Redland City Council Mayor Karen Williams has resigned from her role on the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and

Paralympic Games Organising Committee after crashing her car when drink-driving.

no update on the case until then.Politicians have called for her resignation as Mayor on top of the Olympic

I sincerely thank Mayor Williams who has always been and continues to be a strong advocate for the Games

Member of Parliament Meaghan Scanlon had criticised Williams and called for her to step down from her Olympic

Scanlon suggested Gold Coast Deputy Mayor Donna Gates as a replacement for Williams on the Brisbane 2032

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has marked Olympic Day by launching "Have a Go Month", which aims

initiative can widen sporting participation in the build-up to Australia staging the Olympics in Brisbane in 2032

country at a Games, but also the millions of Australians taking part and contributing to Olympic sport

24, 2022"The 10-year green and gold runway until Brisbane 2032 will only increase the opportunity to

by the AOC for school students in particular to share ideas on how they want to be part of Brisbane 2032

.Brisbane is set to become the third Australian city to host the Olympic Games, following Melbourne in

million (£34 million/$41 million/€39 million) is set to be invested into preparations for the Brisbane 2032

AUD4.7 million (£2.6 million/$3.25 million/€3.1 million) per year to help organisers get ready for the Games

, including venues and Athletes’ Villages.It is also set to help support preparation for the Games’ legacy

Olympic and Paralympic Games."

city ©Getty ImagesLast October, then-Australian Sports Minister Richard Colbeck admitted hosting the Games

Olympics and Paralympics at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session in Tokyo in July last

Taekwondo's chief executive Heather Garriock has welcomed the sport's inclusion on the Virtus Oceania Asia Games

The inaugural event is scheduled to take place in Brisbane, the host of the 2032 Summer Olympic and Paralympic

Games, between November 5 and 11 this year.Twenty-five countries and up to 1,000 athletes with intellectual

intellectual impairment to compete in this event," said Garriock, a former footballer who featured at two Olympic

World Bowls is to move its headquarters from Scotland to Australia after the world governing body, currently based in Edinburgh, agreed "in principle" to make the switch to Melbourne as part of a “new direction” for the sport.

 The Championships are set to open on August 29 in 2023The Commonwealth Games which has featured

bowls in all Games except Kingston 1966, are set to return to Australia in 2026 when they are scheduled

 Last year World Bowls set up an Olympics Advisory Group to support the sport's bid for Olympic

and Paralympic inclusion at Brisbane 2032.

Griffith University in Queensland has appointed a director for Brisbane 2032 engagement to spearhead

its strategy to promote the region in the lead-up to the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Brisbane.

had an incredible opportunity to work towards improving peoples' lives through sport using Brisbane 2032

The Brisbane 2032 Games provide a once-in-a-lifetime platform to amplify, accelerate, and transform the

gaps and opportunities are," Riot, formerly the PhD research and project manager at the International Olympic

use some of these lessons during the build-up to Brisbane 2032 ©Griffith UniversityRiot also hopes to

use Brisbane 2032 as an opportunity to create a positive legacy from the Olympics and Paralympics."

The Brisbane 2032 Organising Committee has announced Rebecca Masci and Brendan Keane as its first employees

involved with an Organising Committee having overseen Government relations for the 2018 Commonwealth Games

now lead on "key governance and Games family relationships".Brisbane 2032 President Andrew Liveris said

his team were "overflowing with ideas" of how to bring the Olympic Games to life in 10 years' time ©

and chief executive of the Dow Chemical Company, which previously was a member of the International Olympic

Committee's (IOC) The Olympic Partner sponsor programme.Brisbane was confirmed as the 2032 Games host

Bali has been selected as the host of the 2023 Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) World

Beach Games.

The Indonesia Olympic Committee (KOI) and ANOC evaluated several possible venues in the nation and have

We are thankful to the Indonesian government and Indonesia Olympic Committee for their partnership and

medals table with seven gold, one silver and two bronze medals.More than 1,200 athletes from 97 National Olympic

in 2008.Indonesia has long set its sights upon the Olympic Games, though its attempt to hold the 2032

Olympic Games failed as the Australian city of Brisbane secured the rights.The nation is now looking

save money and reduce their carbon footprint, going towards a climate-positive goal for the Brisbane 2032

Olympic Games.

This is going to be crucial in the future and especially in the lead-up to 2032, so it's important to

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk celebrating Brisbane 2032's winning bid ©Getty ImagesMick de

This is especially true ahead of Brisbane 2032, which will be a climate positive Games."

Brisbane was selected as the hosts of the 2032 Olympics on July 21 2021, two days before the start of

host, which was approved by the International Olympic Committee delegation.The Brisbane 2032 Olympics

Atlanta 1996 gold medallist Louise Dobson and former long jumper David Culbert have been appointed as co-chairs of a new-look Australian Olympians Association.

Commonwealth Games.Culbert won men's long jump silver at the Auckland 1990 and Victoria 1994 Commonwealth Games

, reaching the Olympic final at Barcelona 1992 in between those medals.Dobson is a long-serving President

Games becomes an automatic member, with the body currently featuring 4,315 alumni.State delegates have

medals table at Tokyo 2020 with 17 golds, seven silvers and 22 bronzes.It is due to host the Summer Games

for the third time in Brisbane in 2032.

Future hosts of the Olympics are being urged not to build any new venues for the Games as the International

Olympic Committee (IOC) looks to avoid "white elephants".

Jacqueline Barrett, director of future Olympic Games hosts for the IOC, has stressed the need for cities

set to be built.Los Angeles is aiming to stage the Olympic Games in 2028 without building a single new

Olympic hosts now have more flexibility to design the Games so that they meet the long-term development

choosing whether or not to recommend that a proposal is brought to a vote at an IOC Session.Brisbane 2032

and regions," added Christophe Dubi, Olympic Games executive director for the IOC."

British televiewers are currently being seduced during commercial breaks by a beguiling holiday advertisement depicting a tropical paradise with palm trees swaying gently in a summer breeze, a scantily clad couple frolicking on a beach, and swimming with turtles in an azure lagoon.

The last time I was there - I was smuggled into Mecca to observe the men-only Islamic Games - it was

to know no bounds.It is not beyond reason to suggest that Saudi Arabia has eyes on the Olympics.The Games

of 2032 and beyond are up for grabs and by then they could be the only nation to afford them.Moreover

, the mindset of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) moves in mysterious ways.Like Russia, Saudi

Australia's new Sports Minister Anika Wells is expected to be appointed onto the Board of the Brisbane 2032

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has issued a statement, welcoming the appointment of 36-year-old

Olympic and Paralympic Games and the decade beyond," said Chesterman."

The Australian Olympic Committee is ready to assist the Minister in ensuring sport contributes to an

We look forward to the Commonwealth Games returning to Australia when regional Victoria plays host in

In conjunction with our colleagues with Commonwealth Games Australia we have developed our 10+10 sport

confused: I was just about getting used to the received wisdom that the building of new, permanent Olympic-related

bidding process that there must be some in France who would have wanted to use the Games as a pretext

would have been subject under the transparent bidding process that the IOC has abandoned, Brisbane 2032

strikes me as a reassuringly old-fashioned Olympic project.By this I mean that the Games are seemingly

money, then reports such as the one which has just emanated from Lausanne might come in very handy for Games

years, insofar as these can be agreed and predetermined, and not just the demands of the 50-day (ish) 2032

Jana Rangooni has been reappointed as the chair of Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) Board for another four-year term, while Mark Elliott joins her as a Board member too.

In that period she has overseen the introduction of the new PNZ strategic plan spanning from 2021 to 2032

organisational areas including broadcasting, news, marketing and senior management.At the London 2012 Paralympic Games

, Rangooni worked with PNZ to help find ways to improve broadcast coverage of the Games in her home nation

at Cycling NZ, Triathlon NZ and Snowsports NZ for over 20 years and has supported New Zealand at the Olympic

Games.Elliott has also plied his trade as a sports physiotherapist too and has coached athletes to Olympic