A $1.5 million (£961,000/€1.4 million) increase in payments to the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is due to be among the new details revealed when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) publish the Host City contract for the first time following the vote here on Friday (July 31) to decide whether Almaty or Beijing will host the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

World Archery today elected six new members as it prepared to host its biggest-ever World Championships in Copenhagen.

SportAccord will host its ninth annual International Federation Forum in November where it is expected they will hold an Emergency General Assembly following the resignation of Marius Vizer as President in May.

An in-house expert and an independent monitoring body must be appointed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to regulate the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic hosts, be it either Almaty or Beijing, a leading human rights organisation has warned.

Rome Mayor Ignazio Marino today vowed not to build “cathedrals in the desert”, as a delegation from the Italian capital visited Lausanne to discuss its plans for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics with the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

A highly emotional Thomas Bach paid his first visit back to the arena in which he won his Olympic team foil fencing gold medal 39 years ago today, fighting off tears as he paid tribute to a former team mate.

Targeting a mainstream audience with a "different approach" to broadcasting sport has been revealed as a major aim of the Olympic TV Channel by International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach here today.

Budapest's bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics has been officially launched after a letter of intent was submitted to the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has officially announced that Toshiaki Endo has been appointed Minister in charge of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach completed a three-country tour of Central Asia today with a visit to Kyrgyzstan capital Bishkek in conjunction with Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) President Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah, attending, among other things, a FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Australia.

Interpol is stepping up its collaboration with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in order to support national efforts to combat competition manipulation in Norway.

Christian Klaue, head of media at the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB), is to take up a new post with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) focused around working with German-speaking countries.

If you having been paying attention to the top of the insidethegames site you will have noticed our countdown clocks ticking down to various upcoming Games taking place across the world and on Friday (June 12) Baku 2015 hit zero.

Azerbaijan, France and Turkey each won two gold medals here on a night which showcased all karate had to offer in its bid for Olympic inclusion, and provided some home success to get the inaugural European Games off to a strong sporting start.

If the message coming from European Olympic Committees (EOC) President Patrick Hickey concerning Armenia’s controversial participation in the inaugural European Games was that they were thrilled to have the country competing despite political tension with hosts Azerbaijan, the message coming from the crowd at the Opening Ceremony was the polar opposite.