Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
On October 8, 2024, the sports councilor of Barcelona, David Escudé, announced that his city is open to a bid for the Olympic Games in 2036, 2040 or 2044. He said that for Barcelona sports are an "intangible part of city pride". [109] [110] [111] Barcelona had previously hosted the 1992 Summer Olympics.
The following is a list of host cities of the Olympic Games, both summer and winter, since the modern Olympics began in 1896. Since then, summer and winter games have usually celebrated a four-year period known as an Olympiad. From the inaugural Winter Games in 1924 until 1992, winter and summer Games were held in the same year.
The Summer Olympics are the world's largest multi-sport event, and are organized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) every four years. Selection of the host city is done at an IOC Session four to seven years prior to the tournament, in which the IOC members vote between candidate cities which have submitted bids.
The Asian Games has more sports and athletes than the Olympics, and Saudi Arabia does not host it until 2034, in Riyadh. Qatar did in 2006 in Doha and will again in 2030. Qatar did in 2006 in Doha ...
North Korea originally intended to co-host the Games in Pyongyang
MILAN — OTB has big retail plans for China. In March, the Italian fashion group will open a major retail development project in Shanghai’s JC Plaza mall, located on Nanjing Road. The four ...
Since the creation of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894, which successfully appropriated the name of the Ancient Greek Olympics to create a modern sporting event, interested cities have rivaled for selection as host of the Summer or Winter Olympic Games. 51 different cities have been chosen to host the modern Olympics: three in ...
New York & Company: retail New York Board of Trade: financial exchanges New York Life: insurance New York Mercantile Exchange: financial exchanges New York Private Bank & Trust: financial services New York Stock Exchange: financial exchanges The New York Times Company: media New Young Broadcasting: media Newmark Grubb Knight Frank: real estate