Olympics



Arup appointed lead advisor to Tokyo 2020

By Mike Rowbottom in Tokyo

Part of Arup's proposed waterfront designs for the Tokyo 2020 Games ©ArupArup, the international design engineering consultancy, will provide advice for Tokyo's Metropolitan Government and Organising Committee of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games to develop venues and infrastructure, it has been announced.

Exclusive: IOC targets $2 billion from TOP programme by 2024

By David Owen at the Grimaldi Forum in Monte Carlo

A total of $2 billion could be raised by the TOP worldwide sponsorship programme by 2024 ©Getty ImagesThe International Olympic Committee (IOC) hopes that increased sponsorship value created partly by its planned new media channel will help drive income generated by its TOP worldwide sponsorship programme through the $2 billion (£1.2 billion/€1.5 billion) barrier by 2024.