Korea met today to discuss fielding a unified team at Tokyo 2020 as well as their joint bid for the 2032

improve communication and cooperation between the two countries, including the potentially historic Olympic

Ministers at today's talks announced that further discussions will be held in late October over the bid for 2032

liaison office in the North's border town of Kaesong to discuss Seoul and Pyongyang joining for the Games

included the arrangement to connect transport systems between the two countries.International Olympic

 Indonesia, China and Australia could also bid for 2032.

"We want to listen to society and to understand how the world sees us, rather than us telling the world how they should see us," – IOC President Thomas Bach in a press release previewing the Olympism in Action Forum.

"There was one person with no experience with organising the Olympic Games claiming to know it all better

following the Forum.One of the overarching views of NoOlympics campaigners is that the International Olympic

their cityYet, Dempsey did not appear entirely as anti-Olympic Games as you might have initially expected

month and here in Buenos Aires, when highlighting that the level of investment required for Erzurum’s Olympic

longer in the race.Perhaps that, coupled with the multiple expressions of interest being paraded for 2032

Indonesia has officially submitted its bid for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, International Olympic

Bach said the IOC had received letters from Indonesian President Joko Widodo and the Indonesian Olympic

announcement after presenting Indonesia's Farid Husen, designer of the medals for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic

Games beginning here later today, with a commemorative gift.Widodo had announced Indonesia, which has

never hosted the Games, planned to bid for the 2032 Olympics and Paralympics following a meeting with

event and Bach claimed this showed there was no need for concern about the future of Olympic bidding

The Olympic flame reaches a low point in its history today - but only in the literal sense.

: "The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing

Why should a city host the Olympic Games? What will the future of sport look like?

Korea - estranged and alienated for more than half a century - agreed to launch a joint bid for the 2032

For me, Olympism is essentially the philosophy of the Olympic Games, as outlined by the Olympic Charter

an internationally accepted series of events culminating in the Olympic Games, both Winter and Summer

North and South Korea are reportedly considering forming a joint artistic gymnastics team for the 2020 Olympic

Games in Tokyo, in what represents the latest example of sporting diplomacy between the two countries

Watanabe and North Korean officials.North Korea have won three artistic gymnastics gold medals at the Olympic

Games ©Getty ImagesGymnasts from North and South Korea posed for a joint selfie in the lead-up to the

team in the sport at Tokyo 2020 come after North and South Korea agreed to launch a joint bid for the 2032

Olympics and Paralympics.They have also come together at this year's Asian Games, winning a historic

Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) Honorary President Tunku Imran has claimed a proposal to stage the

2032 Olympics with Singapore has ended due to the suspension of a high speed rail project.

Imran claimed he had proposed the possibility of co-hosting the Games to the Singapore National Olympic

to now be operational by January 2031.The postponement has supposedly halted any prospect of a joint Olympic

earlier this year ©Getty Images"I mooted that Kuala Lumpur and Singapore make a joint bid to host the 2032

which they staged in 1998, but ultimately a bid did not emerge.Singapore have not lodged a bid for the Olympic

Games previously, but hosted the Youth Olympic Games in 2010.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach held talks with South Korean leader Moon

Jae-in today to discuss the joint-Korean bid for the 2032 Summer Olympics.

Olympic and Paralympic Games at a summit in Pyongyang earlier this month.The pledge in the North Korean

developments on the Korean Peninsula were only possible because of the participation of North Korea at the Olympic

Winter Games Pyeongchang 2018".He also said that this participation "was only possible because of the

A unified Korean bid for the 2032 Olympics has been discussed ©IOCFurther details on the joint 2032 bid

security concerns over missile tests and nuclear threats in the North.Bach later admitted that the Games

Newly-crowned Asian Games champion Gwak Dong-han is among the 13 South Koreans who will join forces with

70kg for the mixed team event.The unified team will compete at the event, due to make its debut on the Olympic

 The two nations also came together at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, marching under

flag at the Opening Ceremony and competing on a joint women's ice hockey team for the first time in Olympic

Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un agreed to launch a joint bid for the 2032

Olympic and Paralympic Games at a summit in Pyongyang.Moon and Kim pledged to jointly bid for the Games

North Korea have been given a four month deadline to address non-conformities with the World Anti-Doping Code or face the possibility of being declared non-compliant.

consequences for non-compliance could be the potential exclusion of representatives from the country to the Olympic

and Paralympic Games.Additionally, the country involved would be unable to host or co-host an Olympic

Games and/or Paralympic Games and/or to be awarded the right to host or co-host a World Championship

Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un agreed earlier this week to launch a joint bid for the 2032

Olympic and Paralympic Games at a summit in Pyongyang.Moon and Kim pledged to jointly bid for the Games

President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un agreed to launch a joint bid for the 2032

Olympic and Paralympic Games at a summit in Pyongyang today.

still technically at war, would join forces to enter the race for the Games.Further details on a joint 2032

the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to jointly host the Olympic Games 2032," IOC President Thomas

efforts in the region - sees the two countries become the latest to express an interest in hosting the 2032

Jakarta and Palembang.South and North Korea have agreed to come together to launch a joint bid for the 2032

2000.India were the first to publicly confirm they intend to enter the race for 2032 and Germany are

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed German-based financial services company Allianz

will become a member of its top-tier The Olympic Partner (TOP) sponsorship scheme in an eight-year

extensive media reports, will take the number of TOP sponsors to 14.It covers four editions of the Games

- Beijing 2022, Paris 2024, and Los Angeles 2028, as well as the 2026 Winter Olympic Games,  due

Movement, including the Organising Committees of the Olympic Games"."

This new partnership demonstrates the global appeal and strength of the Olympic Movement, and we are

The deal marks another financial boost for the IOC after financial giants Visa extended their deal to 2032

financial services company Allianz are reportedly set to become the latest member of the top-tier The Olympic

According to SportsBusiness Journal, the company is in talks with the International Olympic Committee

eight-year deal.It has been claimed that the agreement will begin in 2021 and run through to the 2028 Olympic

and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles.An announcement is expected to be made in the near future, which

ImagesIt would mark another financial boost for the IOC after financial giants Visa extended their deal to 2032

renewal dates are as follows: 2024 - Bridgestone, Intel, Panasonic and Toyota; 2028 - Alibaba; and 2032

Korea's Sports Minister Do Jong-hwan has claimed the country will propose the idea of co-hosting the 2032

South Korean news agency Yonhap.Australia are also reportedly mulling over a potential bid for the 2032

expressed an interest as well, along with Indonesia and India.Neither Indonesia nor India have hosted an Olympic

Games before, while China's capital Beijing hosted the Summer Games in 2008 and will host the Winter

edition in 2022.Germany are also believed to have shown an interest in 2032.Australia last hosted the

Korea marched together under the unification flag at the Opening Ceremony and, for the first time in Olympic

Tokyo 2020 Olympic swimming finals will be held during morning sessions, it has been announced by organisers

broadcasters were said to be keen to ensure evening finals as swimming is one of their most popular Olympic

take place in the Japanese morning, with an agreement reached between organisers, the International Olympic

billion/€6.6 billion) to the IOC for exclusive rights to broadcast all Summer and Winter Olympics until 2032

will take place in the evening, with the first day of swimming competition set to take place in the Olympic

including six softball games and one baseball game -- in Fukushima."

promised that "nothing will be left undone" as the country’s athletes prepare for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic

Games.

Rathore’s comments follow an impressive performance from India at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and

golds, 24 silvers and 30 bronze.Despite India winning just two medals at the last edition of the Summer Olympic

Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) set ambitious targets of 25 at

We have just begun working on systems that can connect the athletes to the Target Olympic Podium Scheme

Games, the 2030 Asian Games and the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.