Prince Faisal Bandar Sultan Al Saud: ‘We as a country are setting up for doing more and more, and I think the Olympics is a logical step’
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India
Nita Ambani re-elected as International Olympic Committee member
The IOC has re-elected Nita Ambani, Chairperson of Reliance Foundation, as a member from India, ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympics this weekend
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beIN Sports: How to watch Paris 2024 Olympics on TV in UAE, Saudi and across MENA
beIN Sports has announced MASSIVE coverage of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on TV in the UAE, Saudi and across the MENA region
eSports
Saudi Arabia established as global esports hub with Olympic Games, World Cup and $13bn target with 39,000 jobs
Saudi Arabia is stepping forward as a global leader in esports events
eSports
Saudi Arabia to host Olympic Esports Games 2025
The first official Olympic Esports Games will be held in Saudi Arabia in 2025
International Olympic Committee
Toyota set to end its massive Olympic sponsorship deal after Paris
Carmaker signed one of the biggest sponsorship contracts with the IOC, reportedly valued at $835 million, through the 2024 Paris Games
2028 Summer Olympics
Cricket to return to the Olympics in 2028
LA 2028 Olympics plans a six-team Twenty20 event for both men and women
2020 Tokyo Olympics
Video: What the postponement of the Olympics means for athletes
The global spread of coronavirus has led to officials postponing the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. For athletes, the delay evokes mixed emotions. WSJ spoke to five athletes from around the globe to understand what the postponement means to them.
Court of Arbitration for Sport
Kuwait cleared to compete in 2020 Olympics after IOC lifts suspension
Kuwait was suspended in October 2015 following ‘undue government interference after a sports law that was not compatible with the basic principles that govern the Olympic Movement was passed in the country’
Gianni Infantino
IOC eyes 10 new board members but omits Coe and Infantino
The IOC Elections Committee’s nominees to become new members of the IOC’s governing body in June include Spyros Capralos, President of the Greek Olympic Committee
Asian Games
Kuwait’s Sheikh Ahmad re-elected as Asian Olympic chief
Sheikh Ahmad, considered a major powerbroker in world sport, won a new five-year term until 2024
International Olympic Committee
Kuwait’s Sheikh Ahmad steps down from top Olympic body
Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah is currently combating forgery charges in Switzerland
International Olympic Committee
Kuwait’s Sheikh Ahmad temporarily steps aside from IOC after forgery charge
Sheikh Ahmad, who strenuously denies any wrongdoing, said he would stop his work with the IOC until he had been investigated by the body’s ethics commission
Association of National Olympic Commitees
Kuwaiti IOC member faces forgery charges in Switzerland
Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah stands accused with three lawyers and one other person of staging a fictitious arbitration in Geneva
2020 Tokyo Olympics
Olympic Council of Asia chief hopes Kuwait ban over by 2020
Head of the Olympic Council of Asia hopes his native Kuwait will return to the Olympic fold ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Games
FIFA
Kuwait welcomed back to Asian Games with OCA warning
The IOC this week provisionally lifted its ban on Kuwait, allowing the Gulf state’s athletes to march under their own flag at Saturday’s Asian Games opening ceremony in Jakarta
International Olympic Committee
International Olympic Committee lifts ban on Kuwait
IOC says it has provisionally lifted its suspension on Kuwait over alleged government meddling in sports