Multi-sport

The Tokyo Organising Committee of the 2020 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games has signed a partnership agreement with non-profit humanitarian organisation the Nippon Foundation in a bid to drive the volunteer programme for the two events.

Brazil’s federal agency for Olympic legacy (AGLO) has said the cost of staging the 2016 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro has now risen to R$43.3bn (€11.68bn/$13.09bn), around R$14.5bn more than was originally projected.

Ban Ki-moon, former secretary general of the United Nations, has been proposed to become the new chair of the International Olympic Committee’s Ethics Commission.

The International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Coordination Commission has praised the Beijing 2022 Organising Committee for its efforts relating to sustainability ahead of the Chinese capital’s staging of the winter Games.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has confirmed that the governing body’s Executive Board has “unanimously approved” the award of the 2024 and 2028 summer Olympics at the same time.

The executive board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has today (Friday) approved the sports programme for the 2020 summer Games in Tokyo, Japan – an event the body has said will showcase youth and urban innovations and promote gender equality.

Innsbruck has taken a further step towards officially joining the bidding race for the 2026 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games after the Austrian government backed the effort.

LA 2024 chairman Casey Wasserman has suggested that Los Angeles would be open to hosting the 2028 summer Olympic Games.

Paris 2024 has hailed further backing for its effort to host the summer Olympic and Paralympic Games with the European Parliament, the legislative arm of the European Union, coming out in support of the bid.

Tony Estanguet, co-president of Paris’s bid to host the 2024 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, has refused to accept that the city is the favourite to be awarded the 2024 edition of the event.

Los Angeles 2024 has enhanced its bid for the summer Olympic and Paralympic Games by agreeing partnerships with North American basketball leagues the NBA and WNBA.

Alexander Zhukov, president of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), has said the country could bid to host the 2028 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The Tokyo Organising Committee of the 2020 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games has today (Wednesday) agreed an overall approach governing the division of roles and allocation of costs for the events, along with providing a revised budget and outlining plans to establish a new body to further drive down costs.

The Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB) has signalled its intention to return to the Olympic Games bidding circle after making an appointment designed to drive such ambitions.

A public hearing in Rio de Janeiro has hit out at the lack of legacy planning for the 2016 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, criticising the “white elephants” of the venues developed for the events.

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has welcomed a new national sports plan from the federal government that could see a national lottery introduced to boost funding for athletes.