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Temporary power supplier Aggreko has withdrawn from a tender to provide generators for the 2016 summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, according to the Reuters news agency.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

Ty Votaw, vice-president of the International Golf Federation (IGF), has said Rio de Janeiro’s new golf course must adhere to an agronomy scheme if it is to effectively deliver the sport’s return to the Olympic Games next summer.

President Dilma Rousseff has confirmed that foreigners visiting Brazil for next summer’s Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro will not require a visa, while a government watchdog has raised doubts over the country’s security plans ahead of the showpiece events.

Hamburg has reinforced its status as a host of major sports events ahead of the crucial referendum on its bid to stage the 2024 Olympic Games by landing a Grand Slam event on the International Volleyball Federation’s (FIVB) Beach Volleyball World Tour.

The Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB) has claimed 16 European countries have agreed to back Budapest’s bid for the 2024 Olympic Games.

Construction work on Tokyo’s National Stadium, the centrepiece of the Japanese capital’s staging of the 2020 Olympic Games, will not begin until early 2017, it has been confirmed.

The Professional Squash Association (PSA) has today (Friday) stepped up its campaign against the World Squash Federation (WSF) by stating that a ‘Global Task Force’ has been proposed which will function independently from the sport’s world body.

Rome and Los Angeles have both moved to strengthen their bid teams for the 2024 Olympic Games.

World Squash Federation (WSF) president N Ramachandran has defended his position after the Professional Squash Association (PSA) criticised his leadership amid the sport’s repeated failed efforts to secure Olympic status.