Beijing 2022 produced a "slick and professional" presentation to International Olympic Committee (IOC) members today in the race for the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympics, strongly batting off concerns about a lack of snow and winter vibe. 

A pledge to utilise a $75 billion (£49 billion/€67 billion) sovereign wealth fund formed a strong part of Almaty 2022's message to the International Olympic Committee here (IOC) at today's Candidate City Briefing, with Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Massimov playing a starring role.

Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah declared the new Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) headquarters officially open here this evening following a garden party attended by around 250 members of the sporting family, including International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach.

Gian Franco Kasper is definitely not interested in the SportAccord Presidency, even on an interim basis, he has told insidethegames here on the day of a meeting to discuss the future of the organisation.

Steve Pagliuca, the new chairman of Boston's bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, has claimed concerns over the bid's budget will soon "fade into the background" and that the end of the city's harshest winter in over a century will lead an increase in support for the campaign. 

Protests opposing the continued lack of work to reduce levels of water pollution have taken place on Rio de Janeiro's Botafogo Beach, part of Guanabara Bay on which Olympic and Paralympic sailing is due to take place next year, 

New events set to feature on the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic programme are due to be revealed tomorrow at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board meeting here, with snowboarding, freestyle skiing, speed skating and curling all expected to be added to the programme. 

Funding provided to SportAccord by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is to be withdrawn, it was announced here following today's IOC Executive Board meeting.

Senegal National Olympic and Sports Committee (SNOSC) President Mamadou Diagna Ndiaye is to be proposed as a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), insidethegames has been told.

Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim, one of Asia's biggest athletics stars, could finish only third in a rainy high jump competition on the final day of the Asian Athletics Championships in Wuhan as Japan's Takashi Eto claimed a shock gold medal.

Kazakhstan Prime Minister Karim Massimov and Chinese Vice-Premier Liu Yandong are leading the respective delegations of Almaty and Beijing here for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Candidate City Briefing starting on Tuesday (May 9).

Designs for an Athletes’ Village ultimately envisaged as a large student complex have been unveiled as part of Lausanne’s bid for the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games.

Scholars from Bangladesh, Colombia, Zimbabwe and Palestine have been selected to study on the Association of National Olympic Committees' (ANOC) Dream Together Programme at Seoul National University.

Plans for the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) Beach Games dominated the agenda at today's ANOC Executive Committee meeting here, with the event to be utterly separate from the SportAccord World Beach Games awarded to Sochi earlier this year.