world news 13/09/2017 Paris elected 2024 Olympic host city and LA to be 2028 hosts No surprise, but the decisions on host cities for the 2024 and 2028 Olympics have been ratified by the IOC.
France 31/07/2017 Paris set for 2024 Olympics as Los Angeles opts for 2028 The US city's formal bid for the 2028 Summer Games paves the way for the French capital to stage the event four years earlier.
South Africa 24/07/2017 Michael Phelps loses race against great white shark Swimmer Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, yesterday 'raced' a great white shark and lost.
Switzerland 11/07/2017 Paris and Los Angeles cleared to agree Olympics deal The hosting rights for both the 2024 and 2028 summer Olympics will be awarded in September after the International Olympic Committee on Tuesday voted
Switzerland 11/07/2017 Paris and L.A. await Olympic decision Paris is widely regarded as favourite for the 2024 Games, with Los Angeles set to be awarded them four years later.
no comment 23/06/2017 Paris turns into giant (and festive) Olympic park The French capital transformed itself into a giant Olympic park as part of its final push to win the rights to host the 2024 Games.
Sport 15/05/2017 Proposed Paris 2024 venues visited by IOC commission The IOC evaluation commission met French athletes, supporters and children inside the Stade de France.
Sport 06/04/2017 Japanese Olympians join schoolchildren for education programme launch Hundreds of children take part in official launch ceremony for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic education programme
Sport 25/03/2017 Austria bids farewell to Special Winter Olympics Thousands of athletes from across the world have gathered in Austria over the past week to celebrate sport, inclusion and community.
Sport 21/03/2017 Paris and Los Angeles rule out hosting 2028 Olympics It’s 2024 or nothing, that’s the message from Paris Olympic bid officials who, on Tuesday, ruled out hosting the 2028 Games.
Sport 01/03/2017 Budapest officially ends its 2024 Olympics bid People power has put paid to the city of Budapest hosting the 2024 Olympic games, as protesters force a "no" vote in the city council.
Hungary 23/02/2017 2024 Olympics: Hungarian movement plans to run for parliament The youth movement which brought down Budapest’s Olympic bid has announced plans to set itself up as a political party.
Sport 22/02/2017 Budapest to withdraw bid for 2024 Olympics Hungary is set to pull out of the race to hold the 2024 Olympics.
Hungary 17/02/2017 Referendum could force Budapest to drop 2024 Olympic bid The Hungarian capital Budapest could decide as soon as next week whether to drop its bid to hold the 2024 Olympics after a petition with over 266,000 signatures opposing the games was handed…
Sport 08/02/2017 Countdown to Pyeongchang 2018 The countdown for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic games is on
Sport 01/02/2017 'NOlimpia' referendum initiative grows in Budapest The price tag of staging a global multi-sport event always divides the citizens of the country or city involved.
Sport 01/02/2017 IOC disqualify three athletes from 2012 London Olympics Russia’s female 4×400 metres relay team from the London 2012 Olympics has been disqualified after one of the athletes returned a positive dope test for a banned…
Sport 31/01/2017 Olympic bobsleigh champion Trunenkov banned for four years Dimitriy Trunenkov, a member of Russia's four-man Bobsleigh gold medal winners at the Sochi Olympics, has been banned for unspecified doping offences for four years.
Hungary 26/01/2017 “My future is in danger if Budapest organises the Olympics" A movement of young Hungarian activists have launched a campaign for the cancellation of Budapest's bid for the Olympic Games in 2024, pointing out the cost of the event and the risk of corruption.
Sport 25/01/2017 Sprint legend Bolt loses 2008 Olympic relay gold after team mate Carter tests positive Jamaica’s Usain Bolt has lost one of his nine Olympic gold medals and his perfect triple treble of Games’ sprint victories after team mate Nesta Carter was found guilty of doping at the 2008 Beijing…
