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Swiss Sports Aid Foundation gala to focus on starting Brisbane 2032 journey

  • Brisbane 2032

Foundation is set to hold a gala for its athletes with a focus on starting the journey to the Brisbane 2032

development of Swiss athletes.It has been scheduled for October 1 under the motto "on the way to Brisbane 2032

Brisbane is due to become the third Australian city to host the Olympic Games in 10 years' time ©Getty

ImagesSwiss Olympic Association President Jürg Stahl is set to be in attendance, along with his Swiss-Ski

medallist Nicola Spirig, Sochi 2014 women's downhill Alpine skiing Olympic champion Dominique Gisin

Games in 2032, with the Paralympics following on.


Milan Cortina 2026 organisers sign deal with Deloitte Italia

  • Milan Cortina 2026

Winter Olympics have signed a four-year deal with Deloitte Italia which will carry them through to the Games

We must start from here to strengthen, enhance and create a positive impact on society thanks to the Olympic

major sponsorship agreement signed by Milan Cortina 2026 in the last week and follows the International Olympic

Committee's own sponsorship deal with Deloitte's parent company which is set to run until the Brisbane 2032


Queensland not on three-state shortlist for Hockey Australia high-performance unit

  • Hockey

The Hockey Australia Centre of Excellence will not be moving near Brisbane - host of the 2032 Olympic

Games - after Hockey Queensland was left off a shortlist of three state bodies bidding to house the

of Australian sports bodies could move their bases to Brisbane and Queensland in the run-up to the 2032

high-performance unit, but have not been shortlisted.The Australian men's hockey team won a seventh Commonwealth Games

Victoria, the state hosting the 2026 Commonwealth Games.Australia won a seventh men's Commonwealth Games

silver medal in the women's tournament.The Australian men have won a medal at seven of the last eight Olympic

Games, including Tokyo 2020 silver.The women's last medal came at Sydney 2000 - Australia's last home


De Jong appointed to lead Australian Institute of Sport European Training Centre in Paris 2024 build up

  • Paris 2024

Fiona de Jong is set to play a key role in Australia's preparations for Paris 2024 after being appointed lead of the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) European Training Centre (ETC).

strategic base for Australian athletes before events in the northern hemisphere, such as the upcoming Olympic

and Paralympic Games."

Committee for more than 12 years, where she helped to deliver 10 teams to Olympic Games, and has more

& Paralympic Games, Paris 24 and Milan-Cortina 2026," she said."

to sharing a little of Australia with the world as we prepare to welcome them down under in Brisbane 2032


Tunisian NOC President meets Bach during visit to IOC headquarters

  • ANOCA

Tunisian National Olympic Committee (CNOT) President Mehrez Boussayène held a meeting with International

Olympic Committee (IOC) leader Thomas Bach during his visit to Lausanne.

of the world.The output of the CNOT’s past activates, its strategic plan for 2022-2024 and "Vision 2032

Games "despite the difficult times Tunisia has been through in recent years".The three-day visit that

Solidarity team in recognition of the support they had made available to all National Olympic Committees

and present a collection of publications to the Olympic Studies Centre.The CNOT concluded the trip to

Lausanne with a tour of the Olympic Museum which includes the swimming trunks worn by Tunisian teenage


Wollongong's record Olympian McKeon is UCI Road World Championships ambassador

  • Cycling

Emma McKeon, Australia's most decorated Olympian, is acting as ambassador for the 2022 International Cycling Union (UCI) Road World Championships that began today in her home city of Wollongong.

four gold and three bronze medals in Tokyo last year took her total to 11, a record for an Australian Olympic

Championships is a great chance for me be part of the community in celebrating Wollongong’s very own Olympic

Earlier this year in Birmingham, McKeon set another record in securing her 20th Commonwealth Games medal

, becoming the most successful athlete in the Games history.Having helped put Wollongong on the map with

and Paralympic Games in 2032, following the hugely successful hosting by Sydney in 2000.For the full


Cyclists propelling Australia's Decade of Sport off the green and gold runway

  • The Big Read

Individual time trial events took place at Wollongong today. They mark the start of the International Cycling Union (UCI) Road World Championships; but also something much bigger. Namely Australia's "Decade of Sport".

and Paralympic Games in 2032, following the hugely successful hosting by Sydney in 2000.Although it

a year later as the calendar crowds heading towards the 2032 Games, which were confirmed for Brisbane

and Paralympic Games are enormous.

Games since 2000, told City A.M."

The Olympic and Paralympic Games are the pinnacle of global sporting events and Brisbane 2032 has catapulted


Thomas Konietzko: "This is what a World Championships should look like and this is how a World Championships should be run"

  • Inside the Blogs

"This is what a World Championships should look like, and this is how a World Championships should be run." Those were not my words, or one of the event organisers or an elected official.

ve also held a fourth successful canoe sprint Super Cup, and had a stronger involvement in The World Games

Games.

Games Berlin 1972.Legacy is a key plank in what the ICF is all about.

Already we are looking ahead to 2032 in Brisbane, and we took our first steps this year towards ensuring

Very few Olympic sports have as strong a connection with the natural environment as canoeing.


NBC to launch new monthly show on US athletes preparing for Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

American broadcaster NBC Sports is set to launch a new series that will tell the stories of athletes preparing for the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics.

, called Chasing Gold: Paris 2024" is due to track the progress of American athletes pursuing their Olympic

2024 ©Getty Images"As we look ahead to Paris 2024 - which promises to be one of the most spectacular Games

The 2024 Games will not only feature the iconic backdrop of Paris and its venues set in some of the city

and Paralympic Games."

Committee runs until 2032 and is worth a $7.75billion (£5.5 billion/€6.4 billion).


Brisbane 2032 Olympics to have no cost to Australia’s taxpayers, claims Organising Committee President

  • Brisbane 2032

The Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games will have a net zero cost to Australia’s taxpayers, President of the

I spent some good time with the LA 28 people, Casey Wasserman and his team," Liveris said.Brisbane 2032

Organising Committee President Andrew Liveris has pledged that the Games will have a net zero cost to

three to four years is all planning with the Governments, the Organising Committee, the International Olympic

leads an Organising Committee Board consisting of 21 members.Brisbane was confirmed as the host of the 2032

Olympics at the IOC Session in Tokyo last year.It was the first Olympic host to be decided under a new



David Owen: Goodbye COVID, hello inflation

  • Inside the Blogs

After two years of COVID, inflation has taken over as the chief economic problem for the Olympic Movement

capital.Indeed, there is barely a corner of Olympicland they would leave untouched.Think about the Summer Olympic

federations, many of which are hugely dependent on the subsidies they receive from the International Olympic

- the value of US broadcast rights has since been negotiated all the way out until 2032.The headline

(Yes, with the Summer Games in Paris, European rights will be worth more than the $786 million (£672

- which brought in an impressive one billion dollars-plus over a period when both Winter and Summer Games


Gold Coast officials claim economic boost after hosting 2018 Commonwealth Games

  • Gold Coast 2018

Officials from the Gold Coast have praised the legacy of hosting the 2018 Commonwealth Games, claiming

amp; Wolfe saw Gold Coast jump 20 spots from 46th to 26th, helped partly by Queensland securing the 2032

Olympic Games for Brisbane, which is less than an hour away.Gold Coast City Council Mayor Tom Tate said

into the local economy after hosting the Games.The city is expected to host major events at Brisbane 2032

, with an Olympic Village potentially being in Robina too.Gold Coast will look to benefit from nearby

Brisbane hosting the 2032 Olympics ©Getty ImagesGold Coast's population is also expected to increase


AOC holds latest Change-Makers youth forum with Olympians

  • ONOC

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has held a forum with five Olympians to celebrate the efforts

of over 1,000 young people nominated as Australian Olympic Change-Makers.

Beach volleyball Olympic silver medallist Taliqua Clancy, two-time Commonwealth Games decathlon bronze

badminton player Gronya Somerville and teenage snowboarder Valentino Guseli all attended the event; as did Olympic

AOCMatt Carroll, AOC chief executive, said these individuals could be influential come the Brisbane 2032

The students of today will have an incredible impact on the next decade of the Olympic movement as we

build towards Brisbane 2032, and these young Change-Makers show that the future is in very safe hands


Infantino meets Greek FA leader as country explores FIFA World Cup bid with Egypt and Saudi Arabia

  • Football

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has again met the head of the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) Panagiotis Baltakos in Paris to discuss what the global governing body described as "continued cooperation between the two organisations".

confederations.None of the three countries have previously staged the World Cup, although Greece held the Olympic

and Paralympic Games in its capital Athens in 2004.Football matches were played throughout Greece at

, next year's World Combat Games and the 2025 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.Saudi Arabia has also

enjoy a friendly relationship with Swiss official Infantino, who is also a member of the International Olympic

suggestions of a joint bid with Italy being hampered by the European nation shifting its focus to the 2032