International Olympic Committee (IOC)

Boxing

Gafur Rakhimov has offered an “olive branch” to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after securing the presidency of the International Boxing Association (Aiba) on a full-time basis, however the…
Multi-sport

North and South Korea have today (Friday) agreed to inform the International Olympic Committee (IOC) of their intention to co-host the 2032 edition of the summer Olympic Games
Other

Craig Reedie has hit back at renewed calls for him to resign as president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) stating that such a move would not “be productive” for either the organisation or the Int…
Licensing & Merchandising

Ambition to create licensing programme set out in Agenda 2020 Organisation creates three categories to trade on heritage, iconography and values of the Olympics
Events

Calgary’s bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games is still alive after federal and provincial governments agreed on a funding proposal that would make more public dollars available to p…
Events

Naheed Nenshi, the mayor of Calgary, has threatened to cancel the city’s bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics unless an agreement on funding is reached.

The organising committees of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo and the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, under which both organisations will cooperate on the…
Multi-sport
Events

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has rejected calls for it to cover a funding shortfall for the CAD $5.23bn (USD $4bn) Calgary 2026 Winter Olympics project
Sports Betting

Angela Ruggiero, chief executive and founder of the Sports Innovation Lab, and former Olympic gold medallist spoke at the recent SportBusiness Summit in Miami about the impact of sports betting on athletes and the technology sector.
Governance

Senegal has been confirmed as the host of the 2022 summer Youth Olympic Games at the 133rd IOC Session in Buenos Aires. The country has thus become the first African host of any Olympic event
Events

IOC president Thomas Bach has said Indonesia has submitted a letter confirming it will bid for the 2032 Summer Olympics, reports Gamesbids.com.
Events

The International Olympic Committee has approved an optimised venue concept for the 2024 summer Olympic Games in Paris, with a new “iconic” venue amongst the changes introduced across multiple sports.
Winter Sports
Events

The Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) has confirmed that its official bid to host the 2026 Olympic Games will comprise Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, with Turin dropping out.
Multi-sport
Events

The Japanese city of Sapporo has become the latest candidate to drop out of the race to host the 2026 Olympic Games, while the Calgary City Council has voted to continue with its bid
Events

Senegal is set to become the first African nation to host an Olympic event after the IOC executive board recommended it to host the Youth Olympics in 2022
Multi-sport
Events

In what continues to represent a stand-off between the Olympic movement and the world of esports, International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach (pictured) has reiterated his insistence that violent …
Multi-sport
Events

The International Olympic Committee provisionally lifted a ban on Kuwait late yesterday (Thursday), just two days before the start of the Asian Games multi-sport event in Indonesia
Governance

The International Federation of Kitesports Organisations (IFKO) has called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to intervene in a dispute over the positioning of kiteboarding in the sports movement