Golf’s Open to move into August to accommodate Olympics Sport Business Golf’s Open championship will be moved to accommodate the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028. The 156th edition, which is yet to have a confirmed host course, will shift into August to ensure the top players can compete in the Olympic golf at Riviera Country Club in the Pacific Palisades. Mark Darbon, the chief executive of [...]
LA Olympic Games passes $2bn in sponsorship deals Sport Business The Los Angeles Olympic Games has seen sponsorship value pass $2bn, over two years out from the 2028 showpiece event. The LA28 company tasked with finding sponsors came into 2025 with two partners but is set to end the year with 15, with a value surpassing $2bn. The target figure of $2.5bn is well within [...]
Bidvest directors suffer shareholder revolt over $59,000 Olympics expenses claim Sport Business Three directors of Bidvest Group Ltd, South Africa’s largest conglomerate, have suffered a shareholder revolt over $59,000 of expenses they claimed for attending the Paris 2024 Olympics. The international services, trading and distribution company noted in a stock exchange statement this week that shareholders had rejected calls to reimburse the chairman and two non-executive directors [...]
MMA in the Olympics? New global body targets Games inclusion November 27, 2025 Mixed-martial arts could be added to the Olympic Games under plans announced today by Asian MMA chiefs. The Asian Mixed Martial Arts Association (AMMA) says it wants to unify the sport under a new world governing body called FIMMA, which will meet for the first time next week. They believe that will boost their chances [...]
India must let Pakistan compete if they host Commonwealth Games October 17, 2025 India will need to open its doors to athletes from Pakistan if Ahmedabad wins its bid to stage the 2030 Commonwealth Games, City AM can reveal. Amdavad, or Ahmedabad, has been recommended by the Executive Board of Commonwealth Sport as hosts of the 2030 Commonwealth Games, signifying some stability to a quadrennial games that has [...]
Trump threatens to pull Olympics from LA and World Cup from Boston October 15, 2025 President Donald Trump has threatened to move the 2028 Olympic Games away from LA, and has warned 2026 Fifa World Cup matches in Boston could be shifted out of state. The remarks, made by the President in the White House, follow threats by the real estate tycoon to move World Cup matches away from San [...]
Ben Proud’s Enhanced Games switch puts pressure IOC to use its $5bn September 18, 2025 Rather than wondering why Ben Proud would sign up for the Enhanced Games, it is better to ask why he wouldn’t. The British swimmer’s commitment to the competition with an “anything goes” attitude to performance-enhancing drugs is a wake-up call for the Olympic movement. Money, as ever, lies at the heart of the matter. Proud [...]
Enhanced Games: Brit Ben Proud joins so-called Doping Olympics September 10, 2025 British Olympian Ben Proud could have his UK Sport funding cut after choosing to join the Enhanced Games. The rebel competition, known by many as the Doping Olympics, will allow the Paris 2024 silver medal winner to take any measure of performance enhancing substances in pursuit of victory. The controversial competition has filed a $800m [...]
Union threatens LA Olympics strike and issues $5bn demand August 26, 2025 The 2028 Los Angeles Olympics has been threatened with strike action by a union demanding a $5bn investment in local housing. The Unite Here Local 11 union has issued a list of demands ahead of the next Olympiad, insisting their 32,000 members could strike over the Olympics if they’re not listened to. They have asked [...]
Brisbane Olympic stadium build threatened by burial ground claims August 5, 2025 An indigenous group has launched a legal appeal to block the construction of the main Brisbane 2032 Olympic Stadium due to fears the site could contain “ancestral remains”. The Queensland government in March announced it would build a 63,000-seater stadium in Victoria Park to be the centrepiece of the Games. The Yagara Magandjin Aboriginal Corporation [...]