News Source: Jang.com.pk
| about 1 month ago
Tokyo, which has lost its bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics, offered on Friday to help Hiroshima and Nagasaki pursue their hopes of hosting the 2020 Games. The two Japanese cities, which were devastated by US atomic bombs in World War II and later...
News Source: Simi Valley - Moorpark Examiner
| about 1 month ago
It's the fewest number of Winter Games bids since 1981, when three finalists competed for the 1988 Olympics, which went to the Canadian city of Calgary . There were seven bids for 1992, four for 1994, six for 1998, nine for 2002 (cut to four...
News Source: Chicago Tribune
| about 1 month ago
Three cities have launched bids to host the 2018 Winter Olympics, the International Olympic Committee confirmed on Friday. Germany's Munich, host of the 1972 Summer Olympics, South Korea's Pyeongchang, who lost out to Vancouver and Sochi for the...
News Source: United Press International
| about 1 month ago
Cities in France, Germany and South Korea placed bids to be chosen as the site for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games...The IOC will appoint a committee to review each city's potential to carry out the Winter Games. Locations that meet IOC qualifications...
News Source: Arizona Republic
| about 1 month ago
Three cities have formally applied to host the 2018 Winter Olympics. The International Olympic Committee says Munich, the French city of Annecy and the South Korean resort of Pyeongchang submitted their bids by Friday's deadline. After an initial...