Olympic Games

France’s Court of Auditors has made a number of recommendations to the organising committee for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris amid concerns over security operations and transport links f…

Manolo Romero, founder of Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS), the host broadcast arm of the International Olympic Committee, has died at the age of 81

A report by Japan’s audit board has revealed that the cost of staging last year’s Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games has jumped to ¥1.7tn (€12.2bn/$12.9bn) – around 20 per cent more than the ¥1.423.8tn annou

The ongoing corruption scandal surrounding the Tokyo 2020 Olympics has prompted the city of Sapporo and the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) to pause promotion of their bid to host the 2030 Winter Games

The International Olympic Committee has announced a deal with media group Viacom18 for exclusive rights across the Indian subcontinent to the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris

Naomichi Suzuki, governor of Japan’s Hokkaido prefecture, has admitted that the ongoing corruption scandal surrounding the Tokyo 2020 Olympics has had a negative impact on Sapporo’s bid to host the 203…

The International Olympic Committee’s Coordination Commission for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Milan-Cortina has carried out its first on-site meeting in Italy, with 2023 pinpointed a…

The Australian Olympic Committee has launched its inaugural climate action plan, which includes a commitment to a 30-per-cent reduction in its emissions by 2024 with a view to being net zero by 2040

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has delayed an announcement on hosting rights for the 2030 Winter Olympics so it can study a report from its Future Host Commission which proposes the idea of…

The International Olympic Committee has announced that it will lift the suspension of North Korea's National Olympic Committee (NOC) at the end of the year, while it has expressed “serious concern” ove…

Encouraging by its staging of the Fifa World Cup, officials in Qatar are aiming to host the Summer Olympics in 2036, according to media reports

Åsa Edlund Jönsson, head of sport at Swedish public broadcaster SVT, has resigned from her position to become general secretary of the Swedish Olympic Committee (SOK).

A commercial advisory group to the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) is to review the “challenges” posed by recent International Olympic Committee initiatives, including the…

The International Olympic Committee is targeting more content creation outside of Games time following the recent global distribution deal with Netflix for ‘The Redeem Team’ documentary on the US men’s baske…

Jérôme Parmentier is to be promoted to the role of the International Olympic Committee’s vice-president of broadcast and media rights when Anne-Sophie Voumard, the incumbent in the position, becomes man…

British Columbia’s government has announced that it will no longer be supporting a bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympic Games due to high costs and other upcoming events taking place in the Canadian province.

The International Olympic Committee has said video media coverage of this year's Winter Olympics in Beijing had a total audience of 2

Shinichi Ueno, president of Japanese advertising firm ADK Holdings, has been arrested in connection with the corruption scandal over sponsorship deals for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, while…