Tokyo 2020 makes Koji Murofushi Sports Director
Olympic hammer throwing champion Koji Murofushi has been appointed as Sports Director of Tokyo 2020
Baku celebrates one year to 2015 European Games
The European Olympic Committee praises Baku’s excellent progress, reminding the organisers that there is “not a moment to lose”
Prince Feisal of Jordan launches social sport campaign
Concerned over national health and social wellbeing, the Jordan Olympic Committee has initiated a campaign to get people more involved in sport
Soccerex heads for Barbados to support the Americas
Soccerex has signed a new event partnership with the Barbados Tourism Authority, which will result in the global football industry event being held in the Caribbean for the first time.
IOC signs Japan’s Bridgestone as Worldwide Partner
Leading tyre and rubber company Bridgestone joins the ranks of IOC’s 11 Worldwide TOP Partners in agreement that lasts until 2024
Toronto on a high tech mission for 2015
Allen Vansen of TO2015 talks HOST CITY through the technology and infrastructure that is set to make the 2015 Pan American Games a defining moment
Blatter takes high ground and aims for interplanetary World Cup
FIFA president Sepp Blatter takes aim at discrimination and lauds the universal expansion of football, as Qatar’s hosting rights and his own presidency continue to come under attack
Commonwealth Games Federation appoints Glasgow 2014 chief Grevemberg as new CEO
David Grevemberg has been selected to drive the Commonwealth Games Federation forwards, fulfilling statements of ambition made to HOST CITY magazine earlier this year
Brazil World Cup produces more solar power than many countries
Brasilia’s Estádio Nacional outperforms 11 competing nations in solar energy production, making the 2014 World Cup the “greenest ever”
Brazil must make the benefits of hosting clearer
Brazil’s government should have communicated the benefits of hosting the World Cup better and worked more closely with organisers, the deputy sports minster admits