International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice-president Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr has insisted that a joint

awarding of the 2024 and 2028 Games will only take place with the full "consensus" of Los Angeles and

Bach last week in order to consider the possibility of awarding both the 2024 and 2028 editions of the Olympic

convened a working group chaired by the four vice-presidents to investigate whether the 2024 and 2028 Olympic

the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games behind Istanbul and winners Tokyo.The Spanish capital also finished

are awarded this year, then Madrid would not be able to bid again until the 2032 edition.Samaranch claims

Madrid finished third in the 2013 election for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympics Games awarded to Tokyo

In 1950 South Korea was the location for one of the most daring military operations of the 20th century.

Committee (IOC) Executive Board decision to officially consider awarding both the 2024 and 2028 Games

the Working Group he had set up to consider bidding reforms would specifically look at awarding two Games

Games"."

Australia is perhaps the sole exception, but surely could be persuaded to wait until 2032.

Games.Bach, thus presumably, hopes that these two factors would be reduced by the time the 2032 process

That background noise you might be aware of in calmer moments? It is the sound of rule-books that have underpinned international affairs for most of my adult life being ripped up.

It is no different in the Olympic Movement; day by day the notion that the International Olympic Committee

IOC) might break with established practice by naming the host-cities of both the 2024 and 2028 Summer Games

©Getty ImagesHeck, with its cornerstone US broadcasting rights deal in place all the way through to 2032

The effect on the Olympic brand could be devastating.Yes, Le Pen is still only third in the polls and

Games?

One of my abiding memories of the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic race in 2015 was sitting in a discreet

 It was a consequence of the flourishing relationship between the Olympic Games and the world's

Games remain the IOC's biggest carrot to entice new commercial opportunities.

money for IOC than broadcasting deals and, with NBC already confirmed as the US rightsholder until 2032

Could he, for instance, offer Bach some sort of commercial promise if LA was awarded the Games?

Chicago, lest we forget, suffered a first-round exit as Rio de Janeiro was awarded the Games."

Greg Hunt has become the new Health and Sports Minister in Australia following the resignation of Sussan Ley last week.

 Hunt takes on the role with Australia preparing to host the next edition of the Commonwealth Games

Federal Environment Minister, said there would be "no better place in the world" to host the 2028 or 2032

Games than Melbourne.Another issue for Hunt, previously the Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science

total of 29 medals at Rio 2016 marked Australia’s worst Summer Olympic tally in 24 years, with the number

nbsp;Sussan Ley resigned after an expenses scandal ©Getty ImagesThe decline has prompted Australian Olympic

Should the International Olympic Committee (IOC) appoint the hosts of both the 2024 and 2028 Summer Games

It is a question that has been much under discussion in the small, esoteric world of Olympic bid junkies

: that is why it has gone to the trouble and expense of launching an Olympic Channel.The glamour and

Russian Olympic Committee President Alexander Zhukov indicated only this week he thought a Russian bid

candidate-cities.Paris are one of the three shortlisted cities bidding for the 2024 Olympic Games ©Getty

in his Presidency to lock NBCUniversal into a deal for US broadcasting rights all the way through to 2032

Figure skating finals at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang are set to be held in the morning

reports that figure skating, a sport which is usually staged in the evening, would start early during the Games

American broadcaster NBC, which paid sum of $7.65 billion (£6.1 billion/€7 billion) to the International Olympic

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

held at the Gangneung Ice Arena ©Getty ImagesThe men's short programme gets the sport underway at the Games

A bid from Brisbane for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games has moved a step closer after the South

The move has already been given the support of the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC), with President

about the connectivity of south-east Queensland that will be absolutely essential as a part of any Olympic

Games,” said Coates.

.”Last month, Melbourne’s Lord Mayor Robert Doyle sparked fresh calls for the city to bid for the Olympic

Games in either 2028 or 2032 after he revealed he would consult with key officials in the area concerning

A decision on whether Rome will continue its bid for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games has been deferred

that Milan could possibly bid for 2028, if 2024 is awarded to a non-European city - Los Angeles, or 2032

Games ©Getty ImagesDuring her election campaign earlier this year, Raggi stressed that Rome should focus

on meeting their own financial needs first before hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

cancelled, it will mark the second occasion on which the city has filed an application to host the Games

to withdraw the bid.In 2012, Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti called an end to a bid for the 2020 Games

Melbourne’s Lord Mayor Robert Doyle has sparked fresh calls for the city to bid for the Olympic Games

in either 2028 or 2032 after he revealed he would consult with key officials in the area about whether

Doyle is expected to speak with Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) President John Coates, who is a vice-president

of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), during a ceremony to welcome the athletes who competed

“We could show a very friendly Games, a very inclusive Games.

integral part of the city’s infrastructure.”Melbourne is targeting a potential bid for the 2028 or 2032

Olympic Games ©Getty ImagesFederal Environment Minister Greg Hunt has also thrown his support behind

Leadership is a funny thing. I remember once at a G7 Summit, Ronald Reagan appeared so mentally absent that I engaged in a serious conversation with a top New York Times journalist over why his newspaper seemingly felt unable to convey this to its readers. Yet Reagan won the Cold War.

of the century - the $7.7 billion (£4.5 billion/€5.5 billion) sale of US broadcasting rights to the Games

between 2021 and 2032 - at a dinner with NBCUniversal executives.

watch.So did that of Sochi - and if the then obscure Black Sea outpost had not won the 2014 Winter Games

decision regarding Yuliya Stepanova has prompted much criticism ©Getty ImagesBut make no mistake, with the Games

issue - a real bonus when other fundamentals need so much attention.The flagship product - the Summer Games

A 16-year cooperation agreement has been signed today between the International Olympic Committee (IOC

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), set to last until 2032, will cover the next four Olympic and Paralympic

Increasing the visibility of the Paralympic Games and enhance the Paralympic brand," is one of three

deal, along with "ensuring the financial stability and long-term viability of the IPC, the Paralympic Games

and Paralympic Games were first held in the same city in the same year in Rome in 1960 and again in

It reaffirmed that the Paralympic Games from 2008 would always take place shortly after the Olympic Games

The World Curling Federation (WCF) has expressed their commitment to developing their existing broadcast partnerships with the USA Curling Association (USCA) and Champions Curling Tour.

“We are pleased to continue our long-running partnership with the WCF and NBC – America’s Olympic network

through 2032 – that positively impacts the growth of curling worldwide.”The decision to develop the

range of top-class curling broadcasts to as wide an audience as possible in the build up to the 2018 Olympic

Winter Games,” said Kate Caithness, WCF President.

supporters to see more TV coverage of curling championships and these commitments are a priority.”Selected games

NBC will present more coverage of the United States Olympic Trials than ever before in the months leading

up to this year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, it has been announced.

rowing, swimming, volleyball, water polo, and wrestling - and will feature a number of high-profile Olympic

"As the US Olympic rights holder through 2032, the Olympic Trials are a key component to our overall

Olympic strategy," said Peter Diamond, executive vice-president of programming at NBC Olympics.

broadcaster, the figure includes sales of national broadcast, cable and digital adverts during the Games

Games.

television network NBC has sold $1 billion (£700 million/€893 million) worth of advertising for this year's Olympic

Games in Rio de Janeiro, the company announced today.

broadcaster, the figure includes sales of national broadcast, cable and digital adverts during the Games

and NBC are expecting this summer’s event to produce the highest advertising sales figures of any Olympic

months quicker than for London 2012, where the target was hit two days before the Opening Ceremony.The Games

time around.NBC Universal, which extended their partnership in a major deal with the International Olympic

Committee for all Games between 2021 and 2032 in 2014, are paying roughly $1.28 billion (£900 billion