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International Golf Federation president Peter Dawson is doubtful that a planned test event for the sport can be staged a year ahead of the 2016 summer Olympics due to the slow progress of a revamp of the designated course for the Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Brian Cookson, the president of the International Cycling Union (UCI), has suggested that summer Olympics indoor sports could be switched over to the programme for the winter Games.

Jacek Majchrowski, the Mayor of Krakow, has announced that he will hold a referendum on whether the Polish city should bid to host the 2022 winter Olympic Games.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has stressed that a “constant, concerted and integrated effort” is needed for Rio 2016 to successfully deliver its Olympic Games, following the conclusion of its Coordination Commission’s latest visit to the city.

The Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes, conceded that work on a large cluster of venues for the 2016 summer Olympic Games is behind schedule as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) reminded local organisers of Sochi’s “meticulous planning” for its winter Games when a three-day inspection visit commenced in the Brazilian city.

Tokyo 2020 has bolstered its organising committee for the city’s staging of the summer Olympic Games, addressing criticism of its existing ageing and male-orientated make-up by adding 28 new members.

Sergej Gontcharov, the chief executive of Lviv’s bid to host the 2022 winter Olympic Games, has admitted that the current political upheaval in Ukraine means the city’s campaign to land the event is “very uncertain.”

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed that the applicant cities of Krakow, Oslo, Almaty, Lviv and Beijing all met today’s deadline for submission of their application files to host the 2022 winter Games.

Berlin is interested in bidding for the 2024 summer Olympic Games, according to the German capital’s Mayor Klaus Wowereit.

Could France’s new €68-million home of cycling be the springboard to fulfilling a Parisian Olympic dream? Owen Evans reports.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has hit back at critics of Sochi’s winter Olympics whose main concern was “competition in international politics,” adding the Games helped to “open Russia’s soul” to the world.

PyeongChang 2018 has announced that the total cost of its staging of the winter Olympic Games is expected to be around $9bn (€6.6bn), expressing its hopes that the event will showcase a “truly developed” Korea 30 years on from Seoul’s hosting of the 1988 summer Games.

International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach hailed the “excellent” Sochi winter Olympic Games and the “amazing” transformation of the host city in Russia after the event drew to a close yesterday (Sunday).

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has stated that future Olympic bidders may have to meet a specific anti-discrimination rule modelled on the Olympic Charter’s Principle 6 if they are to be awarded the Games.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has said he is keen to add a women’s event in Nordic combined to future winter Olympic Games programmes – a move that would break down the last bastion of male-only competition at the event.