Venice Beach and Universal Studios in LA28 Olympic Games venues Sport Olympic triathlon champion Alex Yee will defend his title along Venice Beach as the latest round of venues for the 2028 Los Angeles Games were announced. Having triumphed in and around the Seine in 2024, Yee – who was this week named on the Forbes 30 under 30 sports list – will head to the [...]
Trump is making Russia the next IOC president’s burning issue Sport Business If Trump can claim to have brokered peace in Ukraine, and with swathes of the world still beholden to Russia, the IOC will have to accept them back into the Olympics, says Ed Warner. The final bell has sounded at the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships in Nis, Serbia. The tournament’s medal table is emblematic [...]
Allianz extension insures IOC against further sponsor losses Sport Business The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has further shored up its sponsor roster after losing several big clients by extending its partnership with Allianz to 2032. Allianz has also added a further four years to its deal with the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), which will conclude after the Brisbane 2032 Games. The insurance giant joined the [...]
Tennis sceptics have got it wrong – we need more mixed-sex sport events February 20, 2025 Some players aren’t happy with the US Open’s drastic rethink of mixed doubles, but tennis should be applauded for a move that is good for women’s sport, says Ed Warner. Even the most ardent tennis fan probably couldn’t tell you who won the mixed doubles at last year’s US Open, or any of the other [...]
No noise LA fires could impact 2028 Olympic Games, UK broadcaster says January 23, 2025 LA Olympics broadcaster Warner Bros. Discovery doesn’t believe recent Los Angeles fires will impact the 2028 Games. Wild fires have swept across swathes of California in recent months, causing huge amounts of damage and forcing mass evacuations. The city is set to host the next summer Olympics, in 2028, following on from Paris last year. [...]
Fifa boss Infantino on Trump: ‘We will make entire world great again’ January 20, 2025 Fifa chief Gianni Infantino has hailed his “great friendship” with US president-elect Donald Trump and vowed that they will “make the entire world great again”. Infantino has forged close connections with Trump and the US, which will host the first edition of the expanded Club World Cup this summer and co-host the men’s World Cup [...]
Ed Warner: Why the anti-doping fight desperately needs a shot in the arm December 19, 2024 Confirmation that Mykhailo Mudryk has failed a routine anti-doping test must rightly trigger the usual essential caveats. Chelsea’s Ukrainian winger has only been provisionally suspended. This is simply the start of a process with the facts to be established and the outcome far from certain. What is clear is that Mudryk’s case will be another [...]
Red Bull: Leeds United minority owner set to increase football investment December 18, 2024 The energy drinks brand already has a minority stake in Leeds but has an option to increase it.
British basketball handed major boost in LA 2028 Olympic funding December 16, 2024 British basketball has received a major boost after UK Sport more than doubled its funding allocation for the LA 2028 Olympic cycle. The sport is by far the biggest beneficiary from the record overall package of £330m, which will see its funding increasing from £1.35m to £2.93m. Skateboarding, climbing, weightlifting and baseball/softball are the other [...]
British Olympic Association gets first female chair in 120-year history November 28, 2024 Trailblazing former rowing champion Dame Katherine Grainger has been elected the first female chair of the British Olympic Association in its 120-year history. Grainger, 49, will succeed Sir Hugh Robertson in the post early next year after she completes her final term as chair of UK Sport. “It is a huge honour to be elected [...]