Olympic Games News
The AEFE signs up to support the work of Paris 2024
The Agency for French Education Abroad (AEFE) has committed to roll out a new ‘Horizon 2024’ programme across its global network, promoting sport and the Olympic values to 350,000 students worldwide.
The Paris 2024 Athletes’ Commission on the starting blocks
The Paris 2024 Athletes’ Commission met for the first time today at the site of the future Olympic and Paralympic Village. Chaired by Martin Fourcade, the Commission will contribute over the next six years in the delivery of an exceptional experience for the athletes of the world in 2024, and also help the Games leave a positive and sustainable legacy on society.
Paris 2024 and the IOC begin partnership
The first Project Review between the International Olympic Committee and the Paris 2024 Organising Committee - held over the past two days in Paris - confirmed the two bodies’ shared ambition to deliver a model project within a controlled and responsible budgetary framework.
Paris 2024 is off the starting blocks
The first Executive Board meeting of the Organising Committee for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games (“Paris 2024”) took place this afternoon at Le Bourget in Seine-Saint-Denis.
Dates of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games confirmed
The Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which met in PyeongChang prior to the opening of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games, confirmed the dates of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Los Angeles signs on for 2028 Olympic Games, as Paris takes 2024
Los Angeles has officially signalled its candidature to host the 2028 Olympic Games. The move leaves Paris free to host the 2024 Olympic Games, on the centenary of its previous hosting in 1924.
Rio 2016 Olympic Games organisers pass on knowledge to Tokyo 2020
Three months after the “marvellous” Olympic Games Rio 2016, the organisers were in the future host city of Tokyo this week to pass on their experiences. Representatives of the Tokyo 2020, PyeongChang 2018 and Beijing 2022 Organising Committees and the 2024 Candidate Cities were also there to listen, as well as to learn the lessons from their experiences.
Rio 2016: IOC approves five new sports for Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
The International Olympic Committee has agreed to add baseball/softball, karate, skateboard, sports climbing and surfing to the sports programme for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. The decision by the 129th IOC Session in Rio de Janeiro was the most comprehensive evolution of the Olympic programme in modern history.
Brazil enters last lap of Olympic preparations
Brazil is getting ready to hold the first Olympic and Paralympic Games in South America, with the opening ceremony just ten days away. Following the success of the 2014 World Cup, the country has already shown that Brazil is a culturally rich country, with a friendly and welcoming population.
LATAM Airlines Brazil prepares for Rio 2016 challenge
LATAM Airlines Brazil has put in place more than 100 special operational measures to ensure efficient services for spectators and delegations during the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The strategy was developed over the past year by a multi-disciplinary team comprising people from various areas of the company.
Embratur: No possibility of Olympic Games cancellation
Embratur - the Brazilian Tourism Board - has said that there is no discussion of the possibility to postpone or cancel the 2016 Rio Olympic Games following the spread of the Zika virus. Embratur and other Brazilian government agencies are guided by the recommendations of the World Health Organization, which has argued that delaying the games does not alter the spread of the virus.
IOC backs Brazil to host successful Olympic Games
International Olympic Committee Coordination Commission chair Nawal El Moutawakel has backed Brazil and the Brazilians to deliver successful Olympic Games this August. The news comes at the close of the tenth and final IOC Coordination Commission visit to Rio de Janeiro. Her statement came after three days of meetings in the Brazilian host city, which included a venue tour of the Olympic Park and Deodoro sites, a meeting with the three levels of government (federal, state, and city), and presentations by the Rio 2016 Organising Committee on the status of the preparations.