The Norway Post reports the Board of the Norwegian Confederation of Sports (NIF) Monday withdrew Tromso's bid for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games because of escalating costs.
Tove Paule, President of the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports said "it was a difficult decision".
The Olympic committee said it voted 9-3 to withdraw its request for guarantees from the Norwegian government and parliament because the Games would cost too much.
According to the Associated Press, the Olympic Committee also said there would be no Norwegian appl... More >
Following the inauguration of the Munich 2018 bid committee Tuesday, German interior minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said, “the whole of Germany is looking forward to 2018 Winter ...More>
PyeongChang South Korea announced Tuesday it is bidding for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games and called on the provincial legislature to approve its bid, reports Yonhap News.
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Although officials announced their intention last December of bidding to host the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in the Lake Geneva region, city leaders said Monday, within hours o...More>
Sports Minister Trond Giske says that Norwegian sporting organizations will have to pay 22.3 per cent of the building costs for a possible Tromso 2018 Winter Olympics, severel...More>
AllAfrica.com reports that the evaluation commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) visited the eThekwini Municipality last weekend as part of Durban’s bid for t...More>
Petter Ronningen has been selected to take over as head of Tromso’s bid committee for the 2018 Winter Games, succeeding Bjorge Stensbol, who ran into conflicts with the group’...More>
Bjorge Stensbol, former head of 2018 Winter Olympic Games bid committee resigned from his position last month because of internal differences, and now dpa reports that Olympic...More>
