Multi-sport

The organising committee for the 2020 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Japan Anti-Doping Agency (Jada).

The organising committee for the 2018 Pyeongchang winter Olympic Games has taken steps to enhance the security measures in place during the event amid rising tensions in the Korean peninsula.

The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) is to discuss the possibility of a bid for the winter Olympics next month.

The Korea Federation of Banks (KFB) has entered into a strategic partnership with the organising committee for the Pyeongchang 2018 winter Olympic Games, through which it will purchase KRW1bn (€745,000/$880,000) worth of tickets in a bid to generate local interest in the event.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Pyeongchang 2018 have today (Friday) maintained that safety and security are among their primary concerns for next year’s winter Olympics after France’s Sports Minister, Laura Flessel, said its team would not travel to South Korea if there is any doubts regarding the growing tension in the region.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has refused to rule out the prospect that the historic dual awarding of hosting rights for the 2024 and 2028 summer Olympics could be repeated for future editions of the winter Games, while Buenos Aires is said to be considering a bid for the 2032 summer Olympics.

Golf and rugby sevens will remain on the programme for the 2024 summer Olympic Games in Paris, the International Olympic Committee has confirmed.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said the first group of Russian athletes suspected of being part of a doping ring at the 2014 winter Olympic Games are poised to be charged, while it has fired another warning shot at weightlifting amid its reform efforts.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has called on organisers of the 2018 winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea to enhance promotion and ticket sales efforts in order to help create a lasting legacy in the country.

Ban Ki-Moon, former secretary general of the United Nations, has been elected as the new chair of the International Olympic Committee’s Ethics Commission.

Alexander Zhukov, the head of the Russian Olympic Committee, has expressed his confidence that his country will be well represented at the 2018 Pyeongchang winter Olympics despite 17 national anti-doping organisations calling for Russian athletes to be banned from the Games.

Paris was formally confirmed as host of the 2024 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games on Wednesday, while Los Angeles landed the 2028 Games, as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) broke with decades of tradition in what president Thomas Bach claimed was a “win-win-win” situation.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has again insisted that next year’s winter Olympic Games will go ahead as planned in Pyeongchang, South Korea, despite rising tensions in neighbouring North Korea.

The International Olympic Committee’s lawyers have contacted Brazilian investigators to request evidence surrounding allegations of wrongdoing by Carlos Nuzman, the former head of the organising committee for the Rio 2016 summer Olympic Games.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed that Los Angeles meets all the criteria needed to host the summer Olympics as its new masterplan for the 2024 and 2028 Games prepares to be rubber-stamped tomorrow (Wednesday), while the US has been linked with a possible bid for the 2026 winter Olympics.

International Olympic Committee executive committee member and president of the International Ski Federation (FIS), Gian Franco Kasper, has insisted that the IOC has no plans to move next year’s winter Olympic Games from Pyeongchang, South Korea amid rising tensions in North Korea.