It is less than a year until the destiny of the 2024 Olympics will be revealed when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) meet in Lima.

A recording of International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Sir Philip Craven allegedly falling victim to a prank phone call has been posted online, where he appears to criticise the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and its President Thomas Bach.

Beijing 2022 will undergo a stringent test of the preparations for the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission conducts its first visit to the Chinese capital, which begins on Monday (October 10).

A new anti-doping testing authority to be set up within the framework of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) was one of the key recommendations made at the Olympic Summit here today.

Los Angeles 2024 have claimed to have created the ideal environment to ensure the successful delivery of the Olympic Games.

Paris 2024 have declared there will be "no burden on the public purse" after revealing a budget of €3.2 billion (£2.8 billion/$3.6 billion) for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, after submitting the second stage of their candidature file to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) here today.

Anti-doping is not a priority for the newly-launched Sporting Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA), according to coalition coordinator Emanuel Macedo de Medeiros, despite rumours it could aid the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) bid to overhaul the global anti-doping system.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) must remain the only global regulator in the anti-doping field, the public authorities in the organisation’s Executive Committee have urged ahead of tomorrow’s Olympic Summit here in Lausanne.

Ticket sales for Pyeongchang 2018 will be launched in February to coincide with one-year-to-go celebrations, it has been announced today.

Russian high jumper Anna Chicherova, the London 2012 Olympic champion, has been stripped of her bronze medal from the Beijing 2008 after her doping samples were retested and came back positive for anabolic steroids.

I was four years old when my Mom put me on cross-country skis for the first time in my life. As she tells it, I shuffled around the backyard for a minute or two, then, tearfully threw myself to the ground and demanded to know when we were going in for hot chocolate. My dear Mom propped me back up on my feet, dusted off the snow, and told me to "just keep trying".

International Ski Federation (FIS) President Gian-Franco Kasper has been among those to cautiously praise progress at Pyeongchang 2018 venues here ahead of a frenetic winter season of 24 test events.

United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) chief executive Travis Tygart has called on International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach to "repair and restore" his legacy by pushing for a drugs testing system that is truly independent from sports bodies.

Lee Kee-heung, the former head of the national swimming body, has been controversially elected head of the Korean Olympic and Sports Committee (KOSC) today.

No announcement will be made on the future of the Rome 2024 Olympic and Paralympic bid until Tuesday (October 11), insidethegames has been told today.