スポーツにおける世界のドーピング禁止ルールを策定・施行するモントリオール拠点の国際規制機関。中国人水泳選手スキャンダルと米国による資金停止の脅しを受け、発足以来最大の信頼性試験に直面している。
ローザンヌを本拠地とする非営利団体で、オリンピックを統括する。206の国内委員会を監督し、4年周期で70億米ドルを超える放映権・スポンサー収益を分配する
詳細ファイル ›Bidding for the Olympic Games or FIFA World Cup commits host governments to US$5-30 billion in public spending and turns Switzerland-based sports governance into a recurring geopolitical story.
The quadrennial international multi-sport competition governed by the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne, Switzerland, and the world's most-watched global sporting event by athlete count and broadcast reach.
The commercial contracts between brands and sports rights holders, worth US$70 billion-plus annually, split between retreating corporate sponsors and advancing Gulf sovereign funds led by Saudi Arabia.
Corruption across global sport, from FIFA bid-rigging to state-sponsored doping, enabled by an estimated US$1.7 trillion in annual illegal betting controlled by organized crime.
The Olympics and FIFA World Cup commit host governments to US$5-30 billion per cycle, making who gets to bid, and who wins, a recurring geopolitical story.