Multi-sport

Hungary’s supreme court has rejected the latest effort to hold a national referendum on Budapest’s bid to host the 2024 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The World Olympians Association (WOA) has called for the reintroduction of the so-called ‘Osaka Rule’ in the wake of the findings of the second part of the independent World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) report into doping in Russian sport.

Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes has protested his innocence after a state court froze his assets amid an investigation by public prosecutors into whether he improperly waived an environmental fee for the company that built the golf course developed for the 2016 summer Olympic Games.

The world of sport today (Friday) reacted to the latest findings from the second and final part of an independent commission report, led by Canadian law professor Richard McLaren, into Russian doping with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) stating they demonstrate a “fundamental attack” on the integrity of the Olympic Games and on sport in general.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has said a Russian boxer and Romanian weightlifter will be stripped of medals won at the 2016 summer Olympic Games after failing doping tests in Rio de Janeiro.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today (Thursday) cleared the three remaining candidate cities for the 2024 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games to progress to the final stage of the bidding process, as president Thomas Bach called for reform of the system to avoid creating too many “losers”.

The International Olympic Committee Executive Board has approved venues for baseball/softball, karate, skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing at the Tokyo 2020 summer Olympic Games.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has today (Wednesday) elected to extend the provisional sanctions imposed on Russia in July amid the allegations of widespread doping in sport in the country.

Prospects for a Swiss bid for the 2026 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games have been boosted after the federal government rallied behind the project, stating it is prepared to grant financial backing.

Los Angeles 2024 has revealed details of a “no surprises” budget plan for its bid for the summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, claiming $5.3bn (€5bn) will be enough to cover both operational and infrastructure costs.

Brexit and the election of Donald Trump suggest a world that is rejecting globalisation. But sport can provide a counterbalance and an antidote to an an increasingly inward looking planet, says Kevin Roberts.

Technology may be shaping the future of sport but SnapRapid CEO Russell Glenister thinks there is a deeply ingrained conservatism towards tech start-ups in European sports organisations.

Tokyo 2020 has laid out the proposed venues for the five new sports on the programme for its summer Olympic Games, as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today (Friday) repeated its mantra that the current proposed budget for the event is not acceptable.

US President-elect Donald Trump has spoken with International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach to “express his strong support” for Los Angeles’ bid to host the 2024 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Budapest 2024 has today (Wednesday) hailed the abandonment of a proposed citywide referendum on its bid for the summer Olympic and Paralympic Games saying the move proves the proposal was a “damp squib”.

Toshiro Muto, chief executive of the organising committee for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, has today (Wednesday) pledged to keep the total costs of hosting the sporting spectacle below Y2tr (€16.6bn/$17.6bn).