BidWeek: The NBA Boycott And What We Can Learn From Olympic Actions On Racial Injustice
BidWeek, Reporting From Toronto, Canada – Unprecedented, again. The National Basketball Association (NBA) season came to a screeching halt Wednesday for the …
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Australia Remains In Hunt To Host 2026 Commonwealth Games Despite Hamilton’s ‘Exclusive Opportunity’
A group of athletes in South Australia have continued to push for a chance to bid for the 2026 Commonwealth Games despite Hamilton in Canada having the first …
Hamilton City Council Pushes Back On 2026 Commonwealth Games Bid As Australia and India Said To Have Expressed Interest
Hamilton City Councilors expressed dismay Monday that the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) is encouraging the city to bid for the 2026 edition of the Games …
Olympic Bid Budgets Have Dropped By 80 Percent And 15 Parties Are Lined Up To Host , IOC Claims
The average cost of bidding to host the Olympic Winter Games in 2026 dropped by 80 percent from the previous cycle, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) …
IOC Postpones Dakar 2022 Youth Olympic Games To 2026 Amid Pandemic
Amid disruptions to international sports calendars due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has decided to postpone the 2022 …
CGF Pitches Hamilton 2026 Commonwealth Games As A Tool For Regional Pandemic Recovery
Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) officials hope the release of a new report this coming Wednesday will help convince the Canadian government, as well as …
Commonwealth Games Worth Over USD $1.2 Billion To Host Cities: Report
A new report to be released Wednesday by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) boasts that recent host cities have shown consistent economic boosts of over …
IOC Launches Task Force To Plan Tokyo 2020 Olympics In 2021
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach said Wednesday that he has organized a task force named “here we go” to investigate the …
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 …
Prominent IOC Members Implicated In $2 Million Rio 2016 Olympic Bid Vote Buying Scheme
Former Rio de Janeiro governor Sérgio Cabral has implicated high-level government officials and two prominent International Olympic Committee (IOC) members in …