Multi-sport

Korean Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn has vowed to strengthen the monitoring of major state projects as part of an effort to pre-emptively combat any threat of corruption during preparations for the PyeongChang 2018 winter Olympic Games.

The organising committee behind Rome’s bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games is facing fresh calls for a referendum to be held to establish whether or not the Italian capital’s population is in favour of staging the multi-sport showpiece.

The stadium earmarked to host track and field athletics during the 2016 summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is at the centre of a dispute over unpaid energy bills that has left the facility without power.

The team bidding to bring the 2024 summer Olympic Games to Rome has announced the 11 cities across Italy that would host football matches during the event.

Brazil Attorney General Rodrigo Janot has launched an investigation over alleged bribes that were paid to a lawmaker to help secure contracts for the construction of venues and facilities for the 2016 summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

The Japan Sport Council (JSC) has today (Tuesday) selected a scaled-back design by renowned architect Kengo Kuma as the new centrepiece of Tokyo’s staging of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The PyeongChang Organising Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (POCOG) has said it is on course to meet a deadline to stage its first test event, despite concerns from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Tokyo’s staging of the 2020 Olympic Games could end up costing the country around six times the amount first projected, according to reports, while one of the senior officials on the Games’ organising committee has today (Monday) announced his resignation.

Temporary power supplier Aggreko has today (Friday) confirmed that it has withdrawn from a tender to provide generators for the 2016 summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has published a new code with the aim of protecting the integrity of the Olympic movement and tackling manipulation in sport.

Prominent Chinese politician Guo Jinlong has been appointed president of Beijing’s organising committee for the 2022 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games as officials today (Tuesday) again downplayed concerns over air pollution in the city.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has opened up the possibility of a change in ticketing strategy for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games by launching an Invitation for Expression of Interest (IEI) process to secure a central supplier.

Temporary power supplier Aggreko has withdrawn from a tender to provide generators for the 2016 summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, according to the Reuters news agency.

A new round of independent testing on waterways in Rio de Janeiro that will stage events during the city’s hosting of the Olympic Games next summer have found locations further away from shore are just as polluted as nearer those nearer to land, where raw sewage flows into waterways.

Officials behind Rome’s bid for the 2024 Olympic Games have maintained they have no plans to hold a referendum on the subject, following the sinking of Hamburg’s bid on Sunday.

A funding plan has today (Tuesday) been agreed for Tokyo’s new National Stadium after months of dispute over the development of the centrepiece for the Japanese capital’s staging of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Thomas Bach, the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), feels the rejection of Hamburg’s bid to host the Olympic Games in 2024 will prove to be a “missed opportunity” for the city and for Germany.

Hamburg’s bid to host the 2024 Olympics has collapsed after the German city’s population voted against the project to secure the Games yesterday (Sunday).