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IHF President says Men’s World Championship of major importance to handball industry

  • Handball

International Handball Federation (IHF) President Hassan Moustafa has said it is of "major importance" for the entire handball industry that the Men’s World Championship take place in January - and Chile and the United States are set to be in action.

audience in the country, as well as increased activity from US broadcasters.With the US hosting the Los

Angeles 2028 Olympic Games, the IHF believes having strong host teams should be an overall target.The


Los Angeles Mayor to chair new coalition of cities inspired by Agenda 2020 to improve gender equality

  • Los Angeles 2028

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is to chair a new international coalition of cities committed to advancing

Los Angeles has joined together with another upcoming Olympic host city, Tokyo, to promote the role of

fair shot and a level playing field, regardless of their gender or gender identity," Garcetti, who led Los

Angeles' successful bid for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, said."

In Los Angeles, gender equity is a prism for everything we do, and CHANGE is bringing that same perspective

Angeles to build their own models for progress and action, Garcetti said."


USOPC to launch pilot Athlete Marketing Platform in 2021

  • PASO

United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) has announced plans to launch a Team USA Athlete Marketing Platform as a pilot in 2021.

existing endorsement deals, and expected to develop over time following athlete input.The USOPC and Los

Angeles 2028 will also use the platform to engage with athletes in social, branding and fundraising


Alan Hubbard: Why the thoroughly "modern" pentathlon needs to become a 90-minute wonder

  • Inside the Blogs

To some the modern pentathlon may sound as if it has been plucked from Strictly Come Dancing, rather like the American smooth or the Boston two-step. 

and female Olympic, world and European competitions over the years.Now for Paris 2024 - and beyond to Los

Angeles in 2028 - it is envisaged that 12 finalists will compete in the traditional events with running


LAX revamp ahead of schedule, Los Angeles 2028 sponsor Delta Air Lines boasts

  • Los Angeles 2028

One of the upgrades being made to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) ahead of the 2028 Olympic and

Delta Air Lines - a founding partner of Los Angeles 2028 - had hoped to finish a terminal modernisation

Mayor Eric Garcetti joined leaders from Delta and Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) to announce the

This is all possible thanks to the incredible support of LAWA, the City of Los Angeles and our construction

Angeles 2028.It is the biggest expansion of LAX since a $700 million (£540 million/€594 million) reconstruction

 "As we reimagine Los Angeles International Airport, the modernisation of Terminals Two and Three


IOC enters into continuous dialogue with Salt Lake City about hosting Winter Olympic Games

  • Winter Olympics

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has entered into "continuous dialogue" with Salt Lake City regarding it hosting a future edition of the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, it has been revealed. 

the Games back to Utah.Members of SLC-UT said they were in constant dialogue with organisers of the Los

Angeles 2028 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games ©Getty ImagesUSOPC chief executive Sarah Hirshland

following the meeting about what dialogue the SLC-UT are having with the Organising Committee of the Los

Angeles 2028 Summer Olympics, Crane said: "We are in dialogue with LA 2028 and gearing up to extend

gold medallist, and Raney said: "I have been so impressed at the engagement from LA 2028."


Los Angeles Mayor Garcetti linked with new role in Joe Biden Government

  • Los Angeles 2028

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, who played a crucial role in the city being awarded the 2028 Olympic

Angeles Mayor."

I want to help Joe be the best President we’ve ever seen," he told NBC in Los Angeles."

Garcetti was re-elected for second term as Mayor with a record 81.4 per cent of the vote.Being awarded the 2028

Angeles' campaign to be awarded the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games ©Getty ImagesHe struck up a particularly

Angeles Times.


India great Dravid goes to bat for T20 cricket's inclusion in the Olympics

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Rahul Dravid, one of India's greatest cricketers, has offered his support to attempts to include the sport at future Olympic Games.

potential financial support" they might receive if the sport should be added to the Olympic programme at Los

Angeles 2028.The ICC was recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 2009 and either


Los Angeles 2028 venue could be converted into homeless shelter for winter

  • Los Angeles 2028

A Los Angeles 2028 venue could be set to be used as a temporary homeless shelter if a motion by a group

The Los Angeles Convention Center, which is due to host six sports during the Olympic and Paralympic

Angeles ©Getty ImagesThe number of homeless people in Los Angeles has grown by 33 per cent over the

past four years.Every night, nearly 60,000 Los Angeles County residents are homeless, according to the

Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority.Little new housing, especially lower-cost rental housing, has

Angeles Sports Park for the 2028 Olympics.It is due to host BMX freestyle, boxing, fencing, taekwondo


David Owen: Three Presidencies and a vaccine

  • Inside the Blogs

What a week it has been: after the better part of a year of unremitting gloom, the United States election result and the vaccine news have revived spirits.

from a "normal" Olympic and Paralympic Games in Japan next summer seems less remote.During the latest Los

Angeles Olympic bid, we speculated at insidethegames about how likely it was that a California-born

politician might be US President by the time of the Games in 2028.The odds on that will now have shortened

; only while we were alluding to Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, you would have to say that the California-born

Angeles Games’ success.


James and Rapinoe among Olympians to revel in Biden becoming US President-elect

  • Olympics

Basketball star LeBron James and footballer Megan Rapinoe are among a number of American Olympians to welcome Joe Biden as the President-elect of the United States.

National Olympic Committees General Assembly in Washington in 2015 and offered his implicit backing to Los

Angeles' bid for the 2024 Olympics.Los Angeles was since awarded the hosting rights for the 2028 Olympic


Michael Pavitt: Biden's election success should come as a relief for the IOC

  • Inside the Blogs

I suspect the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was among those around the world breathing a sigh of relief that Joe Biden has become President-elect of the United States.

meeting between Bach and Trump which took place at the White House in 2017, during the build-up to Los

Angeles being awarded the 2028 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.The suggestion has been that the

Angeles Mayor securing a deal to bring the Games to the city in 2028, with Paris earning the honours

for 2024.Garcetti himself has been a key endorser of Biden during the election, with the Los Angeles

Angeles 2028 also on the horizon.I suspect though that the IOC would be content to have Biden tackling


United Through Sports Virtual Youth Festival 2020 offers unique and historic prospect of togetherness

  • The Big Read

The COVID-19 pandemic has been the mother of invention with regard to sporting initiatives this year - and the impending United Through Sports (UTS) Virtual Youth Festival 2020, the finals of which start on November 20, will be a uniquely ingenious and historic event.

2021, so the kids there will have their own event.”Other cities involved include Washington DC and Los

Angeles as the host for the 2028 Olympics, Pyeongchang as host of the 2024 Youth Olympics and Milan-Cortina



IPC provides accessibility guide for future Olympics and Paralympics

  • Paralympics

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has published its accessibility guide to help support host nations in staging the Olympic and Paralympic Games in the future, in a bid for further inclusion.

stakeholders.Representatives from the International Olympic Committee, the Tokyo 2020, Paris 2024 and Los

Angeles 2028 Olympics, industry experts and commercial partners attended and provided feedback for the