The International Olympic Committee (IOC) seem to think it has the rights to anything and everything under sports. The IOC sent a recent letter to ICANN that raises its concerns on the .SPORT gTLD proposal in particular as well as new gTLDs in general.
A letter from Urs Lacotte, director general of the IOC, and Howard [...]

Canon, the global electronics company headquartered in Japan, has broken ranks with multinational companies around the world to publicly say they intend to apply for the .CANON generic Top Level Domain (gTLD).
This is a shocking announcement as trademark bodies around the world have been fighting to stop the introduction of new gTLDs, and if not, [...]

The Swiss city of Basel has joined the growing list of new gTLD applicants to express an interest in applying for its city name as a generic Top Level Domain (gTLD). The city government for Basel is currently looking at the economics of such an application, whether .BASEL would benefit the city and whether there [...]

A national working group has been formed by the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications to evaluate whether there is a demand in the country for new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) such as .OSLO or .TRONDELAG. The Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority will chair the working group.
Norid, the incumbent registry for .NO domain names, [...]

Version 3 of the draft application guide for new the gTLD is out.
Read all about it here
Thankfully, there is enough breathing space to absorb before ICANN Seoul.