Heads of state from Japan, Brazil, the United States and Spain will attend an International Olympic Committee (IOC) meeting next year to decide on the host city of the 2016 Games, the four bidders said on Saturday.
Tokyo, Chicago, Madrid and Rio de Janeiro have made the shortlist with a decision set for October 2009 at an IOC session in Copenhagen.
In a rare joint appearance on Saturday, hoping to cash in on the media publicity shortly before the end of the Beijing Olympics, bid leaders said they enjoyed full support from their governments.
Madrid have learned lessons from their failed 2012 bid which makes them stronger for their push to hold the 2016 Olympics, according to the city's mayor Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon...More>
The team leading Madrid’s bid for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games said it is delighted that the city has been short-listed and now looks forward to putting “110 per cent” into w...More>
Chicago, Madrid, Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro are the cities shortlisted by the International Olympic Committee to host the 2016 Olympic Games.
Doha, Prague and Baku were elim...More>
Madrid is joining other 2016 bid cities including Tokyo and Chicago, as well as Vancouver, host of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, in the “Human Race”, a global celebration of ...More>
Madrid’s Mayor Alberto Ruiz Gallardon said that a series of world class events in Spain is acting like a training schedule for the 2016 Olympics and Paralympics.
Madrid has...More>
Madrid’s three top football clubs, Real Madrid, Athletico Madrid and Rayo Vallecano, have pledged to become more environmentally friendly in support of Madrid’s bid for the 20...More>
Madrid 2016 said in a media release that associations for six of the most popular sports in Spain have joined in pledging their support for Madrid’s 2016 Summer Olympic Games ...More>
