Multi-sport

The 2022 winter Olympic Games in Beijing will “undoubtedly” help to advance human rights in China, according to a spokesperson for the local organising committee.

Los Angeles City Council has struck a deal with the US Olympic Committee (USOC) that will make the city the new 2024 Olympic Games bidder from the US pending final approval later today (Tuesday), according to multiple reports.

The Japanese government has signed off on plans to slash construction costs for Tokyo’s new national stadium by 42 per cent.

Los Angeles City Council has delayed a decision on whether the city should move ahead with a bid for the 2024 Olympic Games, stating it needs more time to digest details of a draft plan revealed earlier this week.

The Japanese government plans to cut construction costs by a third for Tokyo’s new National Stadium under plans set to be discussed tomorrow (Friday), while Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has reiterated its belief that starting the project again from scratch would present an “unnecessary risk”.

Officials behind the proposed bid from Los Angeles for the 2024 Olympics have released further details concerning financial and venue plans as the city council prepares to vote on the proposal later today (Wednesday).

Japan’s Olympics Minister Toshiaki Endo has said he cannot guarantee that organisers of Tokyo’s Olympic Games will be able to meet the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) demand that the city’s new National Stadium is delivered by January 2020.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has been granted the authority to negotiate a deal to put the city forward as a candidate to host the 2024 Olympic Games.

International Sailing Federation (ISAF) chief executive Peter Sowrey has threatened to move all of the sport’s events for the 2016 Olympics outside of Guanabara Bay, unless the water at the venue is cleaner and floating rubbish is removed for next year’s Games.

The International Olympic Committee has revealed its latest enhancement to the bidding process for the Olympics, with candidate cities for the 2024 Games set to be afforded the opportunity to liaise with the IOC’s TOP Partners and rights-holding broadcasters.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has praised PyeongChang’s progress in its preparations for the 2018 Olympics and played down security concerns surrounding the next edition of the winter Games.

An independent audit of Boston’s failed bid plan for the 2024 Olympics has been released, detailing that the economic impact of the summer Games would have been lower than projected by bid backers and the costs would likely have been at least $970m (€880.2m) higher.

The US Olympic Committee is optimistic that a bid from Los Angeles to host the 2024 summer Olympic Games will replace Boston’s aborted attempt to land the multi-sport event.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has hailed the success of Rio 2016’s first set of test events for the Olympic Games, but has ruled out conducting viral tests of Rio de Janeiro’s polluted waterways ahead of next year’s event.

Los Angeles officials have outlined a masterplan for the 2024 Olympics involving a $4.1bn (€3.72bn) budget, plus a $400m contingency to cover any cost overruns.

Shinzo Abe, the Prime Minister of Japan, has apologised to the public after admitting that a decision to go back to the drawing board with plans for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Stadium has been costly.