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AOC President backs staging World Cups to be "massive for rugby" in Australia

  • ONOC

for rugby as a sport and for Australia as a great destination for major world events" by Australian Olympic

Ian Chesterman was elected Australian Olympic Committee President last month ©Getty ImagesAustralia have

- an event it has never hosted.Australia's women did win the gold medal when rugby sevens made its Olympic

tournaments add to Australia's run of staging major sporting events in the decade leading up to the Brisbane 2032

Olympic and Paralympic Games.September's Women's Basketball World Cup and World Road Cycling Championships

in 2023 and solo hosting the Netball World Cup in 2027.Victoria is additionally now the Commonwealth Games


Duncan Mackay: London 2012 was fabulous, but other cities deserve chance to host the Olympics

  • Inside the Blogs

Paralympics, was such a glorious time in Britain that it is no wonder that, as the 10th anniversary of those Games

to become the "sporting capital of the world," and that he wants the biggest showpiece of all - the Olympic

Games - to return.He has set his sights on 2036, the next available Olympics, after Paris in 2024 and

Los Angeles in 2028 will have joined London as hosting the Games three times.

They are due to be followed by Brisbane in 2032 and cities and countries are already trying to position

themselves to be next.Khan had promised another Olympic bid in his election manifesto last year and


United States to host Rugby World Cup for first time as five editions awarded

  • Rugby Sevens

World Rugby has confirmed the next five hosts for the Rugby World Cup, with Australia and the United States set to stage back-to-back editions of the men's and women's events.

tournaments are the latest major events awarded to Australia with the country due to host the Commonwealth Games

in Victoria in 2026 and the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Brisbane in 2032.They are also scheduled

women’s final having claimed third in 2010.Ian Chesterman, recently elected President of the Australian Olympic


London Mayor claims city can stage "greenest Olympics ever" after securing return of MLB games

  • Olympic Games 2036

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has claimed the city is capable of staging the "greenest Olympics ever" as he wages a campaign to make London "the sporting capital of the world".

Speaking in New York City, where a deal was agreed for London to stage Major League Baseball (MLB) Games

London most recently staged the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2012, with multiple venues built specifically

the apartments which made up the Athletes' Village.The IOC already has hosts for the 2024, 2028 and 2032

year told insidethegames the organisation would be "supportive of any plans to bring the Games

These games will be a fantastic opportunity to once again showcase the London Stadium as a multi-use


Berlin's Olympiastadion awarded Euro 2024 final prior to UEFA Congress in Vienna

  • Football

The Olympiastadion in Berlin is set to stage the deciding match at football's 2024 European Championship, following a decision taken at today's UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Vienna.

The 74,745-capacity stadium in Germany's capital was purpose-built for the Berlin 1936 Olympic Games,

for the invasion of Ukraine, which Moscow claims is a "special military operation".The International Olympic

2022-2023 men's UEFA Nations League.UEFA also ruled Russia out of hosting the men's Euro 2028 or Euro 2032


Bach says Brisbane 2032 will be Olympics "for the whole Pacific region"

  • Brisbane 2032

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach claimed the Brisbane 2032 Olympics and Paralympics

will be a Games for the whole Pacific region on a visit to the host city.

These Olympic Games will not only be Games in Australia and for Australia, these will be Games for the

We have met young athletes and sports officials and on everybody’s mind are the Brisbane 2032 Olympic

Games."

We can look forward to this as a great Olympic festival and as a great engagement of the Olympic Games

was attending an AOC Olympics Unleashed event in Brisbane ©Getty ImagesKirsty Coventry, the Brisbane 2032


IOC President Bach opens Oceania National Olympic Committees headquarters in Suva

  • ONOC

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach congratulated Oceania National Olympic Committees

having a real home and being supported by your secretary general Ricardo Blas building this home for the Olympic

It reminds me a bit of when three years ago when we were able to open our Olympic House in Lausanne."

This will be the home of everyone in the Oceania National Olympic Committees, where everyone can feel

You will be inspired by an outlook 10 years from now, when the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games take place

The Olympic spirit is alive in Oceania all the time."


IOC vice-president Samaranch encourages Hungary to target hosting the Olympics during visit to Budapest

  • Olympics

International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice-president Juan Antonio Samaranch has encouraged Hungary to

target hosting the Olympic Games.

Now there is only one thing left: to target the Olympic Games."

Games ©Getty Images"As for the future of the Olympics - it is very difficult to find a balance between

Last year Hungary explored the possibility of bidding to host the 2032 Summer Olympics, which have now

been awarded to Brisbane in Australia.A Budapest 2032 Committee was formed, which looked into the feasibility

of staging the event.The 2032 Olympics in Brisbane where the first awarded under a new process in which


Queensland Premier apologises after partner attends meeting with IOC and Brisbane 2032 officials

  • Brisbane 2032

Palaszczuk has apologised after her partner was pictured at the first gathering between International Olympic

Committee (IOC) officials and the Brisbane 2032 Organising Committee.

down as President of the Australian Olympic Committee, and Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner were

head of the State Government revealed that plans for developments in Brisbane in preparation for the Games

party are due to visit Pacific nations over the next week, before returning to Australia to visit the Olympic

and Paralympic Games host city Brisbane, with Palaszczuk set to show officials around.Bach claimed that

organisers have made a "really wonderful start" in preparing for Brisbane 2032.


Macron believes Paris 2024 "historic opportunity" for esports in France

  • Paris 2024

French President Emmanuel Macron believes that the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics can serve as "a historic opportunity" for the country to host major esports events.

has expressed a desire to use Paris 2024 "to put sport at the heart of the nation," and believes the Games

Video games are an important component of French cultural soft cultural power and of our country's image

In this respect, we have a historic opportunity: the 2024 Olympic Games."

Council with a view to the country staging the first in-person Olympic Virtual Series Festival in 2023

claim they hold.There has also been speculation in Australia that esports could feature at Brisbane 2032


Bach delighted with early preparations for Brisbane 2032

  • Brisbane 2032

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has praised the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games

successful working relationship.IOC President Thomas Bach described his first meeting with the Brisbane 2032

next week before heading to Brisbane for further meetings surrounding the Olympics.At the Brisbane 2032


Olympic medallist Freeman advocates for softball inclusion at Brisbane 2032

  • Brisbane 2032

Olympic softball medallist Tracey Freeman has advocated for the inclusion of the sport at the Brisbane

2032 Olympic Games, insisting "it would be phenomenal" if it were staged in her home country.

would be phenomenal to have softball at the Brisbane Olympics," she told a magazine of the Australian Olympic

Everyone still talks about how amazing the Sydney Games were."


Chesterman succeeds Coates as President of Australian Olympic Committee

  • ONOC

Ian Chesterman has been elected as the new President of the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) after

The seven-time Chef de Mission of Australian Olympic teams claimed a convincing victory, beating Olympian

My vision for the Olympic movement is about making sure we continue to create opportunities for young

We have to continue to drive interest in Olympic sports."

great state," said Bach about Coates, an IOC vice-president who is also on the Board of the Brisbane 2032

chairman of the Australian Sports Commission who led Gold Coast's winning bid for the 2018 Commonwealth Games


Chesterman and Stockwell vie to succeed outgoing Coates as AOC President

  • ONOC

Ian Chesterman and Mark Stockwell will seek to be named Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) President

, who turns 72 next week, has overseen Australia’s successful bids for the Sydney 2000 and Brisbane 2032

Life President after Paris 2024.Coates, an IOC vice-president, is also on the Board of the Brisbane 2032

the annual report and financial statements.Speeches from Coates and Bach will follow, before Brisbane 2032

during World War One.Healy’s sportsmanship effectively cost him a gold medal at the Stockholm 1912 Games

Olympic and Paralympic Games, having authored the feasibility study for the Council of Mayors, South


Brisbane 2032 Board targets chief executive appointment after holding first meeting

  • Brisbane 2032

The recruitment of a chief executive was among the topics discussed at the first Brisbane 2032 Board

in helping plan the Games."

Palaszczuk (@AnnastaciaMP) April 27, 2022Liveris had said earlier this month that he would ensure the Olympic

Games being a decade away."

Dow Chemical Company, which previously was a member of the International Olympic Committee's The Olympic

in the role of Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) President.Coates, who was viewed as a key figure in