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Former Paris 2024 and World Rugby President Lapasset awarded Olympic Order

  • Paris 2024

Former Paris 2024 and World Rugby President Bernard Lapasset has been awarded the Olympic Order for his contribution to the movement.

historic joint awarding of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, with Paris hosting the 2024 event and Los

Angeles staging the 2028 Games.Lapasset stood aside from the Paris 2024 co-presidency following the


Los Angeles 2028 to invest $17.5 million in youth sport over coming year

  • Los Angeles 2028

The City of Los Angeles Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners has approved this year's funding proposal

from the Los Angeles 2028 Organising Committee for programmes run under the 2028 Youth Sport Partnership

teqball, golf, surfing, athletics, judo, tennis, golf, skateboarding, equestrian and taekwondo in the 2028

Angeles 2028.The YSP supports youth participation in sports by providing financial subsidies to limit

Angeles 2028 Organising Committee said that it was "well on track" to deliver the Olympic and Paralympic

is also providing an initial $180 million (£138 million/€166 million) to Los Angeles 2028, comprising

Angeles is set to host the Olympic Games for the third time after 1932 and 1984 and the Paralympics


Indian women’s softball team set to make Asian Games debut at Hangzhou 2022

  • Hangzhou 2022

The Softball Association of India has announced that Indian women’s softball team is due to make its debut at this year's Asian Games in Hangzhou 2022 it secured a wildcard spot.

is our first step and comes with a huge responsibility as we aspire to be a strong team ahead of the 2028

Los Angeles Olympics."

not feature at Paris 2024.There is hope from within the community that it will return again for the Los

Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.


Van der Vorst among four candidates to replace Falcinelli as EUBC President

  • Boxing

Franco Falcinelli's 10-year reign as European Boxing Confederation (EUBC) President is to end at the end of this month after he opted not to stand for re-election, with former International Boxing Association (IBA) Presidential candidate Boris van der Vorst one of four officials seeking to replace him.

faces a deadline of 2023 to save its Olympic status, having been left off the initial programme from Los

Angeles 2028 along with weightlifting and modern pentathlon.The IBA was stripped of any involvement


Weightlifters finally give all-clear to Paris 2024 qualifying programme - and elect Japan’s Miyake as vice-chair

  • Weightlifting

The weightlifting qualifying programme for Paris 2024 has finally been approved by athletes - more than a month after it should have happened.

athlete quota to 120, from 196 in Tokyo last year.Weightlifting is off the programme altogether for Los

Angeles 2028 and can return only if there is a "culture change" in the IWF’s leadership.At the Athletes


Michael Pavitt: Winter Olympic race out of the spotlight but picking up pace

  • Inside the Blogs

The unofficial starting gun in the contest to be named hosts of the 2030 Winter Olympics appeared to have been fired last month.

looking increasingly likely the Games could be awarded at the IOC Session next year in Mumbai.With Los

Angeles 2028 and Brisbane 2032 awarded in advance of the typical seven-year lead in time, an awarding

The discussion has centred over the proximity to Los Angeles 2028, with an assessment of the pros and


Cape Verde NOC signs coaching and funding deals with four National Federations

  • ANOCA

The Cape Verde Olympic Committee (COC) has signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) focused on funding and coaching with national bodies for swimming, gymnastics, baseball and weightlifting.

programme for the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games.Gynmastics and swimming are on both the Paris 2024 and Los

Angeles 2028 programmes, with weightlifting due to be contested in Paris but left off the provisional

sport programme for the 2028 Olympics."



Barclay now chairing ICC Olympic Working Group following Watmore departure

  • Non-Olympic Sports

International Cricket Council (ICC) chair Greg Barclay is now leading the group in charge of cricket’s bid for Olympic inclusion.

Angeles 2028 and Barclay has claimed administrators "see the Olympics as a part of cricket’s long-term

Angeles 2028, the US is to co-host the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup alongside the West Indies.An initial

programme of 28 sports has already been approved for Los Angeles 2028.Los Angeles' Dodger Stadium has

Angeles 2028.Cricket was played at the 1900 Olympics in Paris, when a team calling themselves the Devon

Angeles 2028, the next Olympic Games will be held in a cricketing hotbed - Brisbane in Australia.


IWF Electoral Congress hosting goes to Albania following 10-nation race

  • Weightlifting

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has confirmed its Electoral Congress is scheduled to take place in Albania's capital Tirana from June 25 to 26.

keep its position at the Olympic Games after failing to make the cut for the preliminary programme for Los

Angeles 2028.Critics within the sport blame corruption, doping scandals and governance issues for this


Los Angeles 2028 highlight financial reserves and Games agreement in annual report

  • Los Angeles 2028

Los Angeles 2028 has said it is "well on track" to delivering the Olympic and Paralympic Games as the

Organising Committee submitted its annual report to the City of Los Angeles.

Angeles 2028 said it had made progress in expanding its business operations, maturing Games planning

with key delivery partners, growing the LA28 brand awareness and engagement, engaging the Los Angeles

The Games Agreement was signed in December by Los Angeles 2028 and the city ©Getty ImagesThe report said

Angeles 2028, comprising of quarterly instalments of $9 million (£6.9 million/€8.3 million) over a five-year

Olympic and Paralympic Properties (USOPP) is the commercial joint venture between the Los Angeles 2028


Global Sports Week Paris to host event in partnership with LA84 Foundation

  • Los Angeles 2028

Sports Week (GSW) Paris has announced it will cross the Atlantic this year to host a one-day event in Los

Angeles as it looks to strengthen ties between the next two host cities of the Olympic and Paralympic

Angeles 2028 with the purpose of building greater relations.The event has also gained the support of

There are no two cities more important to the future of sport than Paris and Los Angeles," Lucien

Our guests in Los Angeles can expect fresh thinking combined with some French 'art de vivre'."

Angeles 2028, retired Olympic swimming champions Janet Evans and Matt Bondi, and Julie Uhrman, co-founder

Angeles Sparks, and Larry Freedman, the co-President and chief business officer of Los Angeles Football


Allianz

  • The Olympic Partner (TOP) Programme

This deal is set to encompass the Paris 2024, Milan Cortina 2026 and Los Angeles 2028 Games too.


Kenyan NOC holding youth camp to develop athletes for upcoming Games

  • ANOCA

The National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOC-K) has launched a two-week youth camp as they seek to prepare the next generation of athletes for upcoming Games.

progress to represent Kenya at the Dakar 2026 Summer Youth Olympic Games, with a view to competing at the Los

Angeles 2028 Summer Olympics.Athletes participating at the camp are aged between 12 and 18.The NOC-K

This is why we have widened our base in different discipline and increase the podium finish from Los

Angeles 2028 Olympics, this is why we have trained the coaches."


Rose Bowl centenary celebration event to be held in July

  • Los Angeles 2028

Rose Bowl Stadium to mark the 100th anniversary of the venue, which will host competitions during the Los

Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

with China, with the match one of the most-celebrated events at the stadium.Football matches at the Los

Angeles 1984 Summer Olympics were held at the venue.The stadium will reprise the role for the Los Angeles

2028 Summer Olympics, with quarter and semi-final matches planned to take place at the venue along with