Olympics

Organizers of the 2024 Paris Games today “unveiled the 'visual identity'” for the event, including a “purple athletics track and a fresh set of pictograms for Olympic sports.” A “bouquet of colours, dominated by pink, blue and purple,” will adorn the Olympic buildings. Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet...

Sweden is “weighing up whether to bid for the Winter Games in 2030," according to the AP. The country’s possible entry into the race to stage the 2030 Games comes as the IOC has “delayed the process and is searching around for more contenders to host the event.” Sapporo,...

Ukraine President  Volodymyr Zelenskiy  yesterday said that the country has "sent letters to companies" that back the IOC "urging them to keep Russian athletes out" of the 2024 Paris Games. Zelenskiy has been "spearheading a drive to ban" Russian and Belarusian athletes from participating in the games under a neutral...

Ukraine is “threatening to boycott" the 2024 Paris Games if Russian and Belarusian athletes are "allowed to participate, ratcheting up pressure on key decision-makers weighing whether to keep the two countries in a pariah status.” Ukrainian Olympic officials are “set to make their decision in the coming months.” A...

The IOC today "made clear" it wants Russians to "compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics as neutral athletes," despite the ongoing war in Ukraine. The IOC board today met to "formalize a position after rounds of conference calls last week with global groups of Olympic officials, sports governing bodies, IOC members...

Paris is "rushing to finish construction work in time" for the 2024 Games with just 18 months to go, according to Sylvie Corbet of the AP. Delays are being "experienced in part because of the impact of Russia's war in Ukraine on the steel industry." The arena at Porte...

The IOC’s “about-face in seeking to allow Russian athletes’ participation" at the 2024 Paris Games has “divided European countries, with some of the biggest Olympic committees of the continent remaining on the fence,” according to Radnofsky & Bachman of the WALL STREET JOURNAL. IOC President Thomas Bach “began openly...

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe has "not ruled out a bid" to become the first British president of the IOC. With only two years of current president Thomas Bach ’s term remaining, an election is expected in 2025. Coe, a two-time Olympic champion who is now...

Speedskating for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games "might be moved to the Turin oval or a temporary facility elsewhere" after the IOC "rejected plans to build an expensive roof over the outdoor track at Baselga di Piné." Costs for the roof were "initially slated at" $54M, but there were "concerns...

IIHF President Luc Tardif on Thursday said that he would “like a decision on NHL participation in the 2026 Olympics by the spring of 2024,” according to Stephen Whyno of the AP. NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said it is "likely a reasonable timeline" to make that call. The...