Multi-sport

The Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) is set to grant membership to sports accepted as additions to the Olympic programme for the 2020 summer Games in Tokyo.

Paris 2024, the organising committee behind the French capital’s bid to host the 2024 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, has today (Tuesday) launched a public engagement initiative as part of an effort to gather ideas from citizens of the country.

The emergence of the Zika virus in Brazil has provided organisers of the Rio 2016 Olympics with a major headache. Dominic Bliss explored how event hosts tackle the outbreak of disruptive diseases.

The operational upheaval surrounding the 2016 Olympics has continued with the resignation of the commander of a Brazilian security force involved in preparations for the upcoming summer Games in Rio de Janeiro.

The Lagardère Sports agency has been commissioned by Budapest 2024 to lead an international consortium to advise the Hungarian capital on its bid to host the summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

A federal court in Brazil has blocked funding for construction work at the Deodoro complex where 11 sports are set to be held at the 2016 Olympic Games, amid suspicion of corruption.

Quebec City Mayor Regis Labeaume has said the Canadian city would consider sharing events with Calgary, Vancouver and the US resort of Lake Placid should it go ahead with a bid for the 2026 winter Olympic Games.

Tokyo 2020 has announced a change in strategy for its gymnastics venue, with the planned temporary arena set to be converted to a permanent facility for the Olympic Games by 2019.

The head of the California Senate has introduced a bill that will provide up to $250m (€226.9m) in financial guarantees as part of Los Angeles’ bid for the 2024 summer Olympic Games.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has today (Friday) insisted that the country must host a winter Olympics that is as “clean as the snow” in 2022.

The Brazilian government has voted to pass new anti-doping legislation in a move that brings the country in line with guidelines set out by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) ahead of this year’s Olympic Games.

The PwC Hungary division of professional services network PricewaterhouseCoopers has extended its association with Budapest 2024 after being selected to lead a consortium to deliver advisory services for the Hungarian capital’s bid for the Olympic Games.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said PyeongChang is on course to deliver a successful 2018 winter Olympic Games, but has maintained a lot of work remains in the remaining two years before the event.

Tokyo 2020 organisers have said Fukushima could stage the opening rounds of the baseball and softball tournaments at the Olympic Games, while organising committee president Yoshiro Mori has criticised the part played by Sports Minister Hiroshi Hase in the latest setback to hit plans for the centrepiece of the event.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said it is retesting hundreds of doping samples from the 2008 Olympics in a bid to identify any potential drug cheats before they can compete in this year’s summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

World Rugby chairman Bernard Lapasset has confirmed he will not seek re-election in May and will instead focus on his role as co-chairman of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games bid committee.