News Source: Chicago Tribune
| about 1 month ago
As Rio de Janeiro revels and rejoices in a runaway victory for the right to stage the 2016 Olympics, a chill wind is blowing through Chicago, seen by many as favourites before Friday's stunning IOC vote. So did Rio win it or did Chicago blow it?
News Source: Japan Times
| about 1 month ago
As Tokyo lost the race to host the 2016 Olympic Games to Rio de Janeiro early Saturday, experts, while praising the bid's promises of secure funding and safety, criticized it as lacking vision and panache. "Tokyo's bid lacked passion, it didn't...
News Source: Miami Herald
| about 1 month ago
Close race to host 2016 Olympics nears finish Close your eyes and imagine the possible scenarios in 2016. Olympic athletes strolling to competition venues along Chicago's lakefront. Volleyball players diving on the sand of Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana...
News Source: The Age
| about 1 month ago
THE International Olympic Committee struck a blow for the developing world and delivered a stunning rebuke to the US and President Barack Obama on Friday, when it selected Rio de Janeiro to host the 2016 summer Games after a dramatic election in...
News Source: Seattle Times
| about 1 month ago
Denmark — Unswayed by a lobbying effort by President Obama, the International Olympic Committee decided to send the Games to South America for the first time, inspiring shouts of joy on Rio de Janeiro's beaches and leaving supporters in Chicago...
News Source: Chicago Tribune
| about 1 month ago
The song "You've got a friend" drifted through the corridors of the Danish capital's conference hall only minutes after Rio de Janeiro was awarded the 2016 Olympics. Chicago, though, frontrunners for much of the three-year campaign before being...