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A new report published by the International Academy for Sports Science and Technology (AISTS) has highlighted the “increasing positive impact” that the presence of the International Olympic Committee and…

Chinese ecommerce brand JD.com has agreed a deal to sponsor the Chinese freestyle skiing team ahead of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. JD's designation will be official partner of the team

François Carrard, former International Olympic Committee director general and a key figure in global sports governance, has died at the age of 83.

The organising committee for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris has agreed a sponsorship deal with French optician chain Optic 2000

Organisers of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics have released second editions of the guidebooks for participants aimed at minimising Covid-related risks at the event

The Canadian city of Vancouver has begun the process of assessing the feasibility of hosting the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics based on British Columbia's successful staging of the Games in 2010

The International Olympic Committee has said Beijing is "very much on track" in terms of its preparations to host next year's Winter Olympics, following the latest report from the local organising committee

The UK and Canada will join Australia and the US in not sending officials to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, in protest against alleged human rights abuses by China

Chinese officials have hit back at the US 'diplomatic boycott' of Beijing 2022, saying the move violates the Olympic charter and reiterating an earlier promise of "resolute countermeasures

The US government will not send officials to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics next year in a 'diplomatic boycott' that it says is based on concerns over human rights issues in China

The International Skating Union Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final will not take place in Osaka next week as originally planned due to Japan closing its borders as part of measures to address the new Omicron…

Sapporo has confirmed a revised budget plan for its bid to host the 2030 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, with the Japanese city set to hold a public survey on the matter next year

Carlos Nuzman, the former president of the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) and figurehead of the 2016 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, has been sentenced to 30 years and 11 months…

A potential diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games by the US or other Western countries would be “a meaningless gesture”, the World Athletics president Sebastian Coe has said. 

The US government is still considering a 'diplomatic boycott' of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics to signal concern over alleged human rights abuses by China, according to news reports

The Japanese city of Sapporo is reportedly planning on reducing costs involved with its bid for the 2030 winter Olympic Games by up to 20 per cent