Tag: 2024 Paris Olympic Games

Japanese sponsors Toyota, Bridgestone and Panasonic end Olympic contracts

TOKYO -- The International Olympic Committee's three major Japanese sponsors — Toyota, Panasonic and Bridgestone — are terminating their contracts. This leaves the...

Top Olympic sponsor Panasonic is ending its contract with the IOC

TOKYO -- Olympic sponsor Panasonic is terminating its contract with the IOC at the end of the year, the company said in a...

Olympic timekeeper Omega makes tweaks for the Paralympics

PARIS -- About 260 Omega employees are working at this year’s Paralympics. Each worker is guided by one principle, according to chief executive...

From Paris to Los Angeles: How the city is preparing for the 2028 Olympics

LOS ANGELES -- It's Los Angeles' turn for the torch. Mayor Karen Bass accepted the Olympic flag at the Paris closing ceremony Sunday,...

Those Samsung smartphones given to Olympic athletes? They may violate sanctions on North Korea

FILE - South Korea's Lim Jonghoon, right, takes a selfie with North Korea's Ri Jong Sik, left, and Kim Kum, second left, China's...

India should soon have its first Olympics sponsor, a sign of the country's growing Games influence

PARIS -- The International Olympic Committee expects to add an Indian sponsor soon in a sign of the country's growing influence over the...