Juan Antonio Samaranch has expressed the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) desire to have the international community at Beijing 2022, with the Coordination Committee chair stressing the next for successful Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games next year.
World champion Panipak Wongpattanakit earned a dramatic late victory over Spanish teenager Adriana Cerezo to claim the women’s under-49 kilogram Olympic taekwondo title here today.
Richard Carapaz became Ecuador’s second Olympic gold medallist by clinching the men’s road race title at Tokyo 2020, following a superbly judged ride.
Britain’s Jade Jones and China’s Wu Jingyu will hope to complete a hat-trick of Olympic triumphs as taekwondo competition begins at Tokyo 2020.
Newly crowned Tour de France champion Tadej Pogačar will start among the contenders for the men’s Olympic road race title in one of the first medal events of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Denmark will seek to become the second nation to win back-to-back men’s Olympic handball titles when they launch their Tokyo 2020 campaign tomorrow against host nation Japan.
Swiss hurdler Kariem Hussein has been ruled out of Tokyo 2020 after receiving a nine-month ban for a positive drugs test.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) director of relations with National Olympic Committee and Olympic Solidarity James MacLeod has predicted the Olympic Refugee Team at Tokyo 2020 want to represent hope for millions of displaced people worldwide.
Serbia and United States will hope to repeat their Rio 2016 triumphs as men’s and women’s water polo competition begins at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center on the first official day of Tokyo 2020 competition.
International Testing Agency (ITA) director general Benjamin Cohen has revealed that Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) athletes are among the most tested heading into Tokyo 2020 here.
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe will be absent today from the Opening Ceremony of Tokyo 2020, despite his key role in helping the nation secure the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Login identification and passwords of some Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games ticketholders has reportedly been leaked online.
Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) President John Coates has claimed he was "completely misinterpreted by people who weren’t in the room" after receiving criticism for ordering Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk to attend the Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony here.
Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) President John Coates has ordered Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk to attend the Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony, after Brisbane was confirmed as hosts of the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games here yesterday.
Several options remain under consideration for the Milan Cortina 2026 speed skating venue, according to International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission chair Sari Essayah.
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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Brisbane, a thriving state capital with an "irresistible" candidacy is set to be formally awarded the 2032 Olympics at this week's IOC Session. Philip Barker profiles the city due to be confirmed as hosts, and also looks at the changing nature of the host city selection process.
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