Olympics

South Africa “plans to bid” for the 2036 or 2040 Olympics and Paralympic Games and become the first host of the event on the African continent. Cape Town previously bid to host the 2004 Games that were staged in Athens, finishing third in the voting behind Rome, and is “likely to be the city South A...

Honda is deepening its ties in hockey and in the Olympic and Paralympic movement, signing a sponsorship agreement with USA Hockey.

Organizers of traditional snow and ice sports today said that they do “not want events from summer federations added to their Winter Olympics program.” Cyclocross and cross-country running have been “suggested as additions to the Winter Games” for the 2030 French Alps Games. The Winter Olympic Feder...

LA28 has released the full competition schedule for the 2028 Games, and women’s 100-meter final will serve as the “primetime, marquee event on the first official day of competition on July 15,” according to Thuc Nhi Nguyen of the L.A. TIMES. The move is intended to represent the 2028 Games as the “f...

There is “a real concern” about the arena for the 2026 Milan Cortina Games with the winter event only 90 days away, according to TSN’s Darren Dreger. The 2025 NHL Global Series between the Penguins and Predators will take place this weekend in Sweden. Dreger noted after the series, the league is “go...

USA Gymnastics has found its next leader, announcing MLS executive Kyle Albrecht will take over as president and CEO at the start of the year.

The IOC is “moving towards a blanket ban on transgender women from women’s sport” and is also “looking at prohibiting athletes with DSD (differences of sex development) from women’s events given testosterone advantages,” according to Rob Harris of SKY NEWS. The news follows a presentation last week ...

Reprising a strategy it used in the lead-up to the last Olympics, NBCUniversal is pairing athletes and celebrities in advance of Milan Cortina.

A survey published Tuesday stated that a “large majority of Germans are keen to see their country host the Olympic Games again,” according to Richard Connor of DEUTSCHE WELLE. In a Forsa poll for the news magazine “Stern,” 72% of Germans “said they would welcome a Summer Olympics and Paralympics in ...

With well more than two years to go until the Games open, LA28 launched its volunteer program on Thursday. Delta will serve as the presenting sponsor of the program, which kicks off with volunteer opportunities as early as this year before the organizing committee reveals details in 2026 on applying...