GamesBids.com Top Ten: Olympic Bid Stories of 2024 and More
GamesBids.com presents the seventeenth annual Top Ten list of Olympic Bid Stories for 2024. Warning:…
Italy’s Dolomiti Valtellina awarded 2028 Winter Youth Olympic Games
By a vote of 89 to 1 (with 2 abstentions), the Alps region of Dolomiti…
South Africa kicks off 2036 Olympic bid with official meetings at IOC headquarters
“We are at the start of an exciting new process that could lead to South…
Moving Olympic cricket from Los Angeles to New York gives us rare window into what’s really going on behind the scenes. What you need to know.
LA 28 chair acquired leading cricket talent agency on the same week the sport was…
Paraguayan president visits IOC President Bach in Lausanne to discuss 2030 Youth Olympic Games bid
Peña said "Paraguay is proud to be one of the host nations for an opening…
Glasgow confirmed host of 2026 Commonwealth Games, rescuing the event with 10 sports across four venues
Twelve sports have been dropped from the program. A website and social media channels were…
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With focus shifted to 2030 Youth Olympics bid, India’s run at 2036 Summer Games begins to fade
India does have some political and financial clout in the race, however, with Indian IOC member and philanthropist…
Lake Placid and others stand by for Milan-Cortina 2026 sliding track announcement as progress made on Italy’s proposed Winter Olympics venue
Last week the presidents of the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) and the International Luge Federation (FIL)…
Glasgow set to be awarded scaled-down 2026 Commonwealth Games after Scottish government removes roadblocks
The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) announced Tuesday that it is now finalizing paperwork with Scottish officials to elect…
Copenhagen to bid for 2030 Youth Olympics and study possible run at 2036 Olympic Games in Denmark
Copenhagen has budgeted 500,000 krone (USD $74,000) to explore a 2036 Olympic bid and bring "the smallest and…
Christchurch warned hosting Commonwealth Games not feasible, but national approach by New Zealand remains an option
A report indicated costs to prepare a Christchurch bid would amount to NZ $5 million (USD $3.1 million),…
Only the Scottish government can save the Commonwealth Games, and failure would be a ‘travesty’. This is how we got here.
Commonwealth Games Scotland says its downscaled privately funded Games proposal is a 'no brainer' and is key to…