“The French people are ready” is the message the country’s new President Emmanuel Macron told International Olympic Committee (IOC) members in Lausanne today - emphasising that they could “count on” him even if he no longer occupied his present post in 2024.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) ought to give its Ethics Commission more independence to investigate cases of ethical misconduct.

The city of Kashima was endorsed as a Tokyo 2020 football venue at today's meeting of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board here.

Four Olympic or Paralympic gold medallists, two silver medallists and one bronze medallist will join new French President Emmanuel Macron in the Paris 2024 delegation for this week’s Candidate City Briefing for International Olympic Committee (IOC) members in Lausanne.  

Members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will discuss - and presumably decide - whether to award both the 2024 and 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games together later this year next Tuesday (July 11) at an Extraordinary Session in Lausanne. 

NBCUniversal, which holds United States broadcasting rights to the Olympic Games, may conduct some of its Pyeongchang 2018 client entertainment operations in America rather than South Korea because of potential security concerns, it has been reported.  

A filing detailing Los Angeles 2024's finances for the year to July 31, 2016 puts overall contributions at just over $32.6 million (£25.5 million/€29.1 million).

Denis Masseglia was declared the winner of a third term as President of the French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF) - although he may face an appeal over the result.

The intriguingly-timed race to become President of the French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF) concludes tomorrow with three candidates vying for the post.

The compensation package paid to John Coates, President of the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC), rose to more than AUD$700,000 (£423,000/$530,000/€499,000 in 2016, the body’s latest annual report has revealed.

With reports of disused venues and allegedly suspicious payments being added in recent weeks to the catalogue of bad news stories relating to Rio 2016, you could be forgiven for thinking at times that last year's Summer Olympics and Paralympics were an unmitigated disaster.

French Fencing Federation (FFE) President Isabelle Lamour has joined the race to become President of the French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF).

Doubts are emerging as to whether Ahmad Ahmad, the challenger in next month’s crunch Confederation of African Football (CAF) Presidential election, will secure blanket support from members of the Council of Southern African Football Associations (COSAFA).

Britain’s vote to leave the European Union (EU) had a significant impact on the Football Association (FA)’s 2016 results.