The classic sports will once again be on the program at the 2030 Winter Olympics. The Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has proposed seven sports to the IOC session. Acceptance of this proposal is considered mandatory.

The International Olympic Committee’s executive board proposed the French Alps for the organisation of the 2030 Winter Games on Wednesday, after the recommendation from the Commission on Future Olympic Winter Games Host Cities.

Following a recommendation from the Commission on Future Olympic Winter Games Host Cities, the Executive Board of the IOC has proposed that Salt Lake City - Utah 2034 (SLC-UT 2034) be put up for election at the IOC Session in Paris on 22-24 July. It also proposed the French Alps for the 2030 Winter Games.

Utah’s bid to bring the Winter Olympics back to Salt Lake City takes another step forward, as the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games released its budget on Monday to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as part of their response to the Future Host Questionnaire. The organisers projected that hosting the 2034 Winter Games in Utah would cost nearly $4 billion (€3.7 billion), including $2.83 billion (€2.6 billion) for core operations and promised no state or local public funding will be used to fund the Games.

The Olympic Bid Committee has taken another step towards securing the 2034 Olympic Winter Games for Salt Lake City-Utah, building on its successful bid in February 2002.

The preferred candidates for the 2030 and 2034 Winter Olympics, French Alps and Salt Lake City-Utah (SLC-UT), presented their bids to Winter Olympic Federations (WOF) on Tuesday, followed by question and answer sessions.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC), which has been involved in mistakes and some cases of corruption over the years, has no responsibility whatsoever in a very complicated matter that particularly affects the current generation and puts the organisation in a very difficult position, according to some information from AFP.

The 2026 Winter Games organising committee’s offices are under investigation from Italy’s financial police, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday, citing alleged irregularities over the selection of digital sponsors.

As the days go by, it's becoming clear that the impression left on the visitors from the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Future Hosts Commission after their tour of 13 sites last April was a very positive one, further boosting the prospects of Utah hosting the Winter Games for the second time this century.

Salt Lake City has welcomed top officials from the International Olympic Committee to explore potential sites for the 2034 Winter Olympic Games.

Mike Leavitt, Governor of Utah at the time of the 2002 Winter Olympics, spoke about the importance of the Olympic Games to the community at large, stressing that the benefits begin to be felt 10 years before the Games begin.

Austria, Slovenia and Italy are considering a joint bid to host the Winter Olympics after 2034, according to the President of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region in northern Italy, Massimiliano Fedriga.

The International Olympic Committee has reiterated that the bobsleigh track being built by Italy for the 2026 Winter Olympics must be ready by March 2025, despite strong opposition, and that there will be "no compromises."

As athletes around the world turn their attention to qualifying, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission for the Milan Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games met in the Veneto region to discuss the preparations for hosting the event in less than two years' time.

Forty years after their flawless performance at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics, the legendary British duo of Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean returned to the Bosnian capital on Wednesday to mark the anniversary.