A Walk In The Park For Rio 2016, But Is It Delivering?
Reporting from Barra Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro – Day one of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games quickly changed the conversation from #ZikaVirus to …
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IOC Approves Addition of Five New Sports To Tokyo 2020 Program
Reporting from Rio de Janiero – Japan’s beloved sport of baseball is set to return to the Olympics when Tokyo hosts the Games in 2020. The …
BidWeek: So… Why Did The IOC Pick Rio To Host the Olympics?
BidWeek, Reporting from Toronto, Canada – Rio is set to host the Olympic Games in August – or more accurately, the Brazilian city is …
Tiger And Bear Chosen As Mascots For PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
A white tiger named “Soohorang” and an Asian black bear named “Bandabi” have been chosen as mascots to represent the PyeongChang 2018 …
IOC Executive Board Approves Package of Five New Sports For Tokyo 2020
If the International Olympic Committee (IOC) membership gives its rubber stamp approval at the next session in Rio, Japan’s wildly popular sport of …
Hee-boem Lee To Become PyeongChang 2018 President After Yang-Ho Cho Suprisingly Steps Down
Former South Korean Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Hee-boem Lee is expected to become new Chief of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Games …
Final “Chequered” Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Logos Launched
In Tokyo Monday a final set of Emblems has been unveiled to represent the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2020. After an intensive public submission process …
The Rio 2016 Olympic Flame Starts a Twitter Account To Live-Tweet Torch Relay
This week the Olympic flame was lit in Olympia Greece and started its journey towards Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony on August 5th …
Tokyo 2020 Seeks Public Input On Four New Emblem Designs
[See poll following article below] In the Japanese capital Friday the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Organizing Committee unveiled four new potential emblem designs from …
Five New Sports Recommended For Tokyo 2020
Baseball and softball, karate, roller sports, sport climbing and surfing have been recommended by the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Organizing Committee for inclusion in …