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Los Angeles 2024 bid chiefs have said US President Donald Trump will make changes to his travel ban should the city win the right to stage the summer Olympics, and have added that their sole focus is on the 2024 Games amid speculation the International Olympic Committee (IOC) could seek to award hosting rights to two events in September.

The National Olympic Committee of Switzerland has voted to support Sion’s bid to host the 2026 winter Olympic Games.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has suggested further reforms to the bidding process for the Olympic Games, hinting that committed bidders and cities that have hosted major sporting events could be provided with a streamlined path through the system.

Rio 2016 has maintained it ran a clean bid for the 2016 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games amid a report today (Friday) that corrupt payments could have influenced the decision to award the event to the Brazilian city in October 2009.

The Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) has played down talk of the city-state making a joint bid with Malaysia for a future edition of the summer Olympic Games.

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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has stripped another medal from an athlete who competed at the 2008 summer Olympic Games as the organisation reiterated its goals for the reform of the anti-doping system following a US Congressional Sub-Committee hearing held on Tuesday.

Budapest formally ended its bid for the 2024 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games today (Wednesday) as a city council meeting saw heated exchanges over the failed effort.

Los Angeles 2024 has moved to increase global awareness of its bid for the summer Olympic and Paralympic Games by partnering with four Hollywood movie studios and selecting Weber Shandwick as its global public relations agency.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has moved to alter its Host City Contract for the Olympic Games by introducing new guidelines relating to human rights, anti-corruption and sustainable development standards.

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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has pledged to make changes to the bidding process for the Olympic Games after Budapest became the latest city to drop a bid for the showpiece event.

Budapest 2024 today (Friday) confirmed that formal procedures have commenced to end its bid for the summer Olympic and Paralympic Games as Hungary’s Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, slammed the role played by the Momentum Mozgalum political movement.

Hungary’s government announced yesterday (Wednesday) evening that it would scrap Budapest’s bid to host the 2024 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games – a move that leaves only Los Angeles and Paris still in the running.

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has said the metropolitan government will consider sharing the costs of preparing temporary facilities both in and outside the Japanese capital for the 2020 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, as she continued to warn over the danger of rising costs.

Budapest’s Municipal Council has today (Wednesday) authorised Mayor Istvan Tarlos to discuss the city’s faltering bid for the 2024 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games with the national government and Olympic committee, but rejected an attempt to bring forward a potential referendum on the matter.