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Matt Carroll, chief executive of the Australian Olympic Committee, tells Adam Nelson how a focus on athlete engagement, grassroots participation and community schemes has helped to boost the AOC’s commercial programme throughout the Olympic cycle.
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Business

Former Synergy chief executive Tim Crow argues the International Olympic Committee has little to lose and everything to gain by taking on the financial burden of a smaller, smarter Olympic Games.

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Events

The IOC is revamping its bidding process for the Olympic Games. Mark Bisson finds out how the new framework will work for the governing body and bidding cities.

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In this issue we cover the following: SEAN BRATCHES – Formula One’s new commercial chief speaks exclusively to SportBusiness International NEW M
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Events

In the fifth of a series of articles looking at the impact of Los Angeles’ decision to accept the 2028 edition of the Olympic Games, Ben Cronin assesses how the award may affect the programme and sports featured.

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Media

Canal Plus, the French pay-TV broadcaster, is expected to soon finalise the sale of its broadcast rights to the 2020 Olympic Games to Eurosport, the Discovery-owned broadcaster that already holds the rights…
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Marketing

Olympics 'TOP' partner Toyota is supplying 20 autonomous vehicles to move athletes and staff around the Olympic and Paralympic villages at Tokyo 2020
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Technology firms Alibaba Cloud and Intel have unveiled plans for joint work on broadcast-related technology at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
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Industry Moves

The International Olympic Committee has appointed Christopher Carroll, a communications and marketing executive with experience at Under Armour, Coca-Cola and Heineken, to the newly-created position of…

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Events

In the fourth of a series of articles looking at the impact of Los Angeles’ decision to accept the 2028 edition of the Olympic Games, Ben Cronin looks at how the award could potentially affect the event bidding industry. 

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Events

In the third of a series of articles looking at the impact of Los Angeles’ decision to accept the 2028 edition of the Olympic Games, Ben Cronin speaks to Eurosport chief executive Peter Hutton about how the broadcaster has fared in the deal.

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Events

In the second part of a series articles looking at the impact of Los Angeles’ decision to accept the 2028 edition of the Olympic Games, Ben Cronin looks at how Thomas Bach and the IOC handled the dual award of the 2024 and 2028 Summer Games.

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Events

In the first of a series of articles looking at the impact of Los Angeles’ decision to accept the 2028 edition of the Olympic Games, Ben Cronin asks which cities are the winners and losers in the deal and how the dual award will affect major event hosting.

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Events

Kevin Roberts on the conclusion of the race to stage the 2024 and 2028 Olympic Games.

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Sponsorship & Marketing

B2B and technology brands are leading a shift in sponsorship from storytelling to 'storydoing'. Andy Fry reports on a sector that is critical to the future of sport.

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Events

IOC president Thomas Bach has described the expected double award of the 2024 and 2028 Games as a “golden opportunity”, but is it also the start of a new era for the Olympic Games bidding process? Mark Bisson reports.

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Events

With a series of new mixed gender relays and team events added to the schedule, the programme for Tokyo 2020 has been hailed as “a real step-change in the Olympic programme”. But, asks Mark Bisson, will it be enough to win over a new generation of Olympic Games enthusiasts?
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Events

With Los Angeles and Paris now both looking almost certain to host the Olympic Games during the 2020s, Mark Bisson assesses which is most likely to get the nod for 2024.
Athletics
Business

In this week's China sports industry round-up: Chinese Basketball Association details plans for two senior national teams; AC Milan's takeover saga reaches conclusion; Lander Sports pulls out of Southampton deal; Reading could be denied Premier League entry; and more.
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Events

Kevin Roberts finds out what lessons Budapest has learned from its failed Olympics bid and whether another tilt at the Games is likely.
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Events

The benefits of staging the Olympic Games are not being sold persuasively enough, according to Kevin Roberts.
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Media

A free report, commissioned from SportBusiness by the Budapest 2024 Olympic Games bid, surveying attitudes to, and media consumption habits around, the Olympic Games.
Football
Business

Mark Dreyer returns with his weekly round-up of sports business stories from China
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Other

In the ‘fake news’ era, sport has an opportunity to be seen as a bastion of authenticity for brands, according to Kevin Roberts.
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Business

The first edition of a new weekly round-up of sports business news from China.
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Media

SportBusiness International reflects on the first six months of the Olympic Channel and explores what the future could hold for the International Olympic Committee initiative.
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Media

With exactly one year to go until the start of the Pyeongchang winter Olympics, Robin Jellis found out how Discovery Communications is commercialising its groundbreaking rights deal for the Games.
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Business

Andy Fry looks at Alibaba's TOP partnership deal with the IOC and what it means for the Olympic Movement.