BidWeek: COVID-19 Threat To Tokyo 2020 Exposes How Human Frailty Is Beyond Olympic Comprehension
BidWeek, Reporting From Toronto, Canada – The Olympics in Tokyo and Sapporo have been canceled. No, not for 2020 – but in 1940 when Japan’s Summer …
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Mumbai, India Chosen To Host IOC Session In 2023
The International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Executive Board has selected Mumbai in India to host the organization’s 140th all-members Session in …
Gay Games Receives Record Number Twenty Host City Bids For 2026
A record number 20 cities across the globe have expressed interest in hosting the 12th Gay Games in 2026, the Federation of Gay Games (FGG) announced last …
Unreliable Snowfall Causes Concern For Sapporo 2030 Olympic Bid
The City of Sapporo received a 35 cm snowfall earlier this week, finally giving the Japanese city a wintry feel – but too late for the popular Snow …
VANOC CEO Pushes For Vancouver 2030 Winter Olympic Bid
Former CEO of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games John Furlong Thursday urged the business community to back a bid to host again in 2030. Inspired by the …
Hamilton Edges Forward With 2030 Commonwealth Games Bid
A Hamilton city council committee voted 10-3 Wednesday to endorse the Canadian city’s bid to host the 100th anniversary Commonwealth Games in 2030. The …
Coates Fails To Convince Australia’s One Nation Party Leader To Drop Opposition To Queensland 2032 Olympic Bid
Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) President John Coates this week failed to cool opposition by populist One Nation Party to a Queensland 2032 Olympic and …
BidWeek: Why Salt Lake City Will Almost Certainly Host The 2034 Winter Olympics
BidWeek, Reporting From Toronto, Canada – This week, gears were set into motion that will lead to Salt Lake City being elected to host the Olympic and …
Utah Forms Olympic Bid Committee Focused On Hosting Future Games In Salt Lake City
Utah’s Governor Gary Herbert and Salt Lake City’s new Mayor Erin Mendenhall Wednesday announced the formation of an Olympic bid committee organized …
Ukrainian PM Renews Desire For Joint Olympic Bid With Belarus
Ukrainian Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk has confirmed that work is underway to assess the feasibility of a future joint Olympic Games bid with Belarus. …