At the reveal of the adidas kits for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the sports brand has announced that 86% of pieces of apparel worn on and off the field of play have been created using design principles that ensure they work for athletes with and without a disability.
Olympics
Nov 13, 2018 11:11
TOKYO: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, founded by American billionaire Bill Gates, which has been renowned for its charity work across the globe, will be associating with the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 to increase awareness of, and participation in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) created by the United Nations.
Nov 03, 2018 14:11
SEOUL: North and South Korea on Friday agreed to officially inform the International Olympic Committee (IOC) of their intent to co-host the 2032 Summer Olympics as they continued with reconciliation efforts, Associated Press reports.
Nov 03, 2018 13:11
LAUSANNE: International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach awarded its annual Olympic Cup award to the ‘World Union of Olympic Cities’, an institution created by Greek capital city Athens and Switzerland’s Lausanne to ensure and promote sustainable legacies of the Olympic Games by facilitating an ongoing dialogue between former and future host cities of the Olympic Games.
Oct 27, 2018 13:10
TOKYO: The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) and the Beijing Organising Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (Beijing 2022) Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) under which both organisations will cooperate with the aim of ensuring successful delivery of their respective Games as well as promoting further Olympic and Paralympic movements in East As
Oct 19, 2018 12:10
MUMBAI: Indian social entrepreneur Suhail Tandon has won the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Sport and Active Society Commission's Grant Award for his contribution to sports for development.
Oct 17, 2018 13:10
TOKYO: The Shinzo Abe-led Japanese government is all set to launch an electronic system for tourist visa applications to achieve its target of attracting 60 million foreign visitors every year by 2030, government sources told Japan Times.
Oct 13, 2018 16:10
BEIJING: Visa, the official payment and TOP partner of the Olympics over three decades, has introduced its new range of innovations for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. Using its global network of 11 innovation centres from Asia to Europe and the USA, Visa is tapping into its transit, retail and conversational commerce expertise to propose forward-looking payment experiences for sports fans.
Oct 13, 2018 13:10
MUMBAI: JSW Sports Saturday announced the appointment of Manisha Malhotra as the head of Sports Excellence and Scouting at JSW Sports. In the role, Manisha will lead the company’s flagship Sports Excellence Program (SEP) which currently supports over 30 elite Indian athletes across 5 Olympic disciplines.
Oct 10, 2018 14:10
BUENOS AIRES: The president of the PyeongChang 2018 Organising Committee (POCOG), Lee Hee-beom, has announced that his organisation has achieved a surplus of at least $55 million. This announcement was made during Lee’s final report to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session in the Argentine capital, which ended Tuesday.
Oct 10, 2018 14:10
BUENOS AIRES: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced there will be a Olympic team made up of refugees at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, as happened in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.