Multi-sport
Additional lower-tier deals help Birmingham Commonwealth Games hit sponsorship target
The recent Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games exceeded their sponsorship target after additional tier two and tier three agreements more than offset any shortfall from revenues generated in the tier one…
Uefa’s Uva ‘lined up’ as new CEO of Milan-Cortina 2026
Uefa executive Michele Uva is being lined up to swap European football’s governing body for the chief executive role at Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026, local organising committee for the Winter Olympic a…
Birmingham Mayor calls for regional backing to address World Games debt
Randall Woodfin, Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, has called on the US city’s regional partners to assist in addressing over $15m (€15.1m)
O’Neal to chair Victoria 2026 Organising Committee
Peggy O’Neal, the first female president of an AFL Australian rules football club, has been appointed as chairperson of the Victoria 2026 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee.
EBU flags strong European Championships viewing figures in eight key markets
Close to 170 million hours of live coverage of the 2022 European Championships were viewed in the first six days of the multi-sports event in Munich, according to early data reported by the European Broadcasting…
Tokyo 2020 official, Aoki executives ‘arrested on suspicion of bribery’
Japanese prosecutors have arrested former Tokyo 2020 organising committee executive Haruyuki Takahashi and three men associated with fashion company Aoki Holdings on suspicion of bribery, according to…
Over 4m domestic TV viewers for Munich 2022 athletics
Live coverage of the athletics events at Munich’s multi-sports European Championships netted an average audience of 4.15 million viewers last night on ARD, the German public broadcaster.
Germany ‘thinking about’ Olympic bid after Munich’s staging of European Championships
Thomas Weikert, president of the German Olympic Sports Federation (DOSB), has revealed that the governing body is considering a future bid for the Olympic Games amid Munich’s successful staging of the E…
Cost of staging Milan-Cortina 2026 set to surpass €2bn
The budget for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo is set to rise to more than €2bn ($2.04bn).
Gymnastics, sport climbing and triathlon breach 2m audience barrier on ARD
Gymnastics, sport climbing and triathlon events at Munich’s European Championships have all attracted audiences of over 2 million viewers on ARD, the German public-service broadcaster.
European Championships founders retain belief in concept, heightened centralisation on the way
Creators of the European Championships are sticking steadfastly to the concept of the multi-sports event despite doubts over future participation of major sports, and are planning a near full centralisation…
Ukrainian public broadcaster awarded free rights as Munich 2022 gets underway
UA:PBC, the national broadcaster in Ukraine, has been allocated rights free of charge to the 2022 European Championships in Munich
EOC president Capralos confident EBU deal will solve European Games’ exposure problem
Spyros Capralos, president of the European Olympic Committees (EOC), is confident that the new European Games broadcast deal with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) consortium of public-service broadcasters…
Indonesia bidding to host 2036 Olympics in new capital city
Indonesian president Joko Widodo has instructed officials to bid to host the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Games in the yet-to-be-built city of Nusantara, according to the country’s youth affairs and sports m…
Birmingham 2022 breaks BBC streaming record, TV figure down on Glasgow 2014
The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games broke the event’s streaming record for the BBC with over 57 million streams, although the total television viewing figures were down from the 2014 Games in Glasgow.
EBU members to air over 3,500 hours from Munich’s European Championships
The European Broadcasting Union consortium of public-service broadcasters has announced that the 2022 European Championships in Munich are set to receive around 500 additional hours of coverage from its…
Four sports added to Bali 2023 World Beach Games programme
The Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) has announced that 3x3 basketball, air badminton, rowing beach sprint and surfing have been added to the sports programme for next year’s World Beach G…
Saudi Arabia submits bid to host 2029 Asian Winter Games in Neom
The Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee (SAOC) has submitted a bid to host the 2029 Asian Winter Games