IOC approves venues for Tokyo 2020 additional events
The International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s Executive Board (EB) today approved the venues for the five sports - baseball/softball, karate, skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing – that had even
Read More »Event bidding comes under the spotlight at Host City conference
The inaugural Host City: Bid to Win conference has provided a thought-provoking and timely debate on bidding procedures for major events.
Read More »Almaty chasing private investment for Olympic Games bid
The Tengrinews website said Kazakhstan’s Vice-Minister of Culture and Sport, Tastanbekov Yesentai, cited the example of this year’s winter Olympics in Sochi, where the Russia authorities successful
Read More »Sir Craig Reedie’s respect and regret for Oslo
The exit of yet another European city yesterday from the bidding contest for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games is regrettable, but the remaining candidates are strong and the bidding procedure is still
Read More »Bach says Nanjing 2014 can boost Beijing 2022 bid
Beijing, which staged the 2008 Summer Olympics, is up against the Norwegian city of Oslo and Almaty in Kazakhstan for the
Read More »2022 Games host must be "unique" - IOC
Five cities have submitted their application files for the Winter Olympic Games by the deadline of Friday 14 March.
Read More »Bubka calls for Olympic Truce on “terrible scenes” in Ukraine
As violence between protesters and government forces escalated in Kiev, police stated on Thursday that protesters had taken over regional administration headquarters including Lviv, which is biddin
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