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NOCZ sought after to help establish wrestling development initiative in Zambia

  • ANOCA

Following a meeting with Wrestling Association of Zambia ( WAZ) development officer Neil Gregory, National Olympic

Zambia ©NOCZ"[Gregory] presented an intriguing opportunity for NOCZ in the lead-up to the Brisbane 2032

Olympic Games - an engagement with the Australian government on the fronts of youth, sport, and health

WAZ has been a member of NOCZ and the Olympic Movement in Zambia since this year's Annual General Meeting



David Owen: Is the writing on the wall for multi-sports events?

  • Inside the Blogs

It seems a valid time to pose the question, with the Commonwealth Games plainly struggling and global

First: it is not just the Commonwealth Games.The ninth Francophone Games finally took place in July and

after two postponements and in a different continent to that originally designated.The Summer Youth Olympic

Olympic Committee (IOC)’s flagship event was failing, even if it is not in as good a place as 15 or

Olympic Games dominates the global sports conversation, that leaves 205 weeks when Olympic sport languishes

expected cash receipts.Though announced as long ago as 2014, this deal runs all the way through until 2032


Wyaralong Dam deemed suitable to host rowing at Brisbane 2032

  • Brisbane 2032

A feasibility study has ruled that Wyaralong Dam is able to host rowing events at the Brisbane 2032 Olympic

and Paralympic Games.

This demonstrates its ability to address important impact and legacy infrastructure outcomes for the 2032

Games."

Games will provide Australia and the region for the sport of rowing."

Beyond 2032, this venue will serve as an important location for local, state, national, and potentially

The 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games will mark a historic moment for the Queensland State Rowing Centre


India "looking at" bidding for 2036 Olympics, says Sports Minister Thakur

  • Olympic Games 2036

Sports Minister Anurag Thakur has reiterated that the subcontinent is "looking at" bidding for the Olympic

Games in 2036.

Last year, Thakur said that the country will present a roadmap to the International Olympic Committee

Nobody has spoken our reached out to us (about hosting the 2026 Commonwealth Games) nor have we expressed

hosted a major multi-sport event in 2010, when New Delhi staged the infamous Commonwealth Games.The Games

for the IOC Session in October.At least 10 countries have expressed an interest in staging the Summer Games

Board.The 2036 hosts will be the second to be selected under the new procedure, following Brisbane 2032


Scottish birthplace of Thomas Brisbane seeking to bolster links with 2032 Olympic hosts

  • Brisbane 2032

which was the birthplace of the British army officer after which Brisbane is named is hoping to use the 2032

Olympic and Paralympic Games to strengthen its relationship with the Australian city.

Sir Thomas Brisbane after he sent a group to establish a new convict settlement in what is now the 2032

Olympic host city ©Museums of Australia"The Lord Mayor of Brisbane expressed his hope that we can foster

Games which are due to take place in Brisbane in 2032," Largs Councillor Alan Hill told the local newspaper

With the Olympic Games coming to Brisbane in a few years' time, there are real opportunities for us to

Games and Paralympic Games."


Harvey Norman to support Australia’s Olympic and Paralympic teams at Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

Australia’s Olympic and Paralympic teams preparing for Paris 2024 have secured a new partnership with

 Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) chief executive Matt Carroll claimed Australia had a "special

and the next year's Winter Winter Youth Olympic Games in Gangwon.Harvey Norman is Australia's largest

The years leading up to the Brisbane Paralympics in 2032 will be a pivotal time and the development of

Harvey Norman had supported Australia's Olympic and Paralympic Games teams at Tokyo 2020 ©Paralympic

The Olympic and Paralympic Games are unrivalled platforms for recognising individual athletic brilliance


Ensuring boxing remains on Brisbane 2032 programme part of motivation for Boxing Australia quitting IBA

  • Boxing

to leave the International Boxing Association (IBA) will not affect its preparations for next year's Olympic

Games in Paris.

programme with Brisbane 2032 approaching ©Boxing Australia"We will not be sending a team to the 2023

IOC is conducting the qualification process for Paris 2024 and will run the boxing programme at the Games

in 2032."

in Brisbane 2032."

medal in boxing had come at their home Games at Melbourne 1956 when Kevin Hogarth won a bronze in the


Queensland gives funding boost to sports participation before Brisbane 2032

  • Brisbane 2032

£12.8 million/$16.3 million/€14.8 million) injection to encourage greater participation in sport as the 2032

Olympic and Paralympic Games approach.

involved in sport and active recreation is one of the key legacies we can achieve from the Brisbane 2032

Olympic and Paralympic Games," Hinchliffe insisted."


Brisbane expected to have eco zone in 2032 Athletes Village

  • Brisbane 2032

The site of the Athletes' Village at the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Brisbane is set to include

include extensive riverside parkland and vegetation.An artists impression of how the eco district in the Olympic

is anticipated that local timber will be widely used in building to help towards a climate positive Games

Palaszczuk confirmed that 1,000 new homes are due to be built in the area close to the Village prior to the 2032

Olympics and Paralympics following a land audit.The Brisbane 2032 Olympics are scheduled to open on

July 23 2032.


Visitors to Paris warned of rising cost of accommodation during 2024 Olympics and Paralympics

  • Paris 2024

Paralympics have been warned to expect a significant increase in the price of accommodation during both Games

(£1,175/$1,496) although some booking portals now indicate that the hotel is fully booked over the Games

concerts and other major events at the stadium.Others have found that the prices advertised by official Olympic

tickets for the sporting events but accommodation cost and availability has often been a problem for Olympic

predicted.Concerns have already been expressed about accommodation rental in Brisbane prior to the 2032

Olympic and Paralympic Games.


New chief executive for IWF as IOC's decision on weightlifting’s future looms

  • Weightlifting

IWF) has appointed a chief executive and made other reforms as the decision about its future on the Olympic

Games schedule draws near.

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from September 4 to 17, the IWF will know whether or not it will be part of the Olympic

Games after Paris 2024.The International Olympic Committee (IOC) removed weightlifting from the Los

new strategic plan, the sport's "roadmap for the future" that will shape its direction from 2024 to 2032

.The IWF will know whether or not it will be part of the Olympic Games after Paris 2024 a month after

consulted, is Adrega, who steps up to interim chief executive immediately.Adrega, who is based in the Olympic


Lars Haue-Pedersen: A call to rights holders and organisers of major events - don't repeat old mistakes

  • Inside the Blogs

Sometimes the hard and unfiltered truth is better delivered by an outsider.

here last month.In an interview with Australian media, Geldof questioned comments from the Brisbane 2032

Olympic Games organisers about their claim of staging the "first ever climate positive Games" and talked

reducing waste and using recycled material cannot offset the negative environmental impact of staging Olympic

should not because they can in fact have both economic and environmental positive effects.Brisbane 2032

Palaszczuk during an interview last month over Brisbane's target of staging an environmentally friendly Olympic


Solomon Islands gets tackers boats from Australia before 2023 Pacific Games

  • Solomon Islands 2023

Sailing has delivered 10 tackers boats to Solomon Islands to help grow the sport before the 2023 Pacific Games

opportunities" in sailing.The equipment is set to help with training coaches and officials before the Games

Federation is to get "more People on the water, in more ways, more often" with an eye towards the Brisbane 2032

Olympic and Paralympic Games.

clubs and members donated six lasers to Solomon Islands.Solomon Islands is set to host the Pacific Games

this year from November 19 to December 2.Sailing first appeared at the Pacific Games in Papua New Guinea


Queensland Cricket want venue upgraded prior to Brisbane 2032 Gabba rebuild

  • Brisbane 2032

for an overhaul to Allan Border Field before the Gabba undergoes a complete rebuild for the Brisbane 2032

Olympic and Paralympic Games.

$2.7 billion (£1.45 billion/$1.83 billion/€1.70 billion) before it serves as the main venue for the 2032

Olympic Games.Work is scheduled to begin in December 2025 following an Ashes Test at the venue, leaving

important Test and Big Bash League cricket matches from Queensland to interstate venues during the pre-Olympic

Gabba for potentially greater than seven years during the period of demolition, construction and post-Games

Should cricket be included in the Olympics for 2032, then the venue would be ready and available for