How sport could shape Xi Jinping’s next five-year China plan June 25, 2025 It doesn’t feel like that long ago when the world was captivated by 2,008 drummers from China opening the Beijing Olympic Games in perfect harmony. But that was a different China in a different era, and the Sleeping Dragon has been in something of a comatose state since due to a number of factors including [...]
Brits back Team GB funding hike, but split over taxpayer involvement June 24, 2025 More than half of Britons think Team GB athletes should be given more funding but are split over whether that injection should come from the taxpayer, new research out today shows. Exclusive polling by Ipsos for City AM reveals backing for athletes such as Keely Hodgkinson to receive more than the average £22,500 payment, but [...]
Government to hand £500m to sports events, athletics Worlds may miss out June 19, 2025 The Government will back major UK events such as the 2028 Euros and 2027 Tour de France depart to the tune of £500m, but did not publicly back the World Athletics Championships. DCMS Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy on Thursday evening pledged £900m of investment into major sorting events and grassroots sports, with £500m reserved for [...]
London Mayor ready for London Olympics bid after Brit backing June 18, 2025 The Mayor of London says he stands ready to help form a bid for the 2040 Olympic Games after City AM polling revealed widespread support for the plans. Over half of Brits back London challenging the likes of Saudi Arabia to bring the Olympic and Paralympic Games to Britain for a fourth time. The exclusive [...]
Majority of Brits support London 2040 Olympic Games bid, polling shows June 17, 2025 More than half of Brits support a London bid to host the 2040 Olympics and Paralympics, exclusive polling for City AM has revealed. Two-thirds of Londoners would back the proposals while 68 per cent of those who consider themselves sports fans are in favour of the capital bidding to stage the Olympics for a record-breaking [...]
Does cricket have Olympic future in Brisbane and, maybe, India? May 29, 2025 Team GB may put forward a cricket team for the LA 2028 Olympic Games, but with Australia and potentially India hosting next does the sport have a long-term future? Over a decade ago at the London 2012 Olympics Welshmen Ryan Giggs, Joe Allen, and Neil Taylor joined the likes of Daniel Sturridge, Micah Richards and [...]
What price do you put on London 2040 Olympics and 2029 athletics meet? May 8, 2025 Ed Warner writes on the 2040 London Olympics and 2029 World Athletics Championships ambitions and what price you can put on the impact such events have. For London 2012 and London 2017 read London 2040 and London 2029. Plans are afoot to persuade the IOC and World Athletics to return their flagship events to Britain’s [...]
Can London challenge Saudi Arabia and India for Olympic Games? April 30, 2025 Mayor Sadiq Khan wants the 2040 Olympic Games in London but up against Saudi Arabia, India and other new global powers, can Great Britain compete? Picture the scene: the year is 2040, the Olympic Games are back in London; Danny Boyle – at the age of 83 – has been persuaded out of retirement to [...]
Crocodile-infested waters to host Brisbane 2032 Olympic rowing March 25, 2025 The premier of Queensland David Crisafulli has defended the use of Rockhampton as the venue for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games despite it being infested with crocodiles. The Fitzroy River site, about 500km north of Brisbane, will host the Olympic regatta, assuming it is signed off by the relevant IOC bodies. But the habitat is [...]
After IOC election, what are the top Olympic Games priorities? March 21, 2025 It is a new dawn and a new day at the International Olympic Committee, with the post-Thomas Bach era beginning after yesterday’s election. Kirsty Coventry was crowned president of the IOC, one of sport’s biggest and most influential bodies, in Greece last night. She became the 10th president and the first female in the role. [...]