Los Angeles 2028 has taken its first major steps towards launching its marketing plan to raise $2.5 billion (£2 billion/€2.2 billion) in sponsorship, it has been reported.
Japan hope to win 30 Olympic gold medals and finish third in the medals table at Tokyo 2020, the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) has announced here today.
Olympic silver medallist Feyisa Lilesa has been invited to return to Ethiopia after two years of living in exile following his anti-Government gesture at the conclusion of the marathon race at Rio 2016.
A Japanese researcher has warned residents of Tokyo to expect serious overcrowding at railway stations during the Olympic and Paralympic Games, as a second study raised concerns over how the city's network will cope with congestion.
The German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, already planning a potential bid for the 2032 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, today announced an interest in staging the next multi-sport European Championships in 2022.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has carried out an experiment to see if spraying water on pavements could effectively reduce temperatures during the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.
The National Olympic Committee of Kazakhstan has signed a deal with Japan's Fukuoka Prefecture which will see training camps hosted before Tokyo 2020.
Marianne Vos, the multiple world and Olympic champion in both track and road cycling, has suggested the decision to have different road courses for men and women at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics discriminates against female riders.
Mount Fuji is among major Japanese landmarks included in routes for the cycling road races at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, which have been announced.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has expressed disappointment after confirmation that the United Nations have rejected an exemption to sanctions for sporting equipment being sent to North Korea.
Tokyo 2020 will be the first Olympics and Paralympics to use facial recognition technology to increase security at Games venues, it has been confirmed.
The first Olympic qualification standings for karate have been published with the sport counting down to its debut at Tokyo 2020.
Tokyo 2020 courses for the individual triathlon, mixed relay and Para-triathlon have been announced by the International Triathlon Union (ITU) and the Organising Committee.
Britain's elite weightlifters have had to turn to crowdfunding in their attempt to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, as the sport has hit rock bottom financially.
Paris, which will host the Olympics and Paralympics in 2024, is staging another major multi-sport event from tomorrow - the 10th edition of the Gay Games, which continues until August 12.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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