staging international sports events, despite a multitude being moved already and the International Olympic

trust".Critics have argued that Russia's staging of major events, most notably the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic

and Paralympics Games and the men's 2018 FIFA World Cup, amounted to sportswashing on the part of Putin's

future appears remote, although it has bid to host the men's UEFA European Championship in 2028 or 2032

to sport.He was speaking at a ceremony held at the Kremlin, where he presented Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic

A special conference looking ahead to the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Brisbane is being organised

event is due to take place between June 15 and 17 and has been given the theme "Runway to Brisbane 2032

Maximising collaborative participation for people with disabilities in sport on the pathway to Brisbane 2032

National Disability Sports Conference.The main topic of the conference will be how to use Brisbane 2032

Australians with disabilities, it is promised.Key-note speakers at the Conference will include double Olympic

Board member and International Paralympic Committee vice-president Robyn Smith.Using Brisbane 2032 as

The German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) President Thomas Weikert has met with International Olympic

Committee (IOC) counterpart Thomas Bach, at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne, with the Olympic bid process

interested parties in dialogue before recommending a preferred host to the IOC’s Executive Board.The 2032

First of all, it is important to clarify what the Olympic and Paralympic Games should achieve in Germany

," said Weikert.The Olympic bid process and support for Ukrainian athletes were among the topics discussed

Weikert ©Getty Images"What perspective do we want to offer sport, but above all society in Germany with Games

sustainability is the right step and the inclusion of human rights criteria in the awarding of future Games

True North Research's 2021 BenchMark study has found that the emotional connection to the Australian Paralympic team is at its highest level following success at Tokyo 2020.

overall BenchMark EC Score totalled 219 for those familiar with the team, edging out the Australian Olympic

team in second place by six points.Australia’s Paralympic and Olympic teams comfortably finished in

With the Brisbane 2032 Games on the horizon and some of the most inspiring sporting heroes you will ever

John Coates, who will step down on Saturday (April 30) as President of the Australian Olympic Committee

, a post he has held since 1990, has "meant everything" to Olympic sport in the country according to

his International Olympic Committee (IOC) colleague Juan Antonio Samaranch.

to his country over a span of more than 30 years, first in Sydney in 2000 and, in 2032, Brisbane."

He has organised extremely efficiently the teams to go to the Olympic Games, putting Australia very much

Movement of the merits of Brisbane for 2032.John Coates, outgoing Australian Olympic Committee President

, played a key role in the 2000 and 2032 Games coming to his country ©Getty Images"He did that in a very

So it is difficult to understand what the Olympic Family and the Olympic Movement would be without John

In early 1964, John Coates reportedly took a day off school to watch Richie Benaud play his last Test match. A photograph in the next day’s Sydney Morning Herald pictured him alongside the Australian cricket captain as they left the pitch.

taken his country to the heights again by effectively masterminding the choice of Brisbane to host the 2032

wrote the Agenda 2028 rules.John Coates laid the foundations for the successful Brisbane bid for the 2032

He has organised extremely efficiently the teams to go to the Olympic Games, putting Australia very much

Movement of the merits of Brisbane for 2032."

From the fantastic Games in Sydney in 2000 to 2032 - this is a 32-year span of John Coates."

Queensland's ambitious sports talent spotting programme - "You for 32" - for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic

and Paralympic Games is now underway.

Australia at their Games.Stirling Hinchcliffe, Sport Minister and Minister Assisting the Premier on Olympic

Olympic and Paralympic Games," Hinchliffe said."

Games."

and Paralympic medallists for Brisbane 2032 ©Getty Images"Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls will be tested

Queensland athletes won more than 40 per cent of Australia’s Olympic and Paralympic medals and we want

The International Bowling Federation (IBF) is set to hold an Extraordinary General Meeting next month where major statue changes will be voted on, and if passed with precede new elections for Executive Committee positions including President.

conclusion of the Extraordinary General Meeting.Bidding to appear at the Los Angeles 2028 and Brisbane 2032

Olympic Games will also be discussed at the Extraordinary General Meeting ©Getty Images"I have been

Plans to upgrade train links for the 2032 Olympics and Paralympics in Brisbane have been scaled back

including football, basketball, marathon, mountain biking, cycling and kiteboarding, during Brisbane 2032

Fletcher.Basketball is among the competitions that are set to be staged in the Sunshine Coast during Brisbane 2032

Brisbane’s bid for the 2032 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games had been billed as an opportunity to

in the region, with a particular focus on enhancing transport links in the state.The International Olympic

Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) Presidential hopeful Mark Stockwell has described Brisbane 2032 as

Brisbane-based newspaper The Courier-Mail to set out his view of how the country should perceive the 2032

Brisbane Olympic Games."

Swimming Australia.His wife, Tracy Caulkins, is the Swimming Australia President and sits on the Brisbane 2032

Board.Chesterman, his rival, was Australia’s Chef de Mission at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and

and he is set to become an Honorary Life President after Paris 2024.Coates is also on the Brisbane 2032

Newly appointed Brisbane 2032 President Andrew Liveris has vowed to ensure the Olympic and Paralympic

Games do not become a burden for the public.

The former Dow chairman and chief executive was confirmed as Brisbane 2032 President last week.His appointment

followed the confirmation of the full Brisbane 2032 Board.Liveris told the Australian Financial Review

 that he was "staking his reputation" by accepting the role and vowed to ensure the Games are fiscally

cycle.Brisbane was awarded the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games last year ©Getty ImagesThe Brisbane

Games host at the IOC Session in Tokyo on July 21 last year.It was the sole candidate presented to the

The unofficial starting gun in the contest to be named hosts of the 2030 Winter Olympics appeared to have been fired last month.

United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) chair Susanne Lyons gave a rough outline of the

somewhat opaque new way of awarding the Games.Lyons revealed that an International Olympic Committee

could be awarded at the IOC Session next year in Mumbai.With Los Angeles 2028 and Brisbane 2032 awarded

distribution between the region and Catalonia as “unfair”, with a new proposition put to the Spanish Olympic

Although the IOC has not yet announced a specific schedule for the bid, the Beijing 2022 Olympic and

Last month, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach visited Doha to attend the opening

of the 3-2-1 Qatar Olympic and Sports Museum.

, what the IOC describes as a "revolutionary new approach," when Brisbane was last year awarded the 2032

Olympic and Paralympic Games in a move widely seen as a reward for Bach uber-supporter John Coates,

Games was sure to be among the items discussed ©QOCPublicly, Doha remained humble, but in private was

The Olympic Games was always a dream of Qatar’s former Emir, Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, widely credited

especially as by then it will be Asia’s turn again after Paris 2024, Los Angeles 2028 and Brisbane 2032

New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) chief executive Nicki Nicol believes that Victoria being named as

the 2026 Commonwealth Games hosts will be beneficial to her country and Oceania.

awarded the hosting rights today in what is set to be the first-ever predominantly regional Commonwealth Games

Bringing the 2026 Commonwealth Games to Victoria is fantastic news for New Zealand," said Nicol."

This is another Southern Hemisphere Games on the runway to the Olympic Games in Brisbane 2032."

' can deliver, including the opportunity to host pre-Commonwealth Games training camps in New Zealand

The selection of Victoria also signals a new and exciting approach to the Commonwealth Games."

This initial partnership is set to last a decade and cover five Games, spanning Paris 2024 to Brisbane

2032.

this is a “partnership with purpose” in which Deloitte is expected to help the IOC with implementing Olympic

Agenda 2020+5, as well as use its global team to work with National Olympic Committees and athletes.It

also pledged to use its environmental, social and governance services towards the goals of Olympic Agenda