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Dutch public-service broadcaster the NOS will continue as the exclusive free-to-air broadcaster of the Olympic Games in the Netherlands, securing rights to the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing and the 2024 Summer Games in Paris. 
Multi-Sport
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Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games president Seiko Hashimoto has said that organisers are preparing for the scenario that no spectators will be present at the Olympic and Paralympic Games later this year
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Athletes participating in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be tested daily for Covid-19 as part of a series of new measures aimed at containing the spread of the virus at the Games
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Australia’s federal government has provided guarantees that it will cover half of the costs if Brisbane is awarded the 2032 summer Olympic Games, further boosting the city’s status as the International Oly…
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Tokyo Olympics organising committee chief Seiko Hashimoto said cancelling the upcoming Games is not being considered, as Japanese cities entered new, two-week 'states of emergency' to control Covid-19…
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The International Olympic Committee has this morning announced that it has partnered with five international sports federations, game publishers and DreamHack Sports Games to launch the first-ever, Olympic-licensed…
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International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach has said he is confident a large number of athletes and delegates at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will have received their Covid-19 vaccine in time for…
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Olympic TOP sponsor Airbnb has launched a plan to provide elite athletes, Olympians and Paralympians with Airbnb accommodation credits
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A decision on whether domestic spectators will be allowed to attend the Tokyo 2020 Olympics may not be made until June, having originally been set for this month
Football
Governance

International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach has said that the existing structure of European sports is under threat as he weighed in on the proposed breakaway competition The Super League
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Brisbane’s Gabba stadium is set for a renovation after being earmarked as the centrepiece of the city’s 2032 Olympic bid.
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has again expressed unease at Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo 2026’s plans to utilise a redeveloped sliding venue for the winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, but has p…
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US President Joe Biden has expressed his support for Japan’s effort to hold a “safe and secure” Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer, amid growing pandemic concerns in the country. I
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The tide of negative Japanese public opinion over the staging of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games during the Covid-19 pandemic will turn, International Olympic Committee vice-president John Coates has said
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Governance

The US government said it is not discussing a joint boycott of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics with its allies, following comments Tuesday that suggested it wanted to do so
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Governance

A US State Department spokesman said the country 'wished to discuss' with its allies a joint boycott of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, although stopped short of saying whether the country would be in…
Winter Sports

Guy Horne, managing director and founder of specialist consultancy H&A Media, looks at viewing patterns for winter sports in China and asks how the IOC can win over new generations of fans in the country