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The organizers of the next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo admitted that they were surprised by the demand for tickets among Japanese fans. For this reason, the next stage of sales is planned for August, in which several hundred thousand tickets will be available for purchase.more

The best volleyball player of the last World Cup Bartosz Kurek will not appear in the Olympic qualifying tournament in Gdańsk.more

Breakdancing and three other sports have taken another step towards appearing at the Paris 2024 Olympics after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted in favor of their inclusion.more

A 56-year-old Ni Xia Lian of Luxembourg will play in the Olympic table tennis tournament in Tokyo. more

The PSG star wants to play at the Olympic Games despite never having been capped at under-21 level and the 2020 Euros ending just 10 days before Tokyo starts.more

The authorities of Paris presented yesterday a list of 20 projects that they want to implement in connection with the organization of the summer Olympic Games in 2024. These included the ban on the use of plastic, the construction of bicycle paths and the purification of the Seine.more

Northern Italy was chosen Monday as the site of the 2026 Winter Olympics, with hosting to be shared by Milan and the ski resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo.more

The Polish city of Krakow has been confirmed as the host of the 2023 European Games. It was the only bidder after a Russian plan to hold the games in Kazan fizzled out.more

Sweden is sending its heir to the throne and head of government to Switzerland to support its bid in the 2026 Winter Olympics host vote on Monday.more

Medallists at next year's Summer Olympics will stand on podiums made from recycled plastic waste collected from local households or the ocean, Tokyo 2020 organizers said on Tuesday.more

Cracow and lesser Poland, which declared their readiness to organize the third edition of the European Games in 2023, have no competition before the voting scheduled for June 22 - said the Association of European Olympic Committees (EOC).more

Tokyo 2020 organisers on Saturday unveiled the uniforms to be worn by 10,000 volunteer runners during the torch relay and presented further details about the route the relay will take.more

The surf lifesaving is to be included in the Olympic program in 2032 in Brisbane, if the Australian city receives their organization.more

It will fall to him to open the Tokyo 2020 Games with the Japanese translation of the simple words set down in the Olympic Charter - "I declare open the Games of Tokyo celebrating the 32nd Olympiad of the Modern Era".more

The Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 2028 are expected to cost, according to the most recent estimates, $ 6.88 billion, or 1.32 billion more than previously assumed, the local organizing committee said.more

The famous representative of Tonga Pita Taufatofua, who already has a start in the summer games in Rio de Janeiro 2016 and the winter in Pongong 2018, intends to fight for participation in the third Olympic games - Tokyo 2020 in the new discipline. It will be competition related to water.more

Breakdance, sport climbing, surfing and skateboard - these are the four disciplines to be included in the Olympic program in Paris in 2024. Yesterday the IOC Executive Committee supported the appropriate proposal of the Program Committee.more

Superfan Naotoshi Yamada, famous in Japan for having been to every Summer Games since 1964, has died aged 92 with an unfulfilled dream of watching the Olympics when it returns to Tokyo next year.more

Breakdance, sports climbing, surfing and skateboard have been included in the list of disciplines that invite organizers to join the Olympic program in Paris in 2024. The first of them is waiting for the debut in the Olympic races. more

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has launched a campaign aimed at introducing this discipline to the program of the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024. The capital of France was chosen as the venue for the inauguration of the project. 600 million people play chess around the world.more

The Norwegians are divided when it comes to the possibility of organizing the Olympic Winter Games in this country in the near future. Only 36 percent of those surveyed would support the idea of re-doing. For the last time the games were hosted in 1994 by Lillehammer.more

The Sunday Times in London wrote that Sun and his team, including his mother Ming Yang, had concerns with the identification documents of testers and he and a security guard were alleged to have crushed a sealed vial with a hammer. If true, the incident could see the controversial swimmer facing a life ban from competition.more

Chinese athletes who use performance-enhancing drugs will receive criminal punishments and jail terms from next year, as China cracks down on doping ahead of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, state media reported.more

The coach of the Polish team in weightlifting Mirosław Choroś is waiting for the official information about the disqualification of the Olympic champion from London in the category 105 kg of the Ukrainian Oleksija Torochtija. "We expect the silver medal to be awarded to Bartłomiej Bonk" - admitted Choroś.more

Minister of Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2020 Yoshitaka Sakurada, deputy head of digital security, admitted that he never used a computer. "I have always ordered this to my assistant and secretaries," explained the 68-year-old politician.more