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Oslo has announced its intention to bid for the 2022 winter Olympics, following a city council decision made yesterday.

From its inception and first edition in Singapore in 2010, the Youth Olympic Games is now one of the most prestigious multi-sport games properties. However, the process of deciding who will stage the next editions is still designed to present as few barriers as possible to aspiring YOG hosts. Bidding cities are prevented from spending on advertising and there are restrictions on the number of new venues that can be included in any proposal.

Bid leader and Colombian minister of sport, Andres Botero Phiillipsbourne, shows some powerful images and explains why bidding host Medellin is the right fit for the 2018 Youth Olympics.

Buenos Aires has fallen behind Glasgow and Medellin in its bid to host the 2018 Youth Olympics, as the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s evaluation commission reports funding concerns.

South African president Jacob Zuma said today that his country would be "very happy" if it became the first African nation to host the Olympics, with the 2024 Games in sight.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidential candidate, Denis Oswald, has said that the Olympic programme could solve its problems with a more “creative approach” to choosing participating sports.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidential candidate Denis Oswald has today presented his manifesto from Lausanne.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge has defended the process for voting sports on and off the Olympic programme, following criticism of wrestling’s removal and quick return as a candidate for inclusion in the 2020 Games.

Leading sports officials have questioned the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s process of including and excluding sports from the Olympic fold.

Russian president Vladimir Putin has told the International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge that wrestling is a “fundamental” sport, following its shortlisting to return to the Olympic fold.

SportBusiness Group editorial director, Kevin Roberts, shares his thoughts from day five of the SportAccord International Convention in St. Petersburg.

Wrestling, baseball-softball and squash have been voted onto the IOC (International Olympic Committee)’s shortlist for inclusion from the 2020 Games.

The International Federation of Football (IFAF) will reportedly meet with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) within the next 45 days to discuss a future bid to become an Olympic sport, according to FOXSports.com.

The eight sports bidding to join the Olympic Movement will present their cases to the IOC (International Olympic Committee) today.

Athletics has lost some of its Olympic funding after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recalculated sports federation revenues today.

Surgey Bubka, CK Wu and Pat McQuaid have been elected onto the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) council.