) announced that the main venue for the tournament will not be completed in time.

The runners and riders for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games officially grew to five today (Wednesday) as the city of Budapest and Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB) confirmed their intention to bid.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has hailed Tokyo’s preparations for the 2020 Olympic Games as “outstanding” but has said a careful eye will need to be maintained on the cost of venues for the event.

In the end it was inevitable. As Marius Vizer stood amidst the smoking, smouldering ruins of SportAccord, the freshly re-elected president knew that he had no choice but to quit. 

Azerbaijan’s Sports Minister, Azad Rahimov, has said that the country could bid for the 2024 summer Olympic Games, but has called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to reduce its requirements for hosting the sporting spectacle.

As SportAccord’s future hangs in the balance, Elisha Chauhan looks at the potential consequences for the union of International Federations’ World Beach, Combat, Mind and Urban Games.

Budapest has today (Tuesday) taken another major step towards joining Boston, Hamburg, Rome and Paris in the race for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games after the city’s municipal assembly voted with an overwhelming majority to support a Hungarian bid.

Paris formally joined the bidding circle for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games today (Tuesday), with officials stressing the strong levels of support for the effort to return the event to the French capital for the first time in 100 years.

The organising committee for the Tokyo 2020 summer Olympics has unveiled a shortlist of eight international federations to be considered for inclusion at the Games.

The Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee has received a total of 26 applications from international sports federations proposing events to be included in the summer Olympic Games in five years' time.