International Olympic Committee (IOC)

Kirsty Coventry was today (Thursday) elected as the first female president of the International Olympic Committee, and the first from Africa, in a stunning first-round victory, seeing off competition from six other candidates.

The International Olympic Committee generated commercial revenues of $7.7bn (€7.1bn) between 2021 and 2024, with outgoing president Thomas Bach highlighting a 60-per-cent growth in the figures since he was elected to the role in 2013.

The International Olympic Committee’s executive board has recommended the inclusion of boxing on the programme for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, ending years of uncertainty over the sport’s status at the Games.

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.

Allianz has become the second brand in as many weeks to extend its Worldwide Olympic and Paralympic Partner (TOP) agreement until 2032.

Kit McConnell, one of the most experienced administrators in world sport, is to leave the International Olympic Committee after more than a decade to join the organising committee of the Brisbane 2032…

After becoming the International Olympic Committee's first major alcoholic drinks sponsor last year in a deal ahead of Paris 2024, AB InBev has swiftly extended its Worldwide Olympic Partner (TOP) agreement until 2032.

Chinese consumer electronics firm TCL’s Worldwide Olympic Partner (TOP) sponsorship deal will run for two cycles, culminating with the 2032 summer Olympics and Paralympics in Brisbane.

The International Olympic Committee has partnered with the Esports World Cup Foundation (EWCF) in a bid to deliver the delayed Olympic Esports Games, which will now debut in 2027.

Chinese consumer electronics firm TCL is in the final stages of signing off on a deal to become a Worldwide Olympic Partner, SportBusiness understands

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

Plans to stage the inaugural edition of the International Olympic Committee's Olympic Esports Games in Saudi Arabia later this year have been shelved, SportBusiness can reveal.

A four-year agreement secured by Infront to manage the Olympic broadcast archive sales spells the end of rival IMG’s licensing of footage, a role it has held for three decades.

Improved international federation governance stands out as the ‘pinnacle’ of 12 years leading the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) for Francesco Ricci Bitti, who steps dow…

World Boxing will hope a newly established breakaway Asian boxing confederation will enhance its chances of being recognised as the sport's official governing body in the Olympic movement

The Indian Olympic Association has delivered a letter of intent registering the country’s interest in hosting the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Games