Multi-sport

Slovenian biathlete Teja Gregorin has today (Thursday) been named as the sole athlete that tested positive for banned substances at the 2010 winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada, following re-analysis of samples taken during the sporting spectacle.

PyeongChang Organising Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic winter Games (POCOG) president and chief executive, Lee Hee-beom, has said construction has been completed for all competition and non-competition venues, as the Korean county aims to stage the most athlete-focused edition of the event.

Papa Massata Diack, the man at the heart of multiple probes into the bidding processes for major sporting events, is said to have sent an email on the day Tokyo secured the right to stage the 2020 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games warning of the need to “lock” down African votes to prevent them going to rival bidder Madrid.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee for the Japanese capital city’s hosting of the summer Olympic and Paralympic Games have agreed to place a key focus on legacy as preparations continue the sporting spectacle.

The Swiss government has given its backing to Sion’s proposed bid for the 2026 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, stating it will provide up to CHF995m (€872m/$1.04bn) to support the project.

Brazilian federal prosecutors have issued formal charges against Carlos Nuzman, the figurehead of the 2016 summer Olympic Games and former president of the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB), along with five other officials in the scandal surrounding the bidding process which saw Rio de Janeiro secure hosting rights to the event.

The Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) has today (Tuesday) announced the termination of its commercial partnership with ticketing agent THG in the wake of the scandal surrounding the 2016 summer Olympic Games.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has revealed further details behind its plan to refresh the approach to bidding for the winter Olympics in the wake of this week’s news of Innsbruck’s exit from the 2026 Games process.

Salt Lake City in Utah, United States, has established a committee to investigate a possible bid for the 2026 or 2030 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, while the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has spoken of its “disappointment” that Innsbruck will not enter the race to host the 2026 Games.

The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) has confirmed that it is interested in bidding for the winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, but has admitted that it would prefer to stage the 2030 event so as not to interfere with Los Angeles’ hosting of the 2028 summer Games.

Innsbruck’s bid for the 2026 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games is set to be shelved after becoming the latest proposal for the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) showpiece event to fail to find favour with local residents.

Paulo Wanderley has been elected to replace Carlos Nuzman as president of the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) after the latter confirmed his resignation yesterday (Wednesday) following his arrest last week for allegedly ‘buying’ votes for Rio’s successful bid for the 2016 summer Olympics.

The PyeongChang Organising Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic winter Games (POCOG) has agreed a financial partnership with the Korea Airports Corporation (KAC) as concerns continue over ticket sales for next year’s events.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced that only one athlete was found to have used banned substances following re-analysis of samples taken during the 2010 winter Olympic Games in Vancouver.

The Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee has today (Friday) suspended Carlos Nuzman after the president of the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) was arrested amid a probe into an alleged vote-buying scandal.

Brazilian federal prosecutors have claimed to have uncovered evidence that payments allegedly made to secure Rio’s hosting rights for the 2016 summer Olympic Games surpassed $2m (€1.7m).