Tokyo 2020 has today unveiled the official brand name and logo for the test events they will be organising, coinciding with the announcement of the third phase of its schedule.
Beijing's communication operators will spend more than CNY30 billion (£3.4 billion/$4.4 billion/€3.8 billion) to build a 5G network in the city in time for the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Baseball and softball federations in the next three Olympic host nations have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) as part of the bid to appear at Paris 2024.
Two of Japan's largest convenience store chains are to ban sales of pornographic magazines prior to the 2019 Rugby World Cup and the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission chairperson Danka Barteková has called on Lausanne 2020 to focus on ensuring venues are full and "creating an electric atmosphere" at next year's Winter Youth Olympic Games after the group concluded a two-day inspection visit.
Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) President Tsunekazu Takeda has denied knowledge of links between Singaporean company Black Tidings and Papa Massata Diack, who is at the centre of a French corruption investigation.
Honorary International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Sam Ramsamy believes there is “no doubt" Russian athletes will compete at Tokyo 2020 and claimed the nation has been subjected to "unconscious bias" during the doping scandal.
Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) director general Yury Ganus has written to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to call for the organisation’s compliance status to be maintained.
The Swiss Federal Tribunal has rejected an appeal lodged by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) against the Court of Arbitration for Sport decision regarding Russian cross-country skier Alexander Legkov.
Kirsty Coventry has denied suggestions she has resigned as Zimbabwe’s Minister of Sport and condemned violence which has broken out in the country.
Malaysia has extended a ban on Israeli athletes taking part at this year’s World Para Swimming Championships in Sarawak to include all other sporting events.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Ethics Commission has confirmed the situation involving Alex Gilady is closed following a settlement the IOC member reached with two women who publicly accused him of sexual harassment.
Calgary's Mayor's office has said an "administrative error" is behind the lack of an investigation into a leak of documents which detailed the costs of the city's failed bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.
Construction of the major structures for all the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games venues in Zhangjiakou is due to be complete before the end of 2019, it has been claimed.
Davit Modzmanashvili has been stripped of the silver medal he claimed in the men's 120 kilograms freestyle wrestling event at the London 2012 Olympic Games after he was caught doping in retests carried out by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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South African Sam Ramsamy finished his term of office as an IOC member at the end of 2018. As he moves into an honorary position, Mike Rowbottom speaks to the man Nelson Mandela often referred to as his son.
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