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

and Mark Stockwell have been confirmed as the only candidates to replace John Coates as Australian Olympic

stepping down after 32 years in charge of the AOC.He will remain on the AOC Executive as an International Olympic

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

as its President between 2016 and 2019.Halls was also Australia's Chef de Mission for the 2018 Youth Olympic

Coates concluded by looking forward to Brisbane 2032, which he insists will have a lasting legacy for

The Games will be cost neutral from an operational perspective and essential infrastructure for Queensland

Former Dow chairman and chief executive Andrew Liveris has been appointed President of Brisbane 2032

, who is also on the Brisbane 2032 Board.Liveris is said to be known to the International Olympic Committee

These Games aren’t just an opportunity for our next generation of sporting talent, but they're an opportunity

Games are the world's best ever."

Olympic and Paralympic Games as President and contribute to this important moment in our history >

Brisbane was confirmed as the 2032 Games host at the IOC Session in Tokyo on July 21 last year.It was

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) is set to keep its Olympic rights after signing a new deal

with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) lasting until after Brisbane 2032.

The partnership, which includes Radio-Canada, features exclusive broadcast rights for the Games with

an "open-bid" process.The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is set to broadcast five editions of the Olympic

and them realising that we're a committed partner that doesn't just bring light to the Olympic movement

This agreement demonstrates a commitment to the Olympic values, the Olympic Games and the development

All of the Games' hosts until 2032 have been decided apart from the 2030 edition, with Canadian city

Deloitte has joined the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) flagship The Olympic Partner (TOP) sponsorship

It is claimed to be the first TOP partnership of its kind.Deloitte will advance Olympic Agenda 2020+5

, Milan Cortina 2026, Los Angeles 2028, the 2030 Winter Games and Brisbane 2032.It is set to provide

support and mental health, diversity, equity and inclusion, sustainability and the reduction of the Games

Games and advised the International Table Tennis Federation on the launch of World Table Tennis, its

Deloitte’s relationship with the Olympic Movement is a clear example of how the Worldwide Olympic Partner

arse" of Lord Mayor of Brisbane Adrian Schrinner to secure a place on the Organising Committee for the 2032

Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Tate has not been included on the Brisbane 2032 Organising Committee, following the latest appointments

I mean, without the Gold Coast in the bid you wouldn't have a Brisbane 2032 Games."

Don't forget it was called [South East Queensland] 2032 initially and they needed the Gold Coast to be

there, because we're a large chunk of the SEQ 2032."

Organising Committee will feature 22 members, with 17 having been determined to date.Australian Olympic