The Olympics’ biggest losersThe biggest competition in the Olympics isn’t on the field or in the pool: it’s the battle to be the Games’ host city. But only one city can take gold every four year. The Economist looks at the cities with the most failed bids at hosting glory.
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Dear IOC: say ‘no’ to Tokyo 2016
The IOC will announce the host city for the 2012 Olympic Games later today, and residents of Chicago, Rio, Madrid and Tokyo are holding their collective breaths — except Tokyo local Garrett DeOrio, who explains why the Olympics will bring nothing but problems to the city.
Sebastian Coe: London Olympics on track
London will deliver an Olympic Games in the worst economic climate since the early 1970s. But the London 2012 chairman says the GFC has had “very little impact” on preparations.
Memo China: this is bordering on the tragic
The Beijing organizing committee has clearly not quite grasped the subtleties of Baron de Coubertin’s Olympic maxim: it’s not winning that counts but the taking part, writes Charles Happell.
A sneak preview of the Beijing 08 Opening Ceremony
Spoiler alert!
The IOC is not nice. We knew that, didn’t we?
The IOC knew all along that they would, but thought it convenient to lie about it. Quelle surprise. By Bernard Keane.
The man who makes Wayne Carey look innocent…
Who’s more responsible for the toxic culture of elite sport: the young men who play the game or the old men who run it? asks Jeff Sparrow.
Stokes Jr dropped the ball on Olympics deal
Kerry Stokes is going to miss the Olympics in 2012 after spending so much time and effort getting close to the IOC and pushing Seven into a key production role. In fact, the word from Seven is that Kerry is very disappointed at losing the rights to Nine, writes Glenn Dyer.
