The Swatch Group and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have announced the recent signing of a long-term partnership in the areas of timing, scoring and venue results services for the Olympic Games. The Swatch Group will be the Official Timekeeper and Results Service Partner for the XII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi (Russia) in 2014, the Games of the XXX1 Olympiad in 2016 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), the Olympic Winter Games in 2018 and the XXXII Olympiad in 2020. The agreement also foresees the provision of similar services for the Paralympic Games.