National budgets
Paris Olympics cut costs with fewer cars, more subway rides

By Graham Dunbar Aug. 31, 2022 12:53 PM EDT
Looking to cut costs in a tough economy, organizers of the 2024 Paris Olympics said Wednesday they want officials to use fewer courtesy cars and take more trips on...

FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2016, file photo, Japan's Kohei Uchimura celebrates his gold during the artistic gymnastics men's individual all-around final at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Tokyo Olympic organizers are expected to unveil their fifth annual budget before Christmas. It is expected to show the rising costs of the postponed Games. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Tokyo Olympics Q&A: Costs, IOC, COVID-19, and vaccinations

By Stephen Wade Dec. 18, 2020 11:19 PM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 28, 2019 file photo Olympic Rings and a model of Misha the Bear Cub, the mascot of the Moscow 1980 Olympic Games, left, are seen in the yard of Russian Olympic Committee building in Moscow, Russia. A U.S. government study concludes that Americans do not get their money’s worth out of the $2.7 million that Congress sent to the World Anti-Doping Agency this year. The report from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy concludes that the U.S. is under-represented on WADA’s key policymaking committees. It says WADA has not moved quickly or far enough to reform itself in the wake of the Russian doping scandal. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, file)
Study says US doesn't get value from WADA contribution

By Eddie Pells Jun. 24, 2020 02:52 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 30, 2020, file photo, a man jogs past the Olympic rings in Tokyo. Tokyo Olympic CEO Toshiro Muto talked Thursday, May 21, about the need to take “countermeasures” to combat COVID-19 at next year's postponed games. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
USOPC eliminates 51 in response to COVID-related shortfall

By Eddie Pells May. 21, 2020 10:44 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 30, 2020, file photo, a man jogs past the Olympic rings in Tokyo. The chief executive of the Tokyo Olympics has promised “transparency” on Thursday, April 23, 2020, with the Japanese public over the cost of postponing the games until next year. Neither the Japanese Olympic organizers nor the International Olympic Committee has said what it will cost. Early estimates in Japan range between $2 billion and $6 billion. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Tokyo Olympic CEO promises 'transparency' over cost of delay

By Stephen Wade Apr. 23, 2020 08:01 AM EDT

In this March 30, 2020, photo, Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Yoshiro Mori, left, and Toshiro Muto, right, CEO of the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee, wear face masks during a news conference, in Tokyo Monday, March 30, 2020. The countdown clock is ticking again for the Tokyo Olympics. They will be July 23 to Aug. 8, 2021. This seems light years away, but also small and insignificant compared to the worldwide fallout from the coronavirus. (Kyodo News via AP)
The countdown clock is clicking again for the Tokyo Olympics

By Stephen Wade Mar. 31, 2020 12:27 AM EDT