Multi-sport

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has entered into a partnership with the C40 Cities initiative in an effort to work towards more sustainable editions of future Olympic Games.

The JTB travel agency will position a luxury cruise ship at Yokohama Port in order to provide rooms to visitors during the 2020 summer Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Calgary’s proposed bid for the 2026 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games has received a boost with the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) voting unanimously to approve the candidature.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has cleared the path for the winter Olympic Games to be staged in Asia for the third consecutive event after reportedly stating that this would not impede a bid for the 2026 Games by the Japanese city of Sapporo.

The International Olympic Committee has praised Paris for its commitment to staging the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in line with Olympic Agenda 2020 principles as the body concluded its first visit to the French capital since it was awarded the hosting rights.

The organisers of the 2024 summer Olympics in Paris have scaled back construction plans for the Games in response to concerns expressed by the French government’s financial inspectors that they were facing a potential overspend of up to €500m ($616m).

Sion’s bid to host the 2026 winter Olympics has collapsed after the majority of voters in the Swiss canton of Valais refused to approve a financial commitment of CHF100m (€86m/$102m) towards the Games.

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and football legend Pele have denied involvement in, or knowledge of, a corruption scheme that involved vote buying to secure the 2016 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games for Rio de Janeiro.

Pyeongchang 2018 president Lee Hee-beom has stated that this year’s edition of the winter Olympic Games returned a multi-million dollar surplus.

An exploratory committee put in place to assess the viability of bringing the winter Olympic Games to Denver, Colorado in 2030 has recommended that city and state leaders pursue a bid, but only with approval in advance through the staging of a referendum.

India has confirmed plans to submit a bid for the 2032 edition of the summer Olympic Games, as well as the 2030 Asian Games multi-sport event.

Stanislav Pozdnyakov has today (Tuesday) pledged to return Russia to full competition after being elected as the new president of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC).

The Japanese city of Sapporo is weighing up realigning its bid for the winter Olympic and Paralympic Games to target the 2030, rather than 2026, event.

Swiss Olympic, the City of Sion and the Canton of Valais have reached an agreement in principle with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that will allow them to spread the financial obligations of bidding for the 2026 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has pledged to support peace talks between North and South Korea.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has today (Thursday) confirmed it will appeal the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s (CAS) decision to overturn or reduce doping bans given to 28 Russian athletes at the Swiss Federal Tribunal.