Olympic Games

Olympic Games
Events

Naomichi Suzuki, governor of Japan’s Hokkaido prefecture, has admitted that the ongoing corruption scandal surrounding the Tokyo 2020 Olympics has had a negative impact on Sapporo’s bid to host the 203…
Olympic Games
Events

The International Olympic Committee’s Coordination Commission for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Milan-Cortina has carried out its first on-site meeting in Italy, with 2023 pinpointed a…
Olympic Games
Governance

The Australian Olympic Committee has launched its inaugural climate action plan, which includes a commitment to a 30-per-cent reduction in its emissions by 2024 with a view to being net zero by 2040
Olympic Games
Events

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has delayed an announcement on hosting rights for the 2030 Winter Olympics so it can study a report from its Future Host Commission which proposes the idea of…
Olympic Games
Governance

The International Olympic Committee has announced that it will lift the suspension of North Korea's National Olympic Committee (NOC) at the end of the year, while it has expressed “serious concern” ove…
Olympic Games
Events

Encouraging by its staging of the Fifa World Cup, officials in Qatar are aiming to host the Summer Olympics in 2036, according to media reports
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Åsa Edlund Jönsson, head of sport at Swedish public broadcaster SVT, has resigned from her position to become general secretary of the Swedish Olympic Committee (SOK).
Olympic Games
Governance

A commercial advisory group to the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) is to review the “challenges” posed by recent International Olympic Committee initiatives, including the…
Olympic Games
Media

The International Olympic Committee is targeting more content creation outside of Games time following the recent global distribution deal with Netflix for ‘The Redeem Team’ documentary on the US men’s baske…
Olympic Games
Industry Moves

Jérôme Parmentier is to be promoted to the role of the International Olympic Committee’s vice-president of broadcast and media rights when Anne-Sophie Voumard, the incumbent in the position, becomes man…
Olympic Games
Events

British Columbia’s government has announced that it will no longer be supporting a bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympic Games due to high costs and other upcoming events taking place in the Canadian province.
Olympic Games
Media

The International Olympic Committee has said video media coverage of this year's Winter Olympics in Beijing had a total audience of 2
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Shinichi Ueno, president of Japanese advertising firm ADK Holdings, has been arrested in connection with the corruption scandal over sponsorship deals for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, while…
Olympic Games
Industry Moves

Timo Lumme, the long-standing managing director of IOC Television and Marketing Services, is to retire from the position at the end of the year and will be replaced by Anne-Sophie Voumard, currently the…
Olympic Games
Sponsorship & Marketing

Delta Air Lines and the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games unveiled an LA28 emblem using Delta’s “A” at Los Angeles International Airport, marking the first integrated emblem in the Olympic and Paralympic Movem…
Olympic Games
Sponsorship & Marketing

The International Olympic Committee has unveiled the latest evolution of its visual identity, as it gears towards a full rollout of a new brand in time for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris
Esports
Fan Engagement

Esports must be integrated into the Olympic Movement in order to keep pace with social trends, Vincent Pereira, head of virtual sports and gaming at the International Olympic Committee, has said
Olympic Games
Sponsorship & Marketing

Human resources company Randstad Italia has signed as the second domestic sponsor of the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Milan-Cortina