Olympics need marketing changes, IOC decisions must be broader, says Watanabe

The International Olympic Committee must overhaul its Olympic marketing strategy to deliver higher value for sponsors, said IOC presidential candidate Morinari Watanabe on Wednesday. Read More

Utah’s Olympics organizing committee won’t be in place until next year. Here’s why

Fraser Bullock, president and CEO of the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games behind the state’s successful bid to host a second Olympics and Paralympics, later told the Deseret News the IOC ... Read More

Advancing Utah’s 2034 Winter Olympics bid an ‘easy decision,’ IOC president says. Here’s why.

“The bad news being that there was not a single ... Bach said the IOC leaders heard “extremely convincing documentation,” about Utah’s plans to host another Olympics after being the ... Read More

IOC awards 2034 Winter Games to Utah and pushes state officials to help end FBI investigation

Spencer Cox speaks about Salt Lake City's bid to host the 2034 Winter Olympics, during the 142nd IOC session at the 2024 Summer ... not respect the “supreme authority of WADA," the governor said, ... Read More

Olympics’ 2030-2034 double awarding adds stability to Olympic movement, says IOC

France's Alpine bid was picked for the 2030 Games while Salt Lake City, Utah, which hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics ... IOC's future Olympic Games hosts director, said having the choice of two strong ... Read More

Seoul notifies IOC of plans to co-host 2032 Summer Olympics with North Korea

Yonhap news agency announced on Thursday. "Seoul's metropolitan government said Thursday it has notified the International Olympic Committee (IOC) of its bid to co-host the 2032 Summer Olympics ... Read More

OLYMPICS/ IOC stands firm on decision to move 2020 marathon despite Tokyo’s plea

The International Olympic Commission will not change its decision to move the 2020 marathon to Sapporo to avoid the heat, a top Tokyo Olympics ... between host city Tokyo and the IOC over the ... Read More

IOC chief Bach to stick to decision not to run for another presidential term

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach’s decision not to run for another presidential ... team foil competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Read More

IOC to consider Tokyo’s summer heat before fixing new schedule

A decision could ... Games would be held by summer 2021. IOC President Thomas Bach said in a news videoconference on March 25 that the timing of the Olympics is “not restricted to the summer.” ... Read More