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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


Putin claims Russia open to hosting sports events "without discrimination"

  • Olympics

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


Olympic gold medallist Perkins headlines conference about how Brisbane 2032 can help Australians with

  • Brisbane 2032

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


Olympic bid process and help for Ukrainian athletes discussed as DOSB President Weikert meets IOC counterpart

  • Olympics

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


Research suggests popularity for Australian Paralympians at highest level following Tokyo 2020 success

  • Tokyo 2020 Paralympics

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


Exclusive: Coates has "meant everything" to Australian Olympic sport, says IOC colleague Samaranch

  • Olympics

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