Tag: Summer Games
The USOC share of the new NBC deal with the IOC will be approximately...
For $7.75 billion, NBC has extended its U.S. broadcast rights for the Olympics through 2032 without going through a bidding process. The new deal, announced...
Chairman of IOC Marketing Commission Says “We Need an Iron Fist in a Velvet...
The election of a successor to President Jacques Rogge in September is, in the opinion of Norwegian International Olympic Committee member and Chairman of...
Coe’s British Olympic Association Already Looks Very Different to How Moynihan’s Did
Having run the most successful Olympic and Paralympic Games ever, leading the British Olympic Association (BOA) through the next four-year Olympic cycle through to...
Spain: Economic Crisis Will Have No Impact on Madrid’s Olympic Bid
Madrid's bid to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics will not be affected by the worsening economic crisis in Spain, officials there have claimed.
Spain's...
Exclusive: “There is huge popular support” for Olympics in Istanbul claims bid official
(Editor’s Note. This article is one of five being posted to the Digest blog on the same day. All five stories deal with a...
Mario Vazquez Raña resigns
Mario Vazquez Raña, one of the most influential figures in the Olympic movement, abruptly announced his resignation Thursday as a member of the International...