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Tokyo 2020 will reportedly need ¥43.8bn (€363.3m/$389.9m) to develop or improve the 11 venues for the summer Olympic Games that are located outside the capital, plus a further ¥50bn to transform the athletes’ village into housing after the event, as the organising committee said it would seek to scale back test events as a means to cut costs.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is faced with the prospect of the bid race for the 2024 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games being reduced to two contenders after a threshold was met to stage a referendum on Budapest’s bid.

Two major sports integrity initiatives have been established at the International Olympic Committee-backed International Forum for Sports Integrity.

The World Rowing Federation’s (FISA) Extraordinary Congress has voted to replace the men’s lightweight four discipline with the women’s four at the 2020 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, in a move designed to help create gender equality.

Swiss Olympic will press on with a bid for the 2026 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games led by the city of Sion after voters in the canton of Graubünden opted to reject a second proposal for the event.

With exactly one year to go until the start of the Pyeongchang winter Olympics, Robin Jellis found out how Discovery Communications is commercialising its groundbreaking rights deal for the Games.

Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) president Tsunekazu Takeda, along with other officials, has been questioned by Tokyo prosecutors in relation to a scandal connected to payments made in the city’s successful bid for the 2020 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK) will continue to operate after the country’s government accepted a court ruling overturning an order to disband the organisation.

US President Donald Trump has offered his full backing to Los Angeles’ bid to host the 2024 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games but has admitted he is unsure whether his stance on immigration will have a negative effect on the project.

Kasumigaseki Country Club, the venue that is due to host golf events during the 2020 summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, has today (Tuesday) opted to postpone a decision as to whether it will end a ban on accepting women as full members.

The teams behind Budapest, Los Angeles and Paris’ bids for the 2024 summer Olympic Games are now allowed to promote their projects outside their national boundaries after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) confirmed the start of the final phase of the candidature process.

Andy Fry looks at Alibaba's TOP partnership deal with the IOC and what it means for the Olympic Movement.

Russia has today (Wednesday) lost its latest Olympic Games medal after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) issued sanctions against runner Antonina Krivoshapka for doping offences during the 2012 summer Olympic Games in London.

Senior officials from the NHL have said the North American ice hockey league is likely to pass on participating in the 2018 winter Olympic Games unless there is major movement in talks, while the prospect of introducing jersey sponsorship has also been dismissed.

The Swedish Olympic Committee (SOK) has today (Friday) said it will press on with a potential bid for the 2026 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games led by Stockholm following favourable results presented by a feasibility study.

Budapest 2024 has today (Thursday) hailed a “magnificent endorsement” of its plans to host the 2024 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games as the city assembly gave its backing for the final candidature submission for the bid.