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Sports › Hiroshima considering 2020 Olympic bid
Tōkyō :: Japan | about 1 month ago
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The city of Hiroshima is considering bidding to host the 2020 Summer Olympics, sources close to the matter said Saturday. Hiroshima plans to consult with the Japanese Olympic Committee in the near future after Tokyo’s failed bid for the 2016 Games, which...
Tags: Hiroshima, Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue, Tokyo, joint bidding, atomic bombings, summer olympic
Rio wins thanks to Lula and economic muscle
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility Rio de Janeiro, rank outsiders a year ago, on Friday became the first South American city to be awarded the Olympics, winning the 2016 Games thanks to the eloquence of President Lula and some new-found economic muscle. A year ago Rio looked a most unlikely...
Tags: Chicago, Rio de Janeiro, Barack Obama, Swaying International Olympic Committee, olympic games, Tokyo, rio wins, IOC, summer olympic
Obama Stumps for Chicago’s Bid
Copenhagen :: Denmark | 2 months ago
Credibility Barely a year after his election, he was campaigning not for himself but for his adopted hometown. Yet as President Obama pitched Chicago’s bid to host the Summer Games of 2016 on Friday, he put his own credibility on the line as well. Arriving here after...
Tags: Chicago, Rio de Janeiro, olympic games, Copenhagen, Tokyo, IOC, Madrid, president barack, summer olympic, Barack Obama, Denmark
Olympic headache for Chicago | Veronica Arreola
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility Olympic headache for Chicago I can't support my home city's bid to host the 2016 Olympics – it will only add to Chicago's problems and culture of corruption Chicago's lakefront...Every two years I get giddy with anticipation of the winter and summer...
Tags: Chicagoan, Bella Center in Copenhagen, Rio de Janeiro, Indianapolis, International Olympic Committee, Tokyo, summer olympic, barack obamas, michelle obamas, Madrid, Chicago
Michelle Obama arrives in Copenhagen
Copenhagen :: Denmark | 2 months ago
Credibility First Lady Michelle Obama arrived here today for the final days of a campaign to bring the 2016 Summer Olympics to Chicago, her hometown. Mrs. Obama arrived around 11:30 a.m...There were reports she would be lunching at the official residence of the...
Tags: Chicago, Copenhagen, Denmark, Barack Obama, Tokyo, summer olympic, First Lady Michelle Obama, president barack, Rio de Janeiro, chicago olympic
What if we got the 2016 Games?
Copenhagen :: Denmark | 2 months ago
Credibility It won't be enough for some Chicagoans to await word here on Oct. 2 about who wins the 2016 Summer Games. Will he go or won't he remains a question, despite the latest indications that President Barack Obama likely will not appear in Copenhagen... Look...
Tags: Chicago, Rio de Janeiro, London, olympic bidding, Denmark, Madrid, Ban Ki-moon, summer olympic, Sweden, Tiger Woods, Copenhagen
Mayor Daley's job approval: 35%
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility Mayor Richard Daley often talks about how Chicagoans want a decisive, visionary leader who can get things done without "endless politics," and that promise of iron control has become key to the city's bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics .
Tags: Chicago, Michelle Obama, International Olympic Committee, Barack Obama, Copenhagen, summer olympic
City council backs Olympics funding pledge
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility City Hall Reporter In a historic vote that could transform Chicago or saddle future generations with Olympic debt, the City Council on Wednesday authorized Mayor Daley to sign a host city contract that amounts to an unlimited guarantee from Chicago taxpayers.
Tags: Chicago City Council, Chicago Council OK, The Chicago Tribune, Richard Daley, Mayor Daley, mayor richard, city contract, host city, unanimously approved, summer olympic
Prague drops 2020 summer Olympics bid
Prague :: Czech Republic | 5 months ago
Credibility The city of Prague has decided to drop its bid to host the 2020 summer Olympic Games. City officials said on Tuesday that under the current economic circumstances, City Hall wanted to focus on mitigating the effects of the crisis. Radio Prague spoke to...
IOC finishes Tokyo trip
Tōkyō :: Japan | 7 months ago
Credibility An international Olympic commission that visited Chicago earlier this month completed its tour of Tokyo today, but declined to compare the two cities' competing bids for the 2016 Summer Olympics. As it had in Chicago, the evaluation team ended its visit...
Tags: Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, IOC, Japan, tokyo bids, International Olympic Committee, evaluating team, summer games, summer olympic, Chicago, evaluating commission
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