It will be some time before the full picture on Tokyo 2020 global viewing figures emerges, but early indications suggest patterns are in line with what you might expect from an event taking place in the Asian time-zone, in an increasingly fragmented, technology-led media market.
The International Cycling Union (UCI) has borrowed $5 million (£3.6 million/€4.2 million) from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to help mitigate the impact of Tokyo 2020's postponement.
Revenues at World Rugby fell off a cliff last year, plunging to just £10.8 million ($14.9 million/€12.6 million) from £381.4 million ($526 million/€445.9 million) in 2019.
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has reported a deficit of $6.9 million (£5 million/€5.9 million) after a coronavirus-disrupted 2020 campaign.
The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) looks to have taken out a loan of approximately $1.5 million (£1.1 million/€1.3 million) from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to help tide it over in the wake of last year’s Tokyo 2020 postponement.
For the past two years – as confirmed by an 80-page update to the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee’s pre-Games report on sustainability – "endangered sea turtle nesting" was detected at Tsurigasaki Beach, where the sport of surfing is set to make its Olympic debut on Sunday (July 25).
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has entered into a flexible borrowing arrangement known as a "revolving credit facility" with a number of Swiss banks.
The postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics has, as expected, taken a heavy toll on the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) financial performance in 2020, with the Lausanne-based body reporting a deficit of $55 million (£40 million/€46.7 million) for the year.
Emirates Group, the Dubai airline which sponsors a wide range of sports organisations and events, has posted a heavy loss for the strongly COVID-19-impacted 12 months to end-March 2021 - its first-ever annual deficit.
The European Olympic Committees (EOC) has reported a small surplus of just over €300,000 (£257,000/$364,000) for the COVID-scarred year of 2020.
The International Ski Federation (FIS) has defied the pandemic by reporting financial results for the COVID-impacted year of 2020 that were significantly better than originally budgeted.
Another leading Summer Olympic International Federation (IF) has posted a substantial loss for 2020, with the International Swimming Federation (FINA) revealing a deficit for the year of CHF21.5 million (£16.9 million/$23.9 million/€19.7 million).
The International Olympic Committee's (IOC) new hospitality partner looks set to pay Olympic and Paralympic bodies at least $1.3 billion (£917 million/€1.1 billion) over the course of their three-Games agreement.
The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) fell into the red last year, as COVID-19 forced the rescheduling of most planned international competitions.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has appointed an official hospitality provider as part of a significant reform of this part of the Games-time operation.
Denver were awarded the 1976 Winter Olympic Games ahead of Sion in Switzerland, Tempere in Finland and Vancouver in Canada at the International Olympic Committee Session in 1970. But in a Colorado referendum in November 1972, voters rejected funding for the event. It is the only time a city has been awarded the Olympics but pulled out. The IOC then offered the Games to Whistler in Canada, but they too declined owing to a change of Government following elections. Salt Lake City offered to host the Games, but the IOC, still reeling from the Denver rejection, declined and selected Innsbruck, the 1964 host city, as a replacement.
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