Tokyo has been given a taster of 3x3 basketball as the Japanese professional league final was held in the Olympic host city, with three years until the discipline's Games’ debut.
Turkey's Aslı Çakır Alptekin, stripped of the Olympic 1500 metres gold medal she won at London 2012, has been banned for life after a third doping offence only six months after she returned to the sport, it has been revealed.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has been welcomed to Marseille by French President Emmanuel Macron and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, following the award of the 2024 Olympic Games last week.
Thomas Bach has finished a two-day visit to Los Angeles to help them celebrate being awarded the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
South Korea's President Moon Jae-in plans to use his trip to attend the 72nd United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York City to promote next year's Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang.
Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) President Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah has warned that the growth in popularity of esports cannot be ignored and needs to be accommodated to help keep the world's youth engaged.
Paris 2024 have held a celebration in front of their City Hall to mark the French capital being awarded the rights to the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
International Equestrian Federation (FEI) President Ingmar De Vos has stated it is a priority for him to boost the role of federations in the delivery of the Olympic Games, after he became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Politicians in Ireland have been warned the controversial deal between the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) and British ticket promoters THG may have breached the country's laws.
Tokyo 2020 have secured a record $2.8 billion (£2.1 billion/€2.3 billion) in local sponsorship revenue with three years still remaining until the start of the Olympics and Paralympic Games, it was revealed here today.
Veteran International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Richard Pound has called for the organisation to be more proactive than reactive in dealing with bidding and corruption problems.
Paris was officially named host of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games here today in front of an emotional City Mayor Anne Hidalgo.
Pyeongchang 2018 President Lee Hee-beom has downplayed accommodation and ticketing concerns while calling for all countries, including North Korea and Russia, to participate at next year's Olympics and Paralympics.
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International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach and Peruvian counterpart Pedro Pablo Kuczynski each claimed sport can still be a force for good in troubled times during the Opening Ceremony of the 131st IOC Session here.
When Liechtenstein made its Olympic debut at Berlin in 1936 they discovered that the country's flag of two equal horizontal bands of blue on the top and red was identical to that of Haiti. It led to a crown being added to the top left hand corner of Liechtenstein's flag the following year to differentiate it. But it was not until 1976 that it got hoisted at an Olympic medal ceremony when Hanni Wenzel won a bronze in the giant slalom at the Winter Games in Innsbruck.
UEFA – Euro 2020 LOS Liaison Manager - Nyon, Switzerland
To mark the 60th anniversary of the European Football Championship, UEFA EURO 2020 will be organised as a truly pan-European event for the first time.
Brian Cookson won a bitter election against Pat McQuaid four years ago to be elected the new President of the UCI but now he is the one having to defend his record against French challenger David Lappartient.
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