Winter Olympic Games

The local organising committee for the 2030 Winter Olympic Games in the French Alps has made its first significant commercial hire as it aims to hit its €2bn ($2.3bn) budget.

Cyril Linette, who ran unsuccessfully for the presidency of France's Professional Football League (LFP) last year, has been appointed chief executive of the organising committee for the 2030 Winter Olympic Games in the French Alps.

Comcast NBCUniversal is to remain as the US home of the Olympics until at least 2036, after signing a new two-Games contract worth $3bn (€2.76bn) in rights fees and in-kind services.

Mexican media behemoth TelevisaUnivision has landed exclusive rights in the country to the next four editions of the Winter and Summer Olympic Games.

Sweden's TV4 Media is to show the Olympics for the first time, beginning with the Winter Games in 2026, after striking a sublicensing deal with public-service broadcaster SVT

Political instability in France places caveats against effort to land 2030 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games

An American 2034 Games is expected to raise just shy of $4bn in revenue, as the IOC prepares to discuss the future Games plan