Irish Sports Minister Shane Ross has raised the possibility of an Irish bid for the Olympic Games, should

the sky’s the limit.”Mitchell, a former Lord Mayor of Dublin, had investigated the possibility of an Olympic

Committee at its 30th Session in Lausanne in 1931.The Games were awarded to Berlin, who received 43

edition.The decision is due to be confirmed at the IOC Session in Lima on September 13.It would leave the 2032

Games as the next possibility for Ireland to host the Summer Olympics, with the event currently slated

had been exploring the possibility of launching a bid for the event in 2028, but could now eye the 2032

will benefit from the decision taken here yesterday to change the bid process for the 2024 and 2028 Olympic

and Paralympic Games, it has been claimed.

possibility of launching a bid for the event in 2028, something no longer possible after the International Olympic

 John Coates, President of the Australian Olympic Committee and the IOC vice-president who worked

respectively ©IOCCoates revealed that if changes proposed to the bidding process for the 2026 Winter Olympic

and Paralympics were successful they would be extended to the campaign for the 2032 Summer Games.

If Los Angeles or Paris are awarded the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games without having to go through

the process of another bid then they have no right to demand extra funding from the International Olympic

Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) President Francesco Ricci Bitti claimed

nbsp;An Extraordinary IOC Session on July 11 and 12 is expected to confirm that both the 2024 and 2028 Games

Getting elected this year to host the 2028 Games would allow the respective city to invest an extra sum

The city would get the right to host the Olympic Games without the risk of a defeat in an election procedure

years ahead to 2032," Ricci BItti added.It is unlikely publication of the IOC Evaluation Commission

NBCUniversal, which holds United States broadcasting rights to the Olympic Games, may conduct some of

According to the Wall Street Journal, NBCUniversal may shift functions away from the site of the Games

the region and prompting calls for stronger sanctions.The US broadcaster is one of the International Olympic

, having agreed three years ago to pay $7.65 billion (£6 billion/€6.8 billion) for US rights to the Games

over 12 years up to and including 2032.It now looks all but certain that the US will host at least one

Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President N Ramachandran has claimed the Government have agreed in principle

to investigate the possibility of bidding for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The Government in principle has agreed to look into the possibility of bidding for the Olympics in 2032

sport has been described as a sleeping giant by IOC President Thomas Bach ©Getty ImagesInternational Olympic

2015 and met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.He ended rumours that the country was planning a 2024 Olympic

that Mumbai could be officially confirmed as host of the continental-wide beach event at September's Olympic

dogged by poor facilities and corruption scandals.It is thought their Asian Games bid would be based

A major appointment has been made in Hungary as officials eye another Budapest bid for the Olympic and

Paralympic Games.

Krisztián Kulcsár, the President of the Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB), has hired Attila Szalay-Berzeviczy

to be the governing body's strategic consultant.Szalay-Berzeviczy, the President of the Budapest Olympic

and Paralympic Games in March.This came after a petition from campaign group Momentum Mozgalom, calling

 However, Hungarian Olympic officials have not given up their dream of hosting the Olympics for

nbsp;If Budapest is to bid for the Olympics and Paralympics again, it may now have to wait until the 2032

"No-one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun". This line from Time by Pink Floyd seemed apt this week.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Omega announced a 12-year extension of their global sponsorship

deal, all the way through to 2032.The announcement made much of the longevity of the partnership - "

the extension marks 100 years since the start of Omega's relationship with the Olympic Games"; "2032

is an important milestone, as it will mark 100 years since the Olympic Movement was first able to count

Games ©Getty ImagesEagle-eyed Olympic fans will have noted that there have been 38 editions of the Games

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has today announced an extension to its global partnership

with official timekeeper Omega through to 2032.

It prolongs the existing partnership by 12 years to include the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing

and through to the 2032 Summer Games.The announcement was made at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne in Switzerland

Partner (TOP) programme members to commit to the Olympic Movement through to 2032.The extension

marks 100 years since the start of Omega's relationship with the Olympic Games, which dates back to

The Olympic Games is one of the most emotionally-stirring events in the world, with an Olympic medal

promised Australia is keeping a watching brief over the potential double awarding of the 2024 and 2028 Olympic

and Paralympic Games as the country considers a future bid.

support for the feasibility study had been given by the AOC Executive and a possible effort for 2028 or 2032

The issue at the moment is what year, whether they could do 2028 or 2032."

If they are awarded at once, Brisbane will move to 2032."

Games to Paris and Los Angeles ©Getty ImagesA bid for the 2028 Olympic Games would depend on the outcome

there based on the recommendations made by the Working Group.It possible that host cities for both Games

Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) Presidential candidate Danielle Roche has claimed she will not take

a “unilateral decision” over a prospective Olympic bid if elected.

“What I want to do, whether it's 2028 or 2032, is to champion that both in Australia and internationally

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has claimed talk of an Olympic bid is premature ©Getty imagesQueensland

“I am purely focused on the Commonwealth Games, we have got the Commonwealth Games coming to the Gold

“Anything else about Olympic bids are very premature and I have had no discussions with the Olympic Committee

about that or the federal Prime Minister as well.”A bid for the 2028 Olympic Games would also depend

John Coates has vowed to help support a bid for the Olympic Games, should he be re-elected as the Australian

Olympic Committee (AOC) President on Saturday (May 6).

since 1990, is being challenged by Atlanta 1996 hockey gold medallist Danielle Roche.The International Olympic

“What I want to do, whether it's 2028 or 2032, is to champion that both in Australia and internationally

.”John Coates and Uğur Erdener, centre, lead National Olympic Committees reportedly considering Olympic

bids ©Getty ImagesA bid for the 2028 Olympic Games would depend on the outcome reached by a working

could take place would be 2032.There have been concerns regarding the impact of a dual awarding on other

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has delivered a robust defence of the appeal

of the Olympic Games here today but at the same time tried to justify the proposed reforms to the bidding

Movement and the Olympic Games by the long term contracts that these sponsors and rights-holders are

 "We have contracts on the TV side until 2032 and we have TOP sponsors on board until 2028 and there

" but appreciate how the "Olympic Games are an anchor of stability when other aspects of business and

Then they see the Olympic Movement and the Olympic Games which, at this moment, are the only event in

 "They are counting on us to deliver this stability and this message of the Olympic Games, and of

Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships as part of a long-term strategy to stage the Olympic

and Paralympic Games.

officials and the IAAF.Hungary have vowed to continue bidding for major events, despite the city's Olympic

to build many of the facilities they proposed if they were awarded the Games.This includes the main Olympic

and Paralympic Games ended after more than a quarter-of-a-million people signed a petition demanding

It means the 2024 bid can be relevant in 2028 or 2032."

Budapest will definitely come back to bid for the Olympic Games," Fürjes told insidethegames."

History tells us that cricket’s last Olympic appearance came at the Paris Games in 1900, and it seems

swept through ICC corridors, culminating in Richardson strongly hinting an application for the 2024 Games

participate at the Games.

Games when professional athletes were allowed to compete, for example.

and 2028 editions in Lima in September, cricket may not become associated with the Five Rings until 2032

“India previously opposed involvement of cricket in the Commonwealth Games programme.

American broadcaster NBC will show coverage of next year's Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang live in

The company have been criticised in the past for screening many of the top events at the Games, such

television schedules.NBC, which paid a sum of $7.65 billion (£6.2 billion/€7.1 billion) to the International Olympic

Committee (IOC) for exclusive rights to broadcast all Summer and Winter Olympics until 2032, enjoys