MADRID: Madrid was dealing with the hangover from a fourth failed attempt at winning the Olympic Games yesterday as Tokyo was chosen as...
MADRID: Madrid was dealing with the hangover from a fourth failed attempt at winning the Olympic Games yesterday as Tokyo was chosen as...
BUENOS AIRES: The bloody Syrian civil war cost Istanbul votes over Tokyo to host the world’s biggest sporting event in 2020, two influential...
An aerial view shows people sitting in a formation to the words ‘thank you’ and displaying signs that collectively read ‘Arigato’ (Thank You)...
BUENOS AIRES: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe praised Tokyo’s triumphant bid to host the 2020 Olympic Games as an opportunity to showcase Japan’s resurgence...
BUENOS AIRES: Tokyo’s successful bid to host the 2020 Olympics will help Japan recover from its devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami, the city’s...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (third right) celebrates with Tokyo 2020 delegation members after the Japanese capital won the bid to host the...
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge shows the name of the city of Tokyo elected to host the 2020 Summer Olympics during...
Istanbul 2020 Bid Chairman Hasan Arat (centre), flanked by young athletes, gestures during a press conference to promote Istanbul as host city for...
BUENOS AIRES: The leaders of Japan, Spain and Turkey leave the G20 Summit in Russia to back their cities’ bids for the 2020...
International Olympic Commitee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge of Belgium speaks during a news conference in Buenos Aires yesterday. The IOC will elect the...
BUENOS AIRES: Tokyo’s Olympic bid team yesterday dangled dollar signs in front of the IOC, with a vow to leverage Asia’s massive marketing...
A picture taken on July 3, 2013 shows members of the delegation of Madrid 2020 Candidate City. FROM LEFT: Madrid 2020 CEO Victor...
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday vowed there would be no discrimination against gays at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, despite a...
BUENOS AIRES: Tokyo’s Olympic bid chief yesterday played down fears the Fukushima water crisis could dent the city’s gambit to host the 2020...
FC Barcelona’s Argentinian striker Lionel Messi (left) and the president of the Spanish Olympic Committee, Alejandro Blanco hold a flag with the logo...
PARIS: Taiwan’s International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidential candidate Wu Ching-kuo (pictured) believes Cuba’s historic first professional boxing bout in more than 50 years...
Turkey’s Sports Minister Suat Kilic speaks during an interview in Ankara on August 28, 2013. Istanbul aims to become the first Muslim country...
