Tokyo organizers are trying to cut spending, under pressure from the IOC, which has been widely criticized for pushing host cities to build "white elephant" venues.
Getting hip to breakdancing's appeal organizers of the 2024 Paris Olympics want the dance sport that spread from New York in the 1970s to become a medal event at the games.
For now, Calgary, Canada; Stockholm, Sweden; and the combined Italian bid of Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo are in the running to host the 2026 Winter Olympics.
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics is just two years away and the only bigger than the games coming to Japan is the cost of the project that has sky-rocketed four fold.
Two months away from the deadline, Calgary is considering a bid for the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The main factor is the possible cost of 6 Billion
The drama of the banning of Russian Olympic athletes has its own twists and turn like a bobsled course. More Russian athletes are still appealing their ban.
DENVER (AP) — The U.S. Olympic Committee made a $10 million payment to the International Olympic Committee last year, money designed in part to give the country a better chance of hosting an Olympics someday.
The money was part of the more than $257 million spent last year by the USOC, which is hoping to secure the 2024 Summer Games for Los Angeles. The...
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GENEVA (AP) — Los Angeles and Paris are awaiting their Olympic inspectors this week. Both cities are seen as winning options for the 2024 Games.
The cities will host three-day visits by an International Olympic Committee panel, whose chairman has no doubt about their hosting credentials.
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