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.
Chicago, Madrid, Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro are the cities shortlisted by the International Olympic Committee to host the 2016 Olympic Games.
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The presidents of the National Olympic Committees of the fifteen countries members of ODESUR (Organizacíon Deportiva Sudamericana) signed on Monday afternoon (May 12) in ...More>
Rio de Janeiro's bid to host the 2016 Olympics has been boosted by last week's upgrade of Brazil's credit rating to investment grade, officials said.
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is giving the seven cities bidding to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games an extra chance to explain their bids, IOC President Jacques...More>
Major supporting events are helping to promote three of the seven cities - Chicago, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo - bidding to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.
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In a meeting held this Wednesday, March 26, the Rio de Janeiro mayor, Cesar Maia, 21 Municipal Secretaries and 26 city departments mobilized to prepare the dossier for the Rio...More>
The Rio de Janeiro bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games received an important boost this Monday, March 17. In a ceremony carried out in Palácio da Cidade, the Rio de Janei...More>
