Salt Lake City being preferred as a shoo-in to host the 2034 Winter Olympics was expected. The surprise was the IOC favouring the French Alps bid for the 2030 edition on Wednesday.
2020 Summer Olympics
The 2020 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXXII Olympiad and officially branded as Tokyo 2020, were an international multi-sport event held from July 23 to August 8, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on July 21, 2021. Originally scheduled to take place from July 24 to August 9, 2020, the Tokyo Games were postponed until 2021 on March 24, 2020 as a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the only such postponement in the history of the Olympic Games. However, the Tokyo 2020 branding was retained for marketing purposes.
NOlympics Guide to Tokyo 2020
TOKYO 2020: A Disaster a Decade in the Making The Tokyo 2020 Olympics are over. They have exposed to the entire world the depths to which the IOC will play with our lives in order to satisfy TV and sponsorship contracts, and the media has largely echoed the fact that much of the world has now sour
Bach and IOC: No Olympic city ever as ready as Tokyo | News24
IOC President Thomas Bach and other International Olympic Committee members are calling Tokyo the best prepared host city in recent memory.
North Korea returns to the Olympics after eight years – eyeing more than just medals
One of the world’s most secretive states, North Korea, has resumed its ‘sports diplomacy’ at Paris 2024.
North Korea returns to the Olympics after eight years – eyeing more than just medals
One of the world’s most secretive states, North Korea, has resumed its ‘sports diplomacy’ at Paris 2024.
Paris 2024 Olympics HQ searched in third consecutive Summer Games scandal
French investigators searched the Paris Olympic organizers' headquarters on Tuesday as part of corruption investigations into contracts linked to the Games, according to officials, the third straight time graft allegations have dogged a Summer Olympics.
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The Olympics always accelerate policing, evictions, inequality, exploitation, and the erosion of democracy in every host city. The LA 2028 games are no different. Here are a few resources to get you started: <h2 style="font-size: 24px;"><em><u>Olympic Policing</u></em
Cost and Revenue Overruns of the Olympic Games 2000–2018
In this open access book the cost and revenue overruns of Olympic Games from Sydney 2000 to PyeongChang 2018 from eight years before the Games to Games‐time are investigated to provide a base for future host cities. The study is based on data collected worldwide.
Cost and Revenue Overruns of the Olympic Games 2000–2018
In this open access book the cost and revenue overruns of Olympic Games from Sydney 2000 to PyeongChang 2018 from eight years before the Games to Games‐time are investigated to provide a base for future host cities. The study is based on data collected worldwide.
Regression to the Tail: Why the Olympics Blow Up
The Olympic Games are the largest, highest-profile, and most expensive megaevent hosted by cities and nations. Average sports-related costs of hosting are $12.0
Regression to the Tail: Why the Olympics Blow Up
The Olympic Games are the largest, highest-profile, and most expensive megaevent hosted by cities and nations. Average sports-related costs of hosting are $12.0
Regression to the Tail: Why the Olympics Blow Up
The Olympic Games are the largest, highest-profile, and most expensive megaevent hosted by cities and nations. Average sports-related costs of hosting are $12.0
Concerns and controversies at the 2020 Summer Olympics
A number of concerns and controversies arose leading up to the 2020 Summer Olympics, which took place in Tokyo, Japan. The games were postponed until July 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The IOC stated that their Japanese partners and the former prime minister Shinzo Abe "made it very clear" in 2020, "that Japan could not manage a postponement beyond next summer [2021] at the latest".[1] Just weeks before the opening of the Tokyo Olympics, honorary patron Emperor Naruhito was said to be "extremely worried about the current status of coronavirus infections",[2] and was "concerned that while there [were] voices of anxiety among the public, the holding (of the events) may lead to the expansion of infections".[3]
Asian Games open with more athletes, unfamiliar sports
Welcome to the Asian Games, which feature at least 11,000 athletes in 2026. The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris had about 10,700.
Giro d'Italia 2026 | Official site
Visit the official website of Giro d'Italia 2026 and discover all the latest updates and info on the route, stages, teams and the latest news.
2020 (2021) Tokyo Olympics
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NOlympics Guide to Tokyo 2020
Opposition in Japan to the Olympics during the COVID-19 pandemic
Effect of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games on COVID-19 incidence in Japan: a synthetic control approach
Ex-event firm chief guilty over Tokyo Games bid-rigging
French Olympic probe eyes Japanese firm Dentsu
Tokyo Olympics sullied by bid-rigging, bribery trials more than 2 years after the Games closed