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Saudi Minister says hosting Olympics is "ultimate goal", rejects sportswashing allegations

  • Olympics

Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal Al Saud, Saudi Arabia's Sports Minister and the Saudi Olympic and

Paralympic Committee President, has said that hosting the Olympic Games is the country's "ultimate goal

to Prince Abdulaziz explaining Saudi's ambitions to news agency AFP.He expressed that the 2034 Asian Games

has become a prominent player in esports.Saudi Arabia is "open" to talking to the IOC about a future Olympic

bid ©Getty ImagesRiyadh is due to host next year's World Combat Games and the 2025 Asian Indoor and

the 2027 Asian Cup and 2026 Women's Asian Cup.The country is also bidding for the 2029 Asian Winter Games

Ashraf Sobhi.Italy was originally touted as a potential co-host, but they have diverted attention to the 2032


Infantino watches boxing with MBS as Egypt touts joint FIFA World Cup bid with Saudi Arabia

  • World Cup

Gianni Infantino watched on next to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud as Oleksandr Usyk defended his heavyweight boxing world titles versus Anthony Joshua at the King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah, underlining the close ties between the FIFA President and Saudi Arabia.

goal.A 2030 bid with Italy was previously mooted, but Italy has since pivoted its attention to the 2032

Ministers, Ashraf Sobhi and Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal, who is also the President of the Saudi Olympic

tournament has been held in Africa - but lost to South Africa.Saudi Arabia is due to host the Asian Games

example of Saudi Arabian sportswashing ©Getty ImagesRiyadh is also due to host next year's World Combat Games

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.Saudi Arabia is additionally bidding for the 2029 Asian Winter Games


Australia appoints first female medical director for Olympics at Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has named Carolyn Broderick as the country's first female medical

director for an Olympic Games, with the Tennis Australia chief medical officer set to hold the role

The Australian Olympic Team is in very safe hands.

Dr Broderick is exceptionally well qualified and understands the Olympic high-performance environment

Olympics.The Paris 2024 Olympics are scheduled for July 26 to August 11.Australia is due to host the Games

for the third time in Brisbane in 2032.


Former Olympic champion Antonie blasts World Rowing for excluding traditional disciplines at Victoria

  • Victoria 2026

Australian Olympic and Commonwealth Games gold medallist Peter Antonie has blasted World Rowing for excluding

10m to 15m followed by a 250m race to a buoy.Peter Antonie, left, won gold at the 1992 Commonwealth Games

it was left off the Paris 2024 programme.He wrote: "The beach sprints format is at the heart of our Olympic

strategy to have coastal rowing included as a new discipline on the Olympic program for LA 2028 and

Brisbane 2032, in addition to the already confirmed inclusion in the Youth Olympic Games, Dakar 2026.

four sports expected to be added to the current crop of 16.Rowing last appeared at the Commonwealth Games


Apartment project for Brisbane 2032 Olympic Athletes' Village revealed

  • Brisbane 2032

tower in Hamilton Northshore, the area which is set to be the home of the Athletes' Village at the 2032

and liveable outcome that will enhance the secondary entrance to Portside and help contribute to the Olympic

CBRE Group, an American-based commercial real estate services and investment firm, suggested that the Games

around AUD8.1 billion (£4.7 billion/$5.6 billion/€5.5 billion) invested into Queensland.The Brisbane 2032

the Eat Street Northshore shipping container hospitality site.As a part of its role in staging the Games

the Paralympics.Steven Miles, the Deputy Premier of Queensland, suggested last year that building the Olympic


Germany considering possibility of Olympic bid following Munich 2022

  • Munich 2022

Germany is ready to "deal intensively" with the idea of hosting another Olympics in the wake of the successful current staging here of the multi-sport European Championships.

Games in Germany - winter or summer."

I think you can organise Olympic Games without everything being on a massive scale."

Since the Munich 1972 Games, seven German Olympic bids or plans involving Hamburg, Leipzig, Berlin, Munich

 Considering the timing of a potential Olympic bid, Weikert said: “The Summer Games have been awarded

until 2032, 2036 would be the next date.


Exclusive: Australian Olympic Committee succeeds in evacuating threatened Afghan athletes from Taliban

  • ONOC

A year on from the fall of Kabul, the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has completed the evacuation

Australia, which is scheduled to stage its third Summer Olympics and Paralympics in and around Brisbane in 2032

Our Olympic sports are mobilised to support those families involved in their respective sports," Carroll

looking to integrate into the Australian community and find appropriate accommodation.Incheon 2014 Asian Games

medallist Ahmad Roman Abasy, second from right, is among the 31 repatriated individuals ©Australian Olympic

coaching and officiating".One new arrival, Ahmad Roman Abasy, a former taekwondo athlete and Asian Games


Cricket Australia sets inclusion at Brisbane 2032 Olympics as strategic goal

  • Brisbane 2032

strategic plan to boost the sport's growth which includes a goal of having it feature at the Brisbane 2032

Olympic Games.

creating a positive social impact and being a leader in the global game.Cricket Australia's aim for Olympic

Cricket has only featured at one edition of the Olympic Games, Paris 1900, where Britain won gold against

Union team by 158 runs.The sport was well-received when it featured at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games


Geoff Berkeley: Turkish Olympic bid is 30 years in making as desire still burns bright

  • Inside the Blogs

Whenever the topic of the Olympic Games is brought up in conversation among politicians and administrators

of the Istanbul Olympic Preparation and Organisation Council (IOBC) in the hope of bringing the Games

, is determined to stage the Olympic Games ©Konya 2021Speaking to Turkish Sports Minister Mehmet Kasapoğlu

in 14 years' time ©Konya 2021Turkey was not involved in discussions for the 2032 Summer Olympics as

It's our dream and I hope Istanbul will host the Olympic Games in 2036," said Çakır."

As a Turkish person I have always wanted to see the Olympic Games in Turkey and Istanbul is the best


WFDF "surprised" at flying disc's exclusion from list of additional sports under consideration for Los Angeles 2028

  • Los Angeles 2028

flying disc was left out of the list of additional sports in consideration for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic

Games.

for inclusion at the Olympics.With 28 sports already confirmed on the programme, the International Olympic

the shortlist of potential additional sports invited to submit a proposal for inclusion in the 2028 Olympic

4s format requiring a total athletes' quota of only 48 would fit well given the overall cap on the Games

that we are as interesting to the organizers as possible when decisions about the Programme for the 2032

Olympic Games in Brisbane are being made."


Turkish Sports Minister insists country "ready" to host Olympics but ball in IOC's court

  • Olympics

claimed his country is "ready" to stage the Olympics as he awaits an approach by the International Olympic

Committee over the possibility of hosting the Games in 2036.

Kasapoğlu insists Turkey has "prepared everything" to host the Games here but believes the ball is in

Turkey be successful, it would be the first majority-Muslim country to stage the Olympics.The British Olympic

country’s Sports Minister Nigel Huddleston raising the prospect of a "multi-city" bid.The Indonesian Olympic

as the 2032 Games host at the IOC Session in Tokyo on July 21 last year.The Australian city was the

presented to the Session, having already been approved by the IOC Executive Board.It is the first time that Olympic


Palaszczuk warns Gabba redevelopment for Olympics likely to exceed cost estimate

  • Brisbane 2032

Annastacia Palaszczuk has warned that the cost of redeveloping the Brisbane Cricket Ground for the 2032

Olympic Games will likely increase beyond the proposed AUD1 billion (£576 million/$697 million/€681

final cost public when a figure is found.The Gabba is set to serve as the principle venue for Brisbane 2032

Streets.The costly development is said to have almost lost Brisbane the hosting rights as the International Olympic

Commonwealth and state but let me say very clearly that what we signed up to with the International Olympic


Australian Olympic Committee chief Chesterman hails nation's Birmingham 2022 success

  • Birmingham 2022

Australian Olympic Committee President Ian Chesterman has hailed the success of the country's athletes

at Birmingham 2022 and said it was the start of a "green and gold runway" leading to the Brisbane 2032

said"It was a privilege to witness the effort and commitment first-hand, and with the Commonwealth Games

@commgamesaus | @hockeyaustralia pic.twitter.com/35MfJ0OVBh— AUS Olympic Team (@AUSOlympicTeam) August

With so many sports represented in both the Olympic movement and the Commonwealth Games, I am sure we

will see many of these athletes at the starting line at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games."

We have an exciting green and gold runway leading into Brisbane 2032 but for now, to everyone involved


Indonesia's 2036 Olympic bid to centre on new capital Nusantara

  • OCA

Indonesia's new capital city will be the focus of the country's bid for the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic

Games.

Indonesia had been seeking to stage the 2032 Olympics, but lost out to Brisbane in the first race awarded

under the new process whereby an International Olympic Committee (IOC) Future Host Commission engages

with the Future Host Commission, according to Oktohari.Jakarta was the centrepiece of the 2018 Asian Games

ambitions.Jakarta and Palembang staged the 2018 Asian Games, the largest multi-sport event outside of

Committees World Beach Games.


Secretary general of the Commonwealth praises sport for peace programmes

  • Birmingham 2022

Secretary general of the Commonwealth Patricia Scotland welcomed Sports Ministers from across the association at the 10th Commonwealth Sports Ministers Meeting here in Birmingham and praised programmes focused on using sport for social development.

Scotland presented awards to Commonwealth Games Federation Dame Louise Martin, Kenyan Secretary for Sports

list of steps member states can take to further human rights over the next decade until the Brisbane 2032

Olympic Games.It has been called the 10 Guiding Actions for the Implementation of the Commonwealth Consensus