The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Laureus Sport for Good have announced a ground-breaking collaboration that will see both organisations each invest $1 million into a two-year programme to advance youth education and employability through sport in Africa.
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Oct 30, 2020 15:10
LAUSANNE: The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has confirmed plans to send up to six athletes to the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games as part of a Refugee Paralympic Team (RPT). The IPC will work with its commercial partners and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, to create awareness of the plight faced by refugee athletes and send a message of hope to the almost 80 million forcibly displaced worldwide.
Oct 28, 2020 11:10
NEW DELHI: The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) is worried that Indian shooters might head to next year’s Tokyo Olympics without any competitions as uncertainty looms over international shooting tournaments due to the prevailing COVID-19 situation, The Tribune reports.
Oct 21, 2020 16:10
LAUSANNE: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded Seven West Media Ltd. (Seven) the Australian broadcast rights for the XXIV Olympic Winter Games in Beijing in 2022.
Oct 08, 2020 16:10
LAUSANNE: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board (EB) and Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee have discussed the estimated $280 million (JPY30 billion) in cost savings that will be achieved by initial simplification and optimisation measures developed to deliver Games fit for a post-corona world.
Oct 05, 2020 12:10
NEW DELHI: The Sports Ministry on Saturday filed an affidavit in the Delhi High Court informing the court of its decision to give recognition to wrestling and weightlifting federations, reported Hindustan Times.
Oct 05, 2020 12:10
PARIS: Four years ahead of the Games, global telecommunications major Orange has become third premium partner and official supplier to the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
According to French newspaper Le Parisien, Orange’s investment in the partnership will total a whopping €144 million ($167 million).
Oct 05, 2020 11:10
MUMBAI: League commissioner Adam Silver has told NBA TV that the NBA was not likely to pause their season for the Tokyo Olympics next year.
The Olympics has been postponed to July 23rd to August 8th of 2021 and this coincides with the NBA schedule due to the delayed start of their season caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The new season is set to begin in January.
Sep 30, 2020 17:09
TOKYO: The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) Wednesday announced that it will appoint Olympic artistic swimmer and Japanese Olympic Committee executive board member Kotani Mikako as its new Sports director from 1 October.
Sep 29, 2020 12:09
ON MONDAY, Tokyo Olympics announced the Olympic Torch Relay will start its journey on 25 March 2021 from the J-Village National Training Centre in Fukushima Prefecture, and then traverse all 47 prefectures across Japan over a period of 121 days.
Sep 25, 2020 16:09
LAUSANNE: The IOC Coordination Commission and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee agreed Friday on a series of measures to make the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 fit for a post-corona world.
Developed in response to the postponement of this year’s Games due to the coronavirus pandemic, over 50 measures have been designed to maximise cost savings and increase efficiencies in Games delivery.