International Olympic Committee (IOC) director of future Olympic Games hosts Jacqueline Barrett has extolled the new approach to awarding hosting rights for the multi-sport event, insisting it offers opportunities for "an open, frank and non-committal discussion" with a wider range of parties.

Six officials have been added to the International Basketball Federation's (FIBA) Safeguarding Council, including International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Danka Barteková.

Six Tokyo 2020 individual Olympic medallists have been selected in Australia's 46-member swimming team for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Africa's top-ranked men's and women's basketball teams face the prospect of missing the Paris 2024 Olympics and this year's Women's Basketball World Cup, after Nigeria's Government imposed a two-year withdrawal from international competitions.

This week marked my final one at insidethegames, as I hang up the green and pink tie* after close to seven-and-a-half years here.

Holding more Coordination Commission visits virtually and imposing limits on the number of annual institutional meetings were among the measures outlined here in the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) plans to cut its carbon footprint.

Three-time Olympic basketball medallist Pau Gasol Sáez has been elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Ethics Commission here.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) declared here that it hopes to award hosting rights for the 2030 Winter Olympic Games at next year's 140^th IOC Session in Mumbai.

Richard Pound has been elected as an International Olympic Committee (IOC) honorary member here, with President Thomas Bach praising him as a "man of untiring inspiration and determination".

Amélie Oudéa-Castéra has been appointed France's Minister of Sport and the Olympic and Paralympic Games - a key Government position in the lead-up to Paris 2024.

Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet has conceded the COVID-19 pandemic and war in Ukraine have put budgetary pressures on preparations for the Olympics and Paralympics and "pose new risks".

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has admitted the organisation's relationship with the Russian Government has "dramatically deteriorated over the past years", claiming the country is responsible for "personal threats to individuals".

Former International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Alex Gilady has posthumously been awarded the Olympic Order here.

Even before it had officially opened its doors, the Munich’s "Olympiastadion" was acclaimed by critics. In 1971, the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York displayed models of architect Frei Otto’s work including his designs for the Olympic Park.