International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach says the organisation is "not concerned" with the state of the race to host the 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, despite question marks remaining over all five cities looking to bid.
No Calgary Olympics have claimed their campaign against the city’s potential 2026 bid has gained momentum, with the group having received support from a leading member of the campaign group which forced Boston to abandon its effort to host the 2024 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) official Christophe Dubi has staunchly defended the current state of the race for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games despite lingering concerns over all five remaining candidates.
Italy's bid for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games has been given official backing by the country's National Olympic Committee (CONI) today but a decision over which city will lead the attempt has been delayed.
A proposal over which city will lead Italy's bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games due to be made tomorrow could be postponed as negotiations continue behind the scenes over the best plan to put forward.
Italy's bid for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games has finally received backing from the country's Government but it will be up to the National Olympic Committee to decide which city leads the bid.
Graz has withdrawn from the race for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games due to a lack of support for the bid from the Provincial Government, the Austrian Olympic Committee (ÖOC) has announced.
Another 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic bid is in danger of being derailed by a referendum after approval for a state-wide ballot to decide the future of Graz's attempt.
A poll has indicated half of Calgary residents remain supportive of the city’s potential bid for 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, although it represents a drop in backing from earlier this year.
Milan, Turin and Cortina d'Ampezzo have all submitted feasibility studies to the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) as an increasingly important process to decide the country's bid for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games intensifies.
A streamlined Host City Contract operational requirements document for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games was published by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today as the organisation claimed the move showed their commitment to transparency.
No Calgary Olympics has launched a campaign to discover what residents of the Canadian city would rather spend the proposed funding on as a rival group in favour of hosting the 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games was established.
Graz's bid for the 2026 Winter Olympic Games is set to become the latest to face a referendum after an Austrian Communist Party (KPO) politician revealed they had collected the required number of signatures for a vote on the city's candidacy to be held.
Local politicians and Spanish International Olympic Committee (IOC) officials have met to potentially resurrect the idea of a Barcelona bid for the Winter Olympic Games.
A three-month feasibility study has concluded that a Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Graz in 2026 is "absolutely feasible" and would cost €1.137 billion (£1 million/$1.3 million).
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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