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Tokyo 2020 adds Japan Keirin Autorace Foundation as Official Contributor
The Japan Keirin Autorace foundation (JKA) will contribute financially to the maintenance of the Izu Velodrome Tokyo 2020 track cycling venue under a new deal with the Games' organisers
Closure of Rio’s Olympic Park ordered amid security risk
Rio de Janeiro’s Olympic Park, which hosted a number of events during the Brazilian city’s staging of the Olympic Games in 2016, has been ordered to close due to a lack of security at the site.
2020 Youth Olympics give Lausanne chance to take lead in driving ‘new Games’ era
Lausanne is home to dozens of sports organisations but, until recently, its event-hosting capabilities and ambitions have been relatively modest. How will the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games change the landscape? Bradley Rial reports.
British Airways to support BOA for fourth consecutive Olympics
The British Olympic Association (BOA) has expanded its commercial portfolio ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games by signing up British Airways as an official airline partner
Gangwon confirmed as 2024 Winter Youth Olympics host
The International Olympic Committee on Friday voted to award the Winter Youth Olympic Games in 2024 to Gangwon Province in South Korea
Sapporo, Salt Lake City, Barcelona in running for 2030 Winter Olympics
The International Olympic Committee has confirmed it is in talks with Sapporo, Salt Lake City and Barcelona about hosting the 2030 Winter Olympics
Bach pleads against political protest at Olympics as new IOC rules forbid it
International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach has asked politicians and athletes to keep politics out of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Gangwon set to host 2024 winter YOG, Baseball5 to feature at Dakar 2022
The Gangwon province in South Korea appears set to be awarded hosting rights for the 2024 winter Youth Olympic Games after the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Executive Board submitted the proposal t…
Lausanne 2020 claims athlete record, outlines media coverage
The number of athletes competing at this year's Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne is 1,872, up 40 per cent on the previous edition in Lillehammer in 2016
OCA president says Tokyo 2020 will ‘display the power and unity of Asia’
The president of the Olympic Council of Asia, HE Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah, said the Tokyo 2020 Olympics would "display the power and unity of Asia", in a New Year's Day message
High-speed rail line connecting Beijing 2022 sites starts running
A new high-speed rail line connecting Beijing and Zhangjiakou, the co-host cities of the 2022 Winter Olympics, has opened
More than 610,000 apply to volunteer at Beijing 2022
The organisers of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics have received more than 610,000 applications to volunteer at the event since a global recruitment campaign began on December 5
Qi An Xin becomes cyber security sponsor of Beijing 2022
Software company Qi An Xin has been appointed the Official Cyber Security Service and Anti-Virus Software Sponsor of the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
Discovery and DR divide up Denmark’s Tokyo 2020 sports coverage
Danish public-service broadcaster DR and Discovery Networks Denmark have divided up the split of their exclusive television coverage for next year’s summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, with the former having m…
Tokyo 2020’s promise to be “the most innovative” Olympics in history takes shape
In the third of a trilogy of interviews with the Tokyo 2020 organising committee, SportBusiness speaks to Hideyo Hirata, head of the innovation promotion office and deputy executive director of technology services.
Local organising committee formed for Milan-Cortina 2026
The organising committee for the 2026 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo has been officially created.
Queensland’s 2032 Olympics bid receives state government green light
The Australian state of Queensland has confirmed that it will push ahead with a region-wide bid to host the 2032 Summer Olympic Games, if it can secure the necessary government funding
Seven and Optus team up to offer Tokyo 2020 in 4K
Australian free-to-air commercial broadcaster Seven will team up with telco Optus to develop a channel to provide 4K ultra-high-definition coverage of next summer’s Olympic Games in Tokyo.