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The Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee has launched a new programme which aims to boost public support ahead of the Japanese capital’s staging of the summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Global public relations firm Hill+Knowlton Strategies (H+K) has been awarded an 18-month international communications contract for the 2018 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said venue changes for rowing and canoeing, as well as volleyball, remain on the table for the 2020 summer Olympic Games following the conclusion of a three-day meeting in Tokyo today (Thursday).

A working group met for the first time today (Tuesday) to put forward venue options for a number of sports in a bid to cut costs for Tokyo’s staging of the 2020 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The local organising committee for the 2016 summer Olympic Games is facing legal action from hundreds of staff who claim they have yet to be paid for their work at the event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The potential relocation of rowing and canoeing events at the 2020 summer Olympic Games to a different venue in Japan has been called into question after the Tokyo metropolitan government stated that the redevelopment of the proposed site in Miyagi Prefecture might not be completed in time.

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The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has highlighted serious failings in the doping control system utilised at the 2016 summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, stating that only the “enormous resourcefulness and goodwill” of certain key staff prevented the platform from collapsing.

Nine more athletes have been retroactively disqualified from the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games following retests of their doping samples with enhanced techniques.

World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) president Craig Reedie has called on Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to step up the country’s financial contribution to the fight against doping ahead of Tokyo’s staging of the 2020 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The World Rowing Federation (FISA) has hit out at proposals to change the venue for rowing competitions at the 2020 summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, saying the current site is the only one that meets proper standards.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has suggested that some events at the 2020 summer Olympic Games should be staged in the north-eastern region of Japan that was devastated by the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach and Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike have agreed to establish a four-party working group in an effort to address increasing concerns over rising costs for the Japanese capital’s staging of the 2020 summer Olympic Games, as reports indicated that South Korea could potentially step in amid a dispute over the venue for rowing and canoeing.

International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach has pointed to the “political reasons” behind the withdrawal of Rome’s bid for the 2024 summer Olympic Games, adding that the development will not harm relations between the IOC and the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI).

Milan’s Mayor, Giuseppe Sala, has put forward his city for a potential bidder for the 2028 summer Olympics, should the 2024 Games be awarded to a non-European host.