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Warner Bros Discovery and the European Broadcasting Union have won the auction for Olympic Games broadcasting rights between 2026 and 2032. Following a competitive tender put out by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the pair's joint bid was successful and will take the rights in 49…

An NBC Olympics executive said Thursday that the network has not made a request to interview China’s Peng Shuai after the tennis star at the center of speculation over her well-being attended the Beijing Winter Games. Peng has been at the center of a swirl of controversy since she accused former Chinese Vice-Premier…

UPDATE:  China has responded to the Women’s Tennis Association announcement on Wednesday that it is suspending all of its tournaments in that country. The WTA said it was taken the action because of  concerns about the treatment of tennis star Peng Shuai. "We are firmly opposed to acts politicizing sport," Chinese…

UPDATE: Chinese citizens will be the only ones permitted to buy tickets to the upcoming Winter Olympics, according to a ruling today by the International Olympic Committee. The IOC said in a statement its decision was made in consultation with the Chinese government. "Tickets will be sold exclusively to…

The International Olympic Committee has announced that one of the most symbolic and important parts of the Tokyo Games Opening Ceremony – the Olympic oath – has been significantly adapted in order to “highlight the importance of solidarity, inclusion, non-discrimination and equality.” The new wording of the Olympic…

The Tokyo Olympics must go on, a senior International Olympics Committee executive said Friday. John Coates, the IOC vice president in charge of the Tokyo Olympics, said the Games would open even if the city and other parts of Japan were under a state of emergency because of COVID-19. Coates said the Games would go on…