International Olympic Committee (IOC)

Badminton

The Chinese Basketball Association’s first chief executive officer Wang Dawei has left his post after just 14 months in the job citing “personal reasons”. The
AFL

Cricket Australia confirmed it will stage the longest ever Big Bash League in 2020-21, despite some players calling for a reduced version of the domestic Twenty20 tournament – Reuters A
Multi-sport

IT firm Atos has extended its Worldwide Olympic Partnership deal with the International Olympic Committee for four years, until the end of 2024, guaranteeing continuity in the operations technology underpinning…
Winter Olympics

The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics organising committee has signed a quartet of official suppliers
Olympic Sports

Tokyo 2020 organisers are starting talks with sponsors next month about the implications of the rescheduled Olympics
Basketball

In a positive sign for next year's Olympics, Japanese Olympic Committee chief Yasuhiro Yamashita has told his international counterparts that Tokyo is gradually resuming sporting activities - Kyodo News
Olympics

A survey in Japan has revealed two-thirds of corporate sponsors of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics are unsure if they will extend their contracts beyond this December
Esports

Australian commentators hailed rule changes in the National Rugby League that led to an exciting game as the 2020 season got back underway yesterday with the Parramatta Eels beating the Brisbane Broncos…
Multi-sport

Olympic athletes are working with Airbnb to provide online experiences for fans, including goal-setting advice sessions and home workouts
Multi-sport

Global payments specialist Visa has called on fellow sponsors to demonstrate support for Olympic athletes impacted by the postponement of the Tokyo Games
Multi-sport

Olympic sponsors are stressing the importance of continuity and a "safe" Tokyo Olympic Games following the IOC’s postponement of the Tokyo Games.
Olympic Sports

The British Olympic Association has announced that it will further relax its Rule 40 marketing guidelines, marking the end of a legal conflict between the BOA and a group of British athletes led by sprinter…
Multi-sport

Senior executives at three of Tokyo 2020’s sponsors have reportedly stated the summer Olympic Games will likely be postponed due to coronavirus, with executive board member Haruyuki Takahashi stating a…
Multi-sport

A majority of athletes believe they should have the right to build and sell their brands at the Olympic and Paralympic Games, according to a new survey
Multi-sport

Tokyo 2020 has expanded its sponsorship with Japanese electronics firm NEC to cover a new product category, "Private Network Radio Systems"
Multi-sport
Information Technology

Sponsorship will represent a far greater proportion of the International Olympic Committee’s income in the four-year cycle from 2017 to 2020 because of “significant increases” at TOP partner level, Chris…
Multi-sport

Technology firm Alibaba Cloud has formed a partnership with Narita Airport to showcase digital artworks by young Japanese artists related to the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympics

The Canadian Olympic Committee has become the latest to offer its athletes “increased opportunity” to market their commercial sponsors at this summer’s Olympic Games, announcing that it will ease the r…