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CGF chief executive says new roadmap encouraged Victoria's interest in 2026 Commonwealth Games

  • Victoria 2026

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) chief executive Katie Sadleir believes the organisation's new roadmap

, that was very much looking at an Oceanic Games.

 "It was 'how can we move from just being a Wellington Games to being New Zealand Games', and possibly

They are certainly out there and it is 100 years of the Games," said Sadleir."

financial issues.Entering into exclusive discussions with Victoria is similar to how the International Olympic

Committee chose Brisbane as host of the 2032 Olympic Games, with this move leaving no chance of a traditional


IOC broadcast and marketing director claims Beijing 2022 gives networks "position of dominance"

  • Beijing 2022

International Olympic Committee (IOC) broadcast and marketing director Timo Lumme claimed here today

that the broadcast coverage of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games have given rights holding networks "a position

 "Six hundred million in China have already watched the Games," Lumme revealed.According to IOC

 "We feel confident that the numbers will be equal to or superior to any previous Winter Games,"

the world ©Getty ImagesLumme confirmed that in the United States, NBC’s terrestrial coverage of the Games

It delivered NBC’s top Olympic audience since the opening Sunday of Pyeongchang 2018," Lumme said.

broadcasts had come under scrutiny but the network currently hold the rights in the United States until 2032


International Korfball Federation revives Olympic Format Taskforce, and aims for final report in 2023

  • Non-Olympic Sports

The International Korfball Federation (IKF) has revived its Olympic Format Taskforce, which aims to determine

which of the sport's formats is likely to hold the greatest appeal with the International Olympic Committee

year, after which the IKF plans to scale up and promote the new format with a view to the 2025 World Games

in Chengdu and future Olympic Games.Korfball is a mixed-gender sport featuring elements of netball and

Games as part of the IOC's drive for "youth-focused sports", with three of the new sports at Tokyo 2020

Format Taskforce would likely be too late for inclusion at Los Angeles 2028, with Brisbane 2032 the

next scheduled summer Games after that.The core programme for the Olympics is determined by the IOC,


Stockwell appointed Swimming Australia President in aftermath of welfare issues

  • Swimming

14) after serving on the governing body's Board of Directors in 2016, as focus turns to the Brisbane 2032

Olympic and Paralympic Games.

With our Olympic and Paralympic athletes continuing to inspire, we have a collective responsibility to

As we begin the journey to Brisbane 2032, we must do everything within our capability to fulfil our vision

for service to sport and was nominated by the country's Government to join the Board of the Brisbane 2032

Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games."

Games then we must have the very best people in our sport, and I have no doubt Tracy’s significant experience


Kenya Rugby League Federation joins IRL with observer status

  • Non-Olympic Sports

The Kenya Rugby League Federation (KRLF) has had its bid for observer membership of International Rugby League (IRL) approved.

region.International Rugby League is aiming for the nines format of the sport to feature at the Brisbane 2032

other code in rugby union, is a full member of the GAISF.Its sevens discipline has featured on the Olympic

Games programme since Rio 2016, while the IRL is aiming for its nines format to feature in some capacity

at Brisbane 2032.


ANOC technical director visits Indonesia to view potential World Beach Games locations

  • ANOC World Beach Games

The Indonesian Olympic Committee (KOI) has welcomed an Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC

) delegation to the country as it seeks to become locked in as the 2023 ANOC World Beach Games host.

edition of the event at the ANOC General Assembly last year, but could not be awarded the World Beach Games

We're very committed to hosting the 2023 ANOC World Beach Games," Oktohari said.

Bali staged the first Asian Beach Games in 2008 ©Getty ImagesFarman was quoted as saying the "beach is

as a stepping stone to eventually hosting the Olympics, having been unsuccessful with a bid for the 2032

Summer Games and already set its sights on 2036.


Beijing 2022 proving to be hit in Sweden, but IOC paymasters NBC continuing to struggle

  • Beijing 2022

United States network NBC have reported that viewers have streamed one billion minutes of Olympic content

2014, NBC paid a record $7.65 billion (£5.65 billion/€6.68 billion) for the rights to broadcast the Games

in the United States between 2021 and 2032."

It is the fastest time they have reached that milestone," International Olympic Committee Presidential

of programming from the Games.The Peacock streaming service launched before last year's re-arranged Olympic

Games in Tokyo  has enabled viewers to watch nightly primetime and full replays of every competition


Barcelona hosting 2030 Winter Olympics could net region €1 billion, claims Catalan official

  • 2030 Olympics

Catalan Government official Ricardo Font has claimed that a 2030 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games

Games.

Games has to be to improve the quality of life of the people who live in the Olympic areas,” she continued

Plans for a Pyrenees/Barcelona Games would include Ceremonies at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on

Games when they were staged in Albertville in 1992.

Olympics in Sarajevo suffered terrible Balkan War damage but could figure in Pyrenees Barcelona bid for 2032


Giant Williamson features in advertising campaign for T20 World Cup as tickets go on general sale

  • Non-Olympic Sports

The Organising Committee for this year's International Cricket Council Men's T20 World Cup in Australia has launched its marketing campaign titled "This is the Big Time", while tickets have also gone on sale to the general public.

in the coming years, including World Cups in basketball, football, netball and rugby union, and the Olympic

Games in Brisbane in 2032.


UK Government interested in bidding for Olympics again but want different city to London

  • Olympics

Britain could launch another bid for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, but the United Kingdom Government

London continues to reap the benefits from hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2012," the document

The work will look at further opportunities over the years ahead including with the British Olympic and

, will be looking with interest at Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, which was awarded the 2032

Olympic and Paralympic Games after Gold Coast successfully hosted the 2018 Commonwealth Games.Both Birmingham

were to go back with another bid then it needed to be from London.Previous Olympic bids from outside


COC and CPC reach agreement to work with indigenous groups on British Columbia bid for 2030 Olympics

  • 2030 Olympics

The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) have thrown their weight

behind an indigenous-led bid for the 2030 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, agreeing to work with

technical work and local engagement required as part of this process.Dialogue with the International Olympic

collaboration and mutual respect, we have the opportunity to create a unique Olympic legacy for all

and Paralympic Games."

It also allows us, as the franchise-holder for the Olympic Movement in Canada under the Olympic Charter

Board, which can then recommend the bid be put forward to a vote at an IOC Session.Brisbane for the 2032


Lars Haue-Pedersen: Let's move beyond the notion of "legacy" when talking about major events

  • Inside the Blogs

At the end of last year, I had the pleasure of participating in the very interesting Smart Cities & Sport Summit in Copenhagen. Finally, I met with colleagues and clients in the real word, listened to and directly engaged with interesting speakers and moved away from the endless series of webinars experienced over the past 18 months. What a wonderful change!

misleading.It was painful a few years ago to watch advocates of the Sion Switzerland’s 2026 Winter Olympic

Games bid completely losing momentum in televised debates when trying to argue for the important "héritage

Games was killed by a referendum, which it could be argued was partly because taxpayers misunderstood

and Paralympic Games, 11 years ahead of hosting them has plenty of opportunity to build excitement in

Games host for Los Angeles in 2028 and Brisbane in 2032.


Ballymore Stadium becomes first Brisbane 2032 Olympic venue under construction

  • Brisbane 2032

the home of the Queensland Reds rugby union team, is set to become the first venue for the Brisbane 2032

Olympic Games to begin construction.

they are all going to be connected which is wonderful for the community, and also heading into the 2032

One of the things I think we missed out on in the Games I played was being in that real hub of sport,

Brisbane was awarded the 2032 Olympics at last year’s International Olympic Committee Session in Tokyo

first city to be awarded an Olympics and Paralympics under the IOC's revamped procedure for choosing Olympic


David Owen: On Almaty - and the uneven impact of COVID-19 on drug testing

  • Inside the Blogs

Almaty make one apprehensive for Kazakhstan; they should also act as a warning for the International Olympic

Prime Minister Karim Massimov by voting for the former Kazakh capital to host the Winter Olympics – the Games

and Paralympic Games seven years hence.If, as former United Kingdom Prime Minister Harold Wilson once

Instead, based on the 2028 and 2032 Summer Games choices, the opposite is happening, with both Host-Cities

, the better the IOC’s chances of making a choice chiming well with the also hard-to-predict global Games-time

and Winter Olympic sports in 2020, compared with 2019.


Executive search firm appointed to find President and independent members of Brisbane 2032 Organising

  • Brisbane 2032

find five independent directors, including the President, to serve on the Organising Committee for the 2032

Olympic and Paralympic Games in Brisbane.

 "The Organising Committee will be responsible for driving Brisbane 2032 forward and delivering

a great Olympic and Paralympic Games.

, who won three gold medals at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.Brisbane was officially awarded the 2032

Olympic Games at the IOC Session prior to Tokyo 2020 ©Getty ImagesParalympics Australia director and

Olympic and Paralympic Games Ted O’Brien were also nominated.They join a group of officials that had