Winning the right to host the Olympics takes years of planning, millions in campaign spending and a handful of votes cast ...

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India and Qatar are among the leading contenders, with neither nation having hosted the Games before. The other candidates ...

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The Asian Games were a blur, a sports kaleidoscope of 45 countries and regions that went dark on Sunday, closed officially by Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani, the president of the Olympic Council of ...

Rio Olympics closing ceremony.I still watch the performance introducing the next host city, Tokyo, from time to time. And no ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Oct. 2, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Flashback: Oct. 2, 2018 1950: Charles ...

Rio Olympics 2016 will see over 10,000 athletes competing in 42 sport disciplines over 19 days. Over 300 medals are to be won in the first-ever Olympics to be held in South America. Find out which ...

Rio Olympics 2016 will see over 10,000 athletes competing in 42 sport disciplines over 19 days. Over 300 medals are to be won in the first-ever Olympics to be held in South America. Find out which ...

With less than a month to go before the 2026 Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, take a look back at the greatest achievements by ...

Los Angeles city officials are asking LA28 to hand over a list of its contracts, saying the Olympics organizing committee ...