Dentsu, the Japanese advertising and public relations company, is to retain exclusive broadcasting rights to the Olympic Games across a total of 22 Asian countries - including Malaysia - until at least 2024.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded Middle East and North African broadcast rights to the Games for the next two Olympic cycles to Qatar’s beIN Media Group.

Hyundai and Kia Motors, South Korea's best known car manufacturer and the world's fourth largest, has been signed as a domestic sponsor for the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, a major boost after initial concerns such a deal would not be possible. 

Pyeongchang 2018 President Cho Yang-ho has promised that the event will not waste "precious taxpayers' money" as he pledged to run a fiscally responsible Winter Olympics and Paralympics. 

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has already generated as much from the sale of broadcasting rights for Games in the next Olympic quadrennium, from 2017 to 2020, as the $4.1 billion (£2.6 billion/€3.7 billion) sum it will receive from this, the Movement’s largest revenue source during the present Olympic cycle culminating with Rio 2016.

Song Seung-whan has been appointed as executive creative director for both the Opening and Closing Ceremonies at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, it has been announced.

International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Alpine Skiing and Snowboarding has reiterated that Pyeongchang 2018 still has "work to do” ahead of the Paralympic Winter Games.

Four new disciplines were added to the programme for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, it was officially announced here today.

Sailing and 7-a-side football’s faint hopes of being included on the Tokyo 2020 programme appear to have been ended after the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Governing Board confirmed their exclusion at a meeting in the Japanese capital, which concluded today.

Approving medal events and athlete quotas for Pyeongchang 2018 will be one of the main topics on the agenda during the International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC) Governing Board’s three days of meetings in Tokyo, which start today.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has reached an agreement with Tokyo 2020 for the delivery of the fourth edition of its Academy’s Excellence Programme.

Pyeongchang 2018 has today unveiled “Passion. Connected.” as its slogan for the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games during 1,000-days-to-go celebration at Seoul’s Olympic Park.

South Korean Olympic skating champions Seung-hoon Lee, Seung-hi Park and Tae-bum Mo have been revealed as the latest honorary ambassadors for the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has now, as expected, launched the tender process for broadcasting rights covering most of Europe for the 2017-2020 Olympic cycle.

A series of events will take place on Saturday (May 16) to mark 1,000 days to go until the Opening Ceremony of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games, it has been announced.