Madrid will bid to host the Summer Olympics in 2020 or 2024 after missing out on the 2012 and 2016 Games, its mayor has announced.
Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon said a decision on...More>
The Bundesliga has pledged its support to Munich’s bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympic Games.
Germany’s top-flight football league will help promote the bid in television a...More>
England 2018 chief executive Andy Anson has insisted that tabloid stories about players’ private lives and cash-strapped clubs will not harm the country’s chances of hosting t...More>
Brazil and Germany have withdrawn from the race to stage the Rugby World Cup Sevens in 2013, leaving Russia as the only bidder.
The International Rugby Board (IRB) will now...More>
Morrisons has become the third company to back England’s bid to host the 2018 World Cup.
The supermarket chain confirmed yesterday (Feb 22) that it had signed up as a bid p...More>
The United States will not bid to host the 2020 Olympic Games after admitting that it needs to improve its relationship with the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Chic...More>
Fifa secretary-general Jerome Valcke has revealed that world football’s governing body will not limit the race to host the 2018 World Cup to European countries.
Sepp Blatte...More>
David Dein has been appointed international president of the England World Cup bid.
The former Arsenal vice-chairman was linked with a position in the bid team when a board...More>
Barcelona coach Josep Guardiola has agreed to become an ambassador for Qatar’s 2022 World Cup bid.
Guardiola, who won the Champions League last year with the Catalan giants...More>
Senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) member for the United States Anita DeFrantz has claimed that Chicago did an “extraordinary job” with its much-criticised bid to ho...More>
Quebec Premier Jean Charest has revealed that the city is considering making a bid for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games.
Charest echoed comments from Quebec City Mayor Regis ...More>
French Football Federation director general Jacques Lambert says the country has used lessons learned from its failed 2012 Olympic bid in its campaign to host the European Cha...More>
Spain’s sports minister Jaime Lissavetzky has questioned Portugal’s commitment to their joint bid to host the World Cup.
The two countries are bidding to stage the tourname...More>
Nanjing has been awarded the Youth Olympic Games in 2014.
The Chinese city edged out Polish rival Poznan 47-42 in an International Olympic Committee (IOC) vote in Vancouver...More>
